Horace Mann Historic District

Horace Mann Historic District

McKinley and Sixth, November 2013
Location Roughly bounded by W. 5th, 8th, and 7th Aves., and Cleveland and Roosevelt Sts., Gary, Indiana
Coordinates 41°36′00″N 87°21′47″W / 41.60000°N 87.36306°W / 41.60000; -87.36306Coordinates: 41°36′00″N 87°21′47″W / 41.60000°N 87.36306°W / 41.60000; -87.36306
Area 26 acres (11 ha)
Built 1919 (1919)
Architect Hess, Louis C.; Warriner, L. Harry; Cohen, Isadore M.; Rissman and Hirschfeld; Leone, Amedeo; Dise, Joseph Ivan
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Renaissance Revival, Mission Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
MPS Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 MPS
NRHP Reference # 13000722[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 2013

Horace Mann Historic District is a national historic district located at Gary, Indiana. The district encompasses 130 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in an exclusively residential section of Gary. They were largely built between 1919 and 1961, and include examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Renaissance Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture.[2]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/16/13 through 9/30/13. National Park Service. 2013-10-18.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Gregg Abell (January 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Horace Mann Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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