Learner Building

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Learner Building
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Location 107-111 E. Sycamore St., Kokomo, Indiana
Coordinates 40°29′10″N86°7′50″W / 40.48611°N 86.13056°W / 40.48611; -86.13056 Coordinates: 40°29′10″N86°7′50″W / 40.48611°N 86.13056°W / 40.48611; -86.13056
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1904 (1904)
Architectural style Early Commercial, Commercial Vernacular
NRHP reference # 84001055 [1]
Added to NRHP September 20, 1984

Learner Building is a historic commercial building located in Kokomo, Indiana. It was built by John Wesley Learner around 1904, and is a two-story, red brick building with a sloping flat roof. Learner was a prominent businessman in Kokomo, though he himself never had a business in the building. The Learner Building is 11 bays wide and has three commercial storefronts. It is a good example of late-19th century commercial architecture and features bold vertical brick patterns and limestone coursing. [2] :2–3

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Limestone Sedimentary rocks made of calcium carbonate

Limestone is a carbonate sedimentary rock that is often composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, foraminifera, and molluscs. Its major materials are the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). A closely related rock is dolostone, which contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2. In fact, in old USGS publications, dolostone was referred to as magnesian limestone, a term now reserved for magnesium-deficient dolostones or magnesium-rich limestones.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01.Note: This includes Richard A. Kastl (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Learner Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.

McManus, Ken (2016-09-22). "Learner Building: A family, a business, a history". Kokomo Herald. Retrieved 2017-10-01.