Monon Park Dancing Pavilion

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Monon Park Dancing Pavilion

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Monon Park Dancing Pavilion,, September 2012
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Location 13701 Lauerman St., Cedar Lake, Indiana
Coordinates 41°22′7″N87°26′22″W / 41.36861°N 87.43944°W / 41.36861; -87.43944 Coordinates: 41°22′7″N87°26′22″W / 41.36861°N 87.43944°W / 41.36861; -87.43944
Area less than one acre
Built 1897 (1897)
Architect Stiles and Stone
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference # 00001540 [1]
Added to NRHP January 3, 2001

Monon Park Dancing Pavilion is a historic dance hall building located at Cedar Lake, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1897, as a one-story, open air frame building supported by brick piers. The building measures 55 feet by 110 feet and has a massive gable on hip roof with deeply overhanging eaves. It displays some Stick / Eastlake Movement design elements. The building was acquired in 1915 by the Moody Memorial Bible Church, who enclosed and enlarged the original structure. [2] :2–3 A restoration project was underway in 2013.

Dance hall hall for dancing

Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing. From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub. The majority of towns and cities in the West had at least one dance hall, and almost always featured live musicians playing a range of music from strict tempo ballroom dance music to big band, swing and jazz. One of the most famous dance hall musicians was Glenn Miller.

Cedar Lake, Indiana Town in Indiana, United States

Cedar Lake is a town in Hanover and Center townships, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,560 at the 2010 census. The town is known for Cedar Lake.

Lake County, Indiana County in Indiana, United States

Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2010, its population was 496,005, making it Indiana's second-most populous county. The county seat is Crown Point.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]

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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 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Scott Bocock (February 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monon Park Dancing Pavilion" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.