Albion Flats

Albion Flats
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	701 Court St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	37°58′33″N87°34′10″W / 37.97574°N 87.56955°W / 37.97574; -87.56955
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911 (1911)
Architect	Shopbell & Company
Architectural style	Prairie School
MPS	Downtown Evansville MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000093 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 1, 1982

Albion Flats (sometimes referred to as "Albion Terrace" or simply "The Albion") is a housing unit in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was designed by the architectural firm Shopbell & Company and built in 1911 as part of a trend to reform crowded living conditions for the working class. It was named after Albion Fellows Bacon, a famed advocate of improved public housing standards. ^{[2] : Part 1, p. 25}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016.Note: This includes Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., and Accompanying photographs