Downtown Aurora Historic District

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Downtown Aurora Historic District

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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, November 2012
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Location Bounded by Importing, Water, Market, Fifth, and Exporting Sts., Aurora, Indiana
Coordinates 39°03′14″N84°54′02″W / 39.05389°N 84.90056°W / 39.05389; -84.90056 Coordinates: 39°03′14″N84°54′02″W / 39.05389°N 84.90056°W / 39.05389; -84.90056
Area 100 acres (40 ha)
Architect Rogers, Isaiah; Et al.
Architectural style Multiple
NRHP reference # 94001134 [1]
Added to NRHP September 8, 1994

Downtown Aurora Historic District is a national historic district located at Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana. The district encompasses 272 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Aurora. The district developed between about 1830 and 1944, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Federal, and Greek Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Aurora City Hall, Aurora Methodist Episcopal Church, Aurora Public Library, First Evangelical United Church of Christ, First Presbyterian Church, George Street Bridge, Hillforest (Forest Hill), Lewis Hurlbert, Sr. House, Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House, and George Sutton Medical Office. Other notable buildings include the T. and J.W. Gaff Distillery (1843), First National Bank (1924), I.O.O.F. Hall (1887), B&O Railroad Station (1911-1917), John Neff Building, Chamber Stevens & Co. Dry Goods Store, U.S. Post Office (1935), Star Milling Co. (1891), and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (1874). [2]

Aurora, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

Aurora is a city in Center Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,750 at the 2010 census.

Dearborn County, Indiana County in the United States

Dearborn County is one of 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana located on the Ohio border near the southeast corner of the state. It was formed in 1803 from a portion of Hamilton County, Ohio. In 2010, the population was 50,047. The county seat and largest city is Lawrenceburg.

Central business district commercial and business centre of a city

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city. In larger cities, it is often synonymous with the city's "financial district". Geographically, it often coincides with the "city centre" or "downtown", but the two concepts are separate: many cities have a central business district located away from its commercial or cultural city centre or downtown.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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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 2015-08-01.Note: This includes Rita Walsh (February 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Aurora Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs and map.