Elwood Downtown Historic District

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Elwood Downtown Historic District

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Location Roughly bounded by Duck Creek, N. A St., 16th St., and S. C St., Elwood, Indiana
Coordinates 40°16′35″N85°50′30″W / 40.27639°N 85.84167°W / 40.27639; -85.84167 Coordinates: 40°16′35″N85°50′30″W / 40.27639°N 85.84167°W / 40.27639; -85.84167
Area 45 acres (18 ha)
Built 1887
Architect J.J. Wood & Co., et al.
Architectural style Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference # 02001175 [1]
Added to NRHP October 15, 2002

The Elwood Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Elwood, Madison County, Indiana. The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Elwood. It developed between about 1887 and 1952, and includes notable examples of Late Victorian, Romanesque Revival, Neoclassical, and Art Deco style architecture. Notable buildings include the Calloway Block (c. 1895), Dehority Block (1894), St. Joseph Catholic Church (1899), United Methodist Church (1899), U.S. Post Office (1911), Carnegie Library (1901), former Elwood City Hall (1899), the Leeson's Building (c. 1930), and the Opera House (c. 1887). [2]

Elwood, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

Elwood is a city in Madison and Tipton counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The Madison County portion, which includes most of the city, is part of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion in Tipton County is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,614 at the 2010 census.

Madison County, Indiana County in the United States

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Central business district commercial and business centre of a city

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It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "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 John Warner (March 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elwood Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.