Hack and Simon Office Building

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Hack and Simon Office Building
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Hack and Simon Office Building, September 2011
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Location1006 N 3rd St., Vincennes, Indiana
Coordinates 38°41′3″N87°31′13″W / 38.68417°N 87.52028°W / 38.68417; -87.52028 Coordinates: 38°41′3″N87°31′13″W / 38.68417°N 87.52028°W / 38.68417; -87.52028
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885)
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 03000141 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 2003

Hack and Simon Office Building, also known as the Eagle Brewery Office Building, is a historic office building located at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. It was built in 1885, and is a two-story, Romanesque Revival style red brick building, with a 1+12-story rear addition built about 1910. It rests on a limestone foundation and has gable roofs on the two sections. The front facade features arched openings and raised carving of the Eagle Brewery emblem. The building housed brewery and later distillery offices into the 1950s, after which it was acquired by Vincennes University. [2] :5,10

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 2015-08-01.Note: This includes James Corridan (August 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hack and Simon Office Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.