Indiana Limestone Company Building

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Indiana Limestone Company Building
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Indiana Limestone Company Building, December 2010
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Location405 I St., Bedford, Indiana
Coordinates 38°52′31″N86°29′0″W / 38.87528°N 86.48333°W / 38.87528; -86.48333
Arealess than one acre
Built1927 (1927)
ArchitectGranger and Bollenbacher; Colvin, Leslie
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 93001412 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 1993

Indiana Limestone Company Building, also known as Bedford College Center Building, is a historic building located at Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Classical Revival style limestone building on a raised basement. It was built to house the offices and showroom of the Indiana Limestone Company, supplier of Indiana Limestone, founded in 1926. [2] The building presently houses the Bedford branch of Oakland City University. [3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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. "Limestone for Professionals". Indiana Limestone Company. Retrieved 2021-11-13. Indiana Limestone Company is ... supplier of Indiana Limestone .... Founded in 1926, ...
  3. "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 Robert K. Poinsett and Craig Charron (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Indiana Limestone Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.