Irvington Terrace Historic District | |
Webster Avenue in Irvington Terrace, November 2011 | |
Location | Roughly bounded by E. Washington St., Pleasant Run Parkway, N. Arlington Ave., and the eastern side of N. Irwin St., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°46′21″N86°03′46″W / 39.77250°N 86.06278°W Coordinates: 39°46′21″N86°03′46″W / 39.77250°N 86.06278°W |
Area | 98 acres (40 ha) |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman |
MPS | Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 11000913 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 19, 2011 |
Irvington Terrace Historic District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It encompasses 578 contributing buildings and 9 contributing sites in a planned residential section of Indianapolis. The district developed between about 1895 and 1959, and includes representative examples of Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]
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