Lilly Biological Laboratories

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Lilly Biological Laboratories

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Lilly Biological Laboratories, March 2011
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Location West of Greenfield off U.S. Route 40, Greenfield, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′51″N85°47′51″W / 39.78083°N 85.79750°W / 39.78083; -85.79750 Coordinates: 39°46′51″N85°47′51″W / 39.78083°N 85.79750°W / 39.78083; -85.79750
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)-1914
Architect Daggett, Robert Frost
Architectural style Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference # 77000016 [1]
Added to NRHP November 23, 1977

Lilly Biological Laboratories, also known as Eli Lilly and Company and Greenfield Laboratories, is a historic laboratory complex located at Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana. It was designed by Robert Frost Daggett and built in 1913-1914 for the Eli Lilly and Company. The complex consists of three buildings: the Tower Building flanked by two adjacent two-story buildings connected to the main building by pergolas. The buildings are in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with red tile roofs and arched openings. The Tower Building features a prominent 80-foot tall tower with five levels topped by a pyramidal red tile roof. [2] :2

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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 2016-04-01.Note: This includes Eugene F. Rodman (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lilly Biological Laboratories" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.