Raphael Kirshbaum Building

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Raphael Kirshbaum Building
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Raphael Kirshbaum Building, May 2010
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LocationNW corner Columbia and W. Pearl Sts., Union City, Indiana
Coordinates 40°11′55″N84°48′30″W / 40.19861°N 84.80833°W / 40.19861; -84.80833
Arealess than one acre
Built1876 (1876)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 90000813 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 1990

Raphael Kirshbaum Building, also known as the R. Kirshbaum Company, is a historic commercial building located at Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. It was built in 1876, and is a three-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick building. It features rounded arch openings with pressed tin hoodmolds and a metal cornice with a wide overhang supported by brackets. [2] :2

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] It is located in the Union City Commercial Historic District.

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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 June 1, 2016.Note: This includes Ted Leahey (March 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Raphael Kirshbaum Building" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.