Rink's Womens Apparel Store

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Location29 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′4″N86°9′34″W / 39.76778°N 86.15944°W / 39.76778; -86.15944 Coordinates: 39°46′4″N86°9′34″W / 39.76778°N 86.15944°W / 39.76778; -86.15944
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
ArchitectScherrer, Adolf
Architectural styleChicago
NRHP reference No. 84001188 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1984

Rink's Womens Apparel Store, also known as the Rink Building, is a historic commercial building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1910, and is a six-story, rectangular, steel frame building sheathed in clay tile and masonry. It measures approximately 120 feet by 70 feet and is four bays wide by seven long. It features large Chicago style window openings. The building housed the Rink's Womens Apparel Store, in operation until 1939. [2] :2–4

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It is located in the Washington Street-Monument Circle 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 2016-08-01.Note: This includes Dale E. Ankrom (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rink's Womens Apparel Store" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs