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Test Building

The Test Building is an innovative mixed use building designed to include one of the earliest parking garages in Indianapolis, ground floor commercial spaces, and offices. The building is noteworthy not only as an early mixed used building, but also ...

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Cumberland Historic District

Cumberland Historic District on the Indianapolis far eastside straddles the historic National Road and is named for the city in Maryland where construction of the National Road began. The district retains a contiguous collection of buildings that illustrate Cumberland’s growth ...

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Indiana State Library

Indiana State Library and Historical Building is one of the most significant works of Pierre & Wright, an important architectural firm in Indianapolis during the second quarter of the 20th century. Its distinctive architecture combines Neo-Classical features with Art Deco ...

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Lockerbie Square Historic District

Lockerbie Square, where many immigrants built their homes, is the oldest remaining residential neighborhood in downtown Indianapolis. The district includes fine examples of vernacular cottages as well as high-style brick residences from the mid to late-19th century. This quiet enclave ...

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Columbia Club

The Columbia Club is important in the political and social life of Indianapolis and the state as the leading gathering spot for supporters of the Republican Party from the 1890s to the present. The clubhouse is another significant work from ...

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National Historic Landmark - Madame C. J. Walker Building

Probably the best-known historic building associated with African Americans in Indianapolis, the Madame C. J. Walker Building is nationally significant as home to one of the earliest, and for years the most successful, black business empire in the United States. ...

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Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District

The Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District is Detroit's most outstanding community of multi-family housing units. Adjacent to the wooded area of Palmer Park, the Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District incorporates a suburban concept of living in an urban ...

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Fisher Building

"Detroit's largest art object," "A Cathedral to Commerce," and "The Fisher Brother's gift to the city of the Detroit" are phrases that have been used to describe the Fisher Building. Perhaps it is best described as a luxurious building that ...

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General Motors Building

The General Motors Building, completed in 1923, is the oldest extant General Motors Headquarters building in Detroit. Founded in 1908 by William C. Durant, General Motors grew to be a leader in the automobile industry by acquiring Buick, Oldsmobile, Oakland ...

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Dunbar Hospital

Dunbar Hospital, the first hospital in Detroit for blacks, illustrates some of Detroit's most important developments over the past century. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this two-and-a-half story brick and ashlar building began as the home of real estate ...

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