Downtown Aurora Historic District

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Downtown Aurora Historic District
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Aurora.jpg
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, November 2012
Downtown Aurora Historic District is located in Indiana
Downtown Aurora Historic District
Location Bounded by Importing, Water, Market, Fifth, and Exporting Sts., Aurora, Indiana
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area 100 acres (40 ha)
Architect Rogers, Isaiah; Et al.
Architectural style Multiple
NRHP Reference # 94001134[1]
Added to NRHP September 8, 1994

Downtown Aurora Historic District is a national historic district located at Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana. The district encompasses 272 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Aurora. The district developed between about 1830 and 1944, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Federal, and Greek Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Aurora City Hall, Aurora Methodist Episcopal Church, Aurora Public Library, First Evangelical United Church of Christ, First Presbyterian Church, George Street Bridge, Hillforest (Forest Hill), Lewis Hurlbert, Sr. House, Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House, and George Sutton Medical Office. Other notable buildings include the T. and J.W. Gaff Distillery (1843), First National Bank (1924), I.O.O.F. Hall (1887), B&O Railroad Station (1911-1917), John Neff Building, Chamber Stevens & Co. Dry Goods Store, U.S. Post Office (1935), Star Milling Co. (1891), and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (1874).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

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