New Albany Downtown Historic District (Indiana)
|
New Albany Downtown Historic District
|
|
 |
|
|
Old State Bank
|
|
 |
|
| Location | Roughly between W. First St., and E. Fifth St.,; W. Main St. to E. Spring St., New Albany, Indiana |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 49.5 acres (20.0 ha) |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Pugh, Hugh; et.al. |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 99001074[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 1999 |
The New Albany Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at New Albany, Indiana. The general area is W. First Street to the west, Spring St. to the north, E. Fifth Street to the east, and Main Street to the south. The local specification of the district is between East Fifth Street to West Fifth Street, Culbertson Street to the north, and the Ohio River to the south. East Spring Street Historic District is immediately east of the area, and the Main Street section of the Mansion Row Historic District starts. The area includes the Scribner House, where the founders of New Albany lived.[2] It is also the focal area of the Harvest Homecoming Festival every October.
Architectural styles vary, including Beaux-Arts, Chicago Commercial, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Neoclassical, and Renaissance Revival. Prominent buildings in the district include:
- Elsby Building (1916, Neoclassical)
- Firestone Building (1937, Art Moderne)
- New Albany Carnegie Library (1902): Now the Carnegie Center for Art and History
- Sears Automotive (Art Deco)
- Town Clock Church (1852, Greek Revival): Originally the Second Presbyterian Church and served the Underground Railroad, it is now the Second Baptist Church.
- Woolworth Building (1910, Chicago Commercial): Site of the chain's first luncheonette.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
Gallery
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Note: This includes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Accompanying photographs.
- ↑ Barksdale, David C. & Sekula, Robyn Davis (2005). New Albany in Vintage Postcards, p. 2; ISBN 978-0-7385-3386-5
- http://www.newalbanypreservation.com/uploads/File/designguidelines/NAguides-Downtown.pdf
- http://www.countyhistory.com/fchs/tour.html
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Floyd County, Indiana location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Louisville metro area-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Historic districts in New Albany, Indiana
- F. W. Woolworth Company buildings and structures
- National Register of Historic Places in Floyd County, Indiana
- Populated places on the Underground Railroad
- Federal architecture in Indiana
- Italianate architecture in Indiana
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs
- Louisville metropolitan area, Indiana geography stubs
- Louisville metropolitan area stubs
