Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana)


Blackstone Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Blackstone Building, July 2010
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Location	112 W. Washington, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates	41°4′22″N 85°8′1″W / 41.07278°N 85.13361°W / 41.07278; -85.13361Coordinates: 41°4′22″N 85°8′1″W / 41.07278°N 85.13361°W / 41.07278; -85.13361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1927 (1927)
Architect	Weatherhogg, Charles R.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	88001219^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1988

Blackstone Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was designed by noted Fort Wayne architect Charles R. Weatherhogg and built in 1927. It is a three-story, three bay, Classical Revival style brick building. The front facade features panelled Ionic order pilasters topped by a modillion cornice and a shaped parapet. It's upper stories are clad in white terra cotta. The building originally housed the Blackstone Shop, an exclusive women's clothing store.^[2]^:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Blackstone Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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