Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District (Geneva, Indiana)

Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District

Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District, November 2011
Location 144-455 E. Line St., Geneva, Indiana
Coordinates 40°35′33″N 84°57′33″W / 40.59250°N 84.95917°W / 40.59250; -84.95917Coordinates: 40°35′33″N 84°57′33″W / 40.59250°N 84.95917°W / 40.59250; -84.95917
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1882 (1882)
Architectural style Romanesque, Italianate, et al.
NRHP Reference # 02000196[1]
Added to NRHP March 21, 2002

Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Geneva, Adams County, Indiana. It encompasses 22 contributing buildings in the central business district of Geneva. They were built between about 1882 and 1930, and include notable examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style commercial architecture. Notable buildings include the M.E. Hutton Carriage Shop (1895-1896), Briggs Hardware (1882), Shamrock Block (c. 1885), and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows building (1906).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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 Jared N. Tuk (September 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs


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