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Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District

Coordinates: 39°49′16″N 86°09′24″W / 39.82111°N 86.15667°W / 39.82111; -86.15667
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Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District
Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District, November 2010
Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District is located in Indianapolis
Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District
Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District is located in Indiana
Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District
Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District is located in the United States
Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District
LocationRoughly bet. 34th and 38th Sts., along N. Meridian and N. Pennsylvania Sts., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°49′16″N 86°09′24″W / 39.82111°N 86.15667°W / 39.82111; -86.15667
Area70 acres (28 ha)
ArchitectGeorge and Zimmerman; Dietz, H. Ziegler, et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival, ET AL.
NRHP reference No.00000195[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 2000

Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses 136 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Indianapolis. It was developed between about 1900 and 1951, and includes representative examples of Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Mission Revival, Renaissance Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Shortridge High School. Other notable buildings include the Vernon Court Apartments (1928), Fronenac Apartments (1951), Biltmore Apartments (1927), Meridian Apartments (1929), New Yorker Apartments (1917), Howland Manor (1929), Powell-Evans House (1911), Harms House (1906), Dorchester Apartments (1921), and Martin Manor Apartments (1916).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016. Note: This includes William L. Selm (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs