| American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building | |
| Location: | 633 W. 4th Avenue Gary, Indiana |
| Coordinates: | 41.6036°N -87.3453°W |
| Architect: | D.F. Creighton; United States Sheet & Tin Plate Co. |
| Architecture: | Poured concrete |
| Added: | June 17, 2009 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Mpsub: | Concrete in Steel City: The Edison Concept Houses of Gary Indiana MS |
| Refnum: | 09000427 |
The American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building, one of the Edison Concept Houses, is a historic building at 633 West 4th Avenue in Gary, Indiana. The building was designed by D. F. Creighton and constructed in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 2009. It was built by the United States Sheet & Tin Plate Co.
Thousands moved to Gary in the early 1900s for work in the burgeoning steel industry. Providing housing quickly and affordably, Thomas Edison's 1906 proposal of pouring a concrete mixture into a single mold for the façades, roof, stairs, walls, and other parts of a house was adopted for company housing (Edison was not directly involved).[1] [2]
by The Staff of the Indiana Magazine of History September 3, 2012 Indiana public media. (historic file)