Highland Park Neighborhood Historic District Explained

Highland Park Neighborhood Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Kossuth St., S. 9th St., Cherokee Ave. and 4th St., Lafayette, Indiana
Coordinates:40.4061°N -86.8892°W
Architect:Earnshaw & Punshon; Nicol, Charles W.
Architecture:Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, Tudor Revival
Added:March 14, 1996
Refnum:96000270

Highland Park Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 240 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in a planned residential subdivision of Lafayette. It developed between about 1892 and 1945 and includes representative examples of Queen Anne, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the Blistain Axel Merritt House (1914), John Wagner Jr. House (c. 1893), John Ross House (c. 1895), and Bicycle Bridge (1924).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Highland Park Neighborhood Historic District. 2016-07-01. Gary Louis Nowling and Paul Diebold. PDF. September 1995., Site map, and Accompanying photographs