Palais Royale Building Explained

Palais Royale Building
Location:113-105 W. Colfax Ave. and 201-209 N. Michigan St., South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates:41.6778°N -86.2503°W
Architect:Aroner, J. S.; Handelsman, Jacob
Architecture:Spanish Renaissance Revival
Added:July 21, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83000102

Palais Royale Building, also known as the Lippman Building, is a historic commercial building located in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was built in 1922 along with the neighboring Palace Theater by the Palace Theater Corporation. It is a three-story, rectangular, Spanish Renaissance Revival-style brick building with finely crafted terra cotta ornamentation. It features a series of monumental semi-elliptical arched windows. The interior originally housed a two-story ballroom. A bombing on January 10, 1935, blew out most of the storefront windows and destroyed the corner suite.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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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. 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Palais Royale Building. 2016-06-01. Leslie Capek. PDF. September 1982. and Accompanying photographs