Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District Explained

Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly includes Main St. from E. 2nd to the Old Monon Railroad right-of-way, Sheridan, Indiana
Coordinates:40.1372°N -86.2206°W
Architect:Dick, Hugh S.; Bond, Charles Austin
Architecture:Italianate, Romanesque, et al.
Added:September 20, 2007
Refnum:07000979

Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana. It encompasses 38 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the central business district of Sheridan. It developed between about 1880 and 1939, and includes notable examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the H.J. Thistlethwaite Building (1886), Carnegie library, First Christian Church (1910-1911), Higbee Buggy Company, American State Bank (1914), Stanley Brothers Building (c. 1895), Slliot's Drugstore (c. 1913), Indiana Telephone Company building (c. 1910), and U.S. Post Office (1939-1940).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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. 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District. 2016-04-01. Glory-June Greiff. PDF. November 2006. and accompanying photographs.