Test Building Explained

Test Building
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:39.7683°N -86.1589°W
Architect:Bass, Knowlton, & Company
Added:June 16, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83000138

Test Building, also known as the Circle Motor Inn, is a historic commercial building in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and is a nine-story, reinforced concrete structure with 12-inch thick brick and clay tile curtain walls. It is faced with Indiana limestone and has a three-story brick penthouse and two-level basement. The mixed-use building housed the city's earliest large parking garages.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

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. 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Test Building . 2016-08-01. Mary Ellen Gadski and James S. Reed. PDF. February 1983. and Accompanying photographs