Wabash Avenue–East Historic District Explained

Wabash Avenue–East Historic District
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Location:Wabash Ave. and 7th and 8th Sts.; also 26-34 8th St.; also roughly bounded by 6th, Ohio, 7th, and Walnut Sts., Terre Haute, Indiana
Coordinates:39.4664°N -87.4067°W
Architect:Eberson, John; Sherman, J. Merrill; et al.
Architecture:Renaissance, Italianate, Romanesque, Early Commercial, Art Deco
Added:June 30, 1983, September 16, 1992, September 20, 2006
Mpsub:Downtown Terre Haute MRA
Refnum:83000040, September 16, 1992 (Boundary Increase), 06000851 (Boundary Increase and Decrease)

Wabash Avenue–East Historic District is a national historic district located at Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. It encompasses 20 contributing buildings in the central business district of Terre Haute. It developed between about 1880 and 1940 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Indiana Theatre. Other notable buildings include The Kaufman Block (1863-1868), Terre Haute Trust Company (1908), the Tribune Building (1912), Bement-Rea Warehouse (1908), Swope Block (1901), AT&T Building (c. 1940), and Ohio Building (1912).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, with boundary adjustments in 1992 (5 properties removed, one new property added) and in 2006 (3 properties removed, 13 new properties added).

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: Historic Resources of Downtown Terre Haute (Part 1). 2016-07-01. Alan Goebes . PDF. March 1983. and Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Historic Resources of Downtown Terre Haute (Part 2). 2016-07-01. Alan Goebes . PDF. March 1983., Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wabash Avenue–East Historic District (Boundary Adjustment). 2016-07-01. Laura Thayer . PDF. January 1992., Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wabash Avenue–East Historic District (Boundary Adjustment). 2016-07-01. Susan Lankford, Tommy Kleckner, and Jeremy Risen . PDF. July 2004., and Site map