West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District Explained

West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District
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Location:Roughly 5th Ave. from Taft to Pierce St., Gary, Indiana
Coordinates:41.6017°N -87.3581°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Chicago, The Commercial Style
Added:May 17, 1984
Refnum:84001076

West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District is a national historic district located at Gary, Indiana. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings in a residential section of Gary. The buildings were built between 1922 and 1928, and consist of a dense group of brick apartment blocks mostly four stories tall. Architectural styles include examples of Colonial Revival, Renaissance Revival, Late Gothic Revival, and Commercial style architecture.[1]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District. 2016-05-01. Leslie A. Capek. PDF. October 1983. and Accompanying photographs.