State and Prospect District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses eight contributing buildings and one contributing object in the Fountain Square Commercial Areas of Indianapolis. It developed between about 1871 and 1932, and notable buildings include the Mitschrich / Schaefer Feed Store (c. 1890), Sommer / Roempke Bakery (1875, 1908), and Lorber's Saloon (1885).
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Laurel and Prospect District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses three contributing buildings in the Fountain Square Commercial Areas of Indianapolis. It developed between about 1871 and 1932, and notable buildings include the Mangold / Roepke Saloon and Buddenbaum Grocery.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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General German Protestant Orphans Home, also known as the Pleasant Run Children's Home , is a historic orphanage located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was designed by architect Diedrich A. Bohlen and built in 1871–1872. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick institutional building on a limestone block foundation. It has eclectic German vernacular detailing and varying roof forms.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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The Fountain Square Theatre is a landmark commercial building that is located in the Virginia Avenue District of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
The building houses restaurants, bars, a hotel, duckpin bowling, as well as the original theater. Construction of the building was completed on Friday, May 4, 1928, with an original capacity of 1,500. It hosted a variety of entertainment including moving pictures and live vaudeville shows which included a full orchestra pit and Marr-Colton organ. The Theatre had its official opening on Saturday, May 5, 1928, and was noted for its Italian themed interior. Fountain Square Recreation, a bowling alley and billiard hall, was located on the fourth floor. Frank Baldwin Hunter of Indianapolis was the architect.
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Fountain Square is a neighborhood and designated cultural district in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Located approximately 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of downtown Indianapolis, Fountain Square is home to three designated national historic districts, the Laurel and Prospect, the State and Prospect, and the Virginia Avenue districts, all of which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The neighborhood derives its name from the successive fountains that have been prominently featured at the intersection of Virginia Avenue, East Prospect Street, and Shelby Street.
Fountain Square is the first commercial historic district in Indiana, and it is the only portion of the city outside the initial mile square that has continually operated as a recognized commercial area since the 1870s. Its significance is not only as an early commercial district, but additionally as one developed and dominated by German-American immigrants, merchants, and entrepreneurs, who established a strong German character on the city's southside. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Fountain Square was the city's main entertainment district, with as many as seven theaters in operation at one point in time.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a large swath of Fountain Square was demolished to complete the Interstate Highway System in Indianapolis, leaving the remaining neighborhood disconnected from the surrounding area. After decades of population decline, the neighborhood is estimated to have 9,839 inhabitants. Historic preservation efforts began in the late 1990s, and the neighborhood slowly re-emerged as a vibrant commercial center. Today, Fountain Square is widely considered to be Indianapolis's newest trendy neighborhood, with an eclectic mix of retro architecture and modern, urban design.
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Virginia Avenue District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses 43 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the Fountain Square Commercial Areas of Indianapolis. It developed between about 1871 and 1932, and notable buildings include the Sanders Theater, Southside Wagon and Carriage Works / Saffel Chair Company, Fountain Square Theater, Woessner Building, Granada Theater, Southside Theater, Schreiber Block, Fountain Square State Bank, and Fountain Bank.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana