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Emerson Heights Historic District

Coordinates: 39°46′40″N 86°05′17″W / 39.77778°N 86.08806°W / 39.77778; -86.08806
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Emerson Heights Historic District
Emerson Heights Historic District, February 2011
Emerson Heights Historic District is located in Indianapolis
Emerson Heights Historic District
Emerson Heights Historic District is located in Indiana
Emerson Heights Historic District
Emerson Heights Historic District is located in the United States
Emerson Heights Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Emerson Ave., Linwood Ave., E. 10th and E. Michigan Sts., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°46′40″N 86°05′17″W / 39.77778°N 86.08806°W / 39.77778; -86.08806
Area143 acres (58 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
Built bySears, Roebuck & Co.; et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman
MPSHistoric Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 MPS
NRHP reference No.10000125[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 2010

Emerson Heights Historic District, also known as Emerson Heights Addition and Chas. M. Cross Trust Clifford Avenue Addition, is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses 1,000 contributing buildings and 9 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Indianapolis. They include 659 houses, 334 garages, 7 commercial buildings, and 9 objects. It was developed between about 1910 and 1940, and includes representative examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. The houses are characteristically of frame construction with brick front porches, with some brick dwellings.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016. Note: This includes Connie J. Ziegler (April 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Emerson Heights Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., Site map, and Accompanying photographs