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Louis Mohr Block

Coordinates: 41°4′41″N 85°8′24″W / 41.07806°N 85.14000°W / 41.07806; -85.14000
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Louis Mohr Block
Mohr Block, July 2010
Louis Mohr Block is located in Indiana
Louis Mohr Block
Louis Mohr Block is located in the United States
Louis Mohr Block
Location119 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates41°4′41″N 85°8′24″W / 41.07806°N 85.14000°W / 41.07806; -85.14000
Arealess than one acre
Built1891 (1891), 1926, 1963
ArchitectKendrick, Frank B.; Rammel, William V.
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.88001222[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1988

Louis Mohr Block is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1891, and is a two-story, five-bay, Richardsonian Romanesque style brick building with a three-story rear addition erected in 1926. The front facade features cut limestone cladding on the upper part and round arch windows. The building was remodeled in 1963. For many years the building housed a women's clothing store, The Vogue.[2]: 2, 4 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[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 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louis Mohr Block" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.