West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District

West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District
West Fifth Avenue Apartments, April 2012
LocationRoughly 5th Ave. from Taft to Pierce St., Gary, Indiana
Coordinates41°36′06″N 87°21′29″W / 41.60167°N 87.35806°W / 41.60167; -87.35806
Area20.5 acres (8.3 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Chicago, The Commercial Style
NRHP reference No.84001076[1]
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1984

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.[2]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  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 May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Leslie A. Capek (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.