Virginia Avenue District

Virginia Avenue District
Fountain Square Theatre, July 2011
Virginia Avenue District is located in Indianapolis
Virginia Avenue District
Virginia Avenue District is located in Indiana
Virginia Avenue District
Virginia Avenue District is located in the United States
Virginia Avenue District
LocationRoughly Virginia Ave. from Grove Ave. To Prospect and Morris Sts., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°45′10″N 86°08′25″W / 39.75278°N 86.14028°W / 39.75278; -86.14028
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1870 (1870)
ArchitectMultiple
MPSFountain Square Commercial Areas TR
NRHP reference No.83003442[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1983

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 (Apex) Theater (1913), Southside Wagon and Carriage Works / Saffel Chair Company (1875, c. 1916), Fountain Square Theater (1928), Woessner Building (1876, 1915), Granada Theater (1928), Southside Theater (1911), Schreiber Block (1895), Fountain Square State Bank (1922), and Fountain Bank (1902).[2]: 29–31 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

  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 Mary Toshach, Mary Ellen Gadski, James Reed, and Cecelia Boggs (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fountain Square Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Accompanying photographs