Downtown LaPorte Historic District

Downtown LaPorte Historic District
Laporte County Courthouse, Spring 2007
Downtown LaPorte Historic District is located in Indiana
Downtown LaPorte Historic District
Downtown LaPorte Historic District is located in the United States
Downtown LaPorte Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by State, Jackson, Maple and Chicago Sts., LaPorte, Indiana
Coordinates41°36′41″N 86°43′20″W / 41.61139°N 86.72222°W / 41.61139; -86.72222
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Builtc. 1860 (1860)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Romanesque, Neo Classical
NRHP reference No.83000039[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1983

Downtown LaPorte Historic District is a national historic district located at LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana. The district encompasses 70 contributing buildings in the central business district of LaPorte. It developed between about 1860 and 1930, and includes examples of Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Neoclassical style architecture. Notable buildings include the Zahrt Blocks (1868, 1874), Ridgway Hotel (1863), Higday and Collins Blocks (1886–1888), LaPorte County Courthouse (1890–1894), Odd Fellows Building (1895), Lonn's Block (1889), People's Bank (1912), U.S. Post Office (1912), New York Central Depot (1909), Masonic Temple (1910), and Hotel Rumely (1912).[2]

It was listed in 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 May 1, 2016. Note: This includes John C. Rumely and Annette Slager (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown LaPorte Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.