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Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District

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Architect
  
Turnock, Enoch Hill

Area
  
9.8 ha

Added to NRHP
  
26 September 1997

NRHP Reference #
  
97001178

Year built
  
1868

Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District

Location
  
Roughly along Main St., roughly bounded by E. Jackson, and Second Sts., Waterfall Dr., and Tyler Ave., Elkhart, Indiana

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival

Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. The district encompasses 59 contributing buildings in the central business district of Elkhart. It was developed between about 1868 and 1930, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Green Block, Lerner Theatre, and Young Women's Christian Association. Other notable buildings include the Cornish Block (c. 1875), Franklin Street Station (1895), Menges Building (1908), former Post Office (1905), Midwest Museum of Modern Art (1922), Elkhart Water Company, Masonic Temple, Rowe Block (1900), and Dreves Building (c. 1915).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

References

Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District Wikipedia