Built 1926 (1926) NRHP Reference # 10000376 Area 1 ha | Architect Childs & Smith Opened 1926 Added to NRHP 24 June 2010 | |
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Location 5935 Hohman Ave, Hammond, Indiana Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival Similar George John Wolf House, Horseshoe Hammond, Calumet River, Lake Michigan | ||
Northern States Life Insurance Company is a historic office building located at Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1926, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style limestone building on a partially exposed basement. It features an elevated terrace, engaged columns, and sculptural panels with low relief carvings. The Northern States Life Insurance Company ceased operation in 1930, and the building subsequently housed radio station WWAE (1938-1940), a branch library (1945-1965), Purdue University extension service (1943-1946), Hammond school administrative offices (1946-1984), and school.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
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