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Shelbyville Commercial Historic District

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Architect
  
Multiple

Area
  
17 ha

Added to NRHP
  
9 August 1984

NRHP Reference #
  
84001638

Year built
  
1822

Shelbyville Commercial Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Broadway, Tompkins, Mechanic, and Noble Sts., Shelbyville, Indiana

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Arts & Crafts

Shelbyville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. The district encompasses 149 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Shelbyville. It developed between about 1822 and the 1930s, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Second Empire, Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival, and Art Deco style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the Shelbyville Central Schools Administrative Offices (1912), Carnegie Library (1902), First Baptist Church (1903), St. Joseph Catholic Church and School (1908), Civic Center (1932), Melton Jewelry Store (1886), Blessing-Deprez Building (1869), Knights of Pythias (1901), Cherry Building (1889), I.O.O.F. Building (1895), Old High School Building (1886), and a statue of Charles Major (1929).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

Shelbyville Commercial Historic District Wikipedia