Albion Flats
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Albion Flats
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View from Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
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| Location: | 701 Court St., Evansville, Indiana |
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| Coordinates: | 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°WCoordinates: 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1911 |
| Architect: | Shopbell & Company |
| Architectural style: | Prairie School |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82000093[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 1, 1982 |
Albion Flats (sometimes referred to as "Albion Terrace" or simply "The Albion") is a housing unit in downtown Evansville, Indiana built in 1911 as part of a trend to reform crowded living conditions for the working class. It was named after Albion Fellows Bacon, a famed advocate of improved public housing standards. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
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