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Downtown Auburn Historic District

Coordinates: 41°22′00″N 85°03′18″W / 41.36667°N 85.05500°W / 41.36667; -85.05500
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Downtown Auburn Historic District
DeKalb County Courthouse, October 2005
Downtown Auburn Historic District is located in Indiana
Downtown Auburn Historic District
Downtown Auburn Historic District is located in the United States
Downtown Auburn Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by E. and W. Fourth, N. and S. Cedar, E. Twelfth, and N. and S. Jackson Sts., Auburn, Indiana
Coordinates41°22′00″N 85°03′18″W / 41.36667°N 85.05500°W / 41.36667; -85.05500
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1870 (1870)
ArchitectMahurin & Mahurin; Et al.
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Late Victorian, Romanesque Revival; Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.86002858[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1986

Downtown Auburn Historic District is a national historic district located at Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana. The district encompasses 52 contributing buildings in the central business district of Auburn. The district developed between about 1870 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Victorian, Classical Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the DeKalb County Courthouse (1911-1914), Henry Opera House (1917), DeKalb County Jail (1918), Commercial Club (1917), Auburn City Hall (1913), South Interurban Station (c. 1910), Dilgard Building (c. 1920-1930), Y.M.C.A. Building (193-1914), Auburn Hotel (1922), U.S. Post Office (1934), and Masonic Temple (c. 1922).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  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 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Bruce Johnson (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Auburn Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.