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Kresge–Groth Building

Coordinates: 41°4′41″N 85°8′22″W / 41.07806°N 85.13944°W / 41.07806; -85.13944
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Kresge-–Groth Building
Kresge–Groth Building, July 2010
Kresge–Groth Building is located in Indiana
Kresge–Groth Building
Kresge–Groth Building is located in the United States
Kresge–Groth Building
Location914 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates41°4′41″N 85°8′22″W / 41.07806°N 85.13944°W / 41.07806; -85.13944
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
ArchitectHolmes, Harold
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.88001223[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1988

Kresge–Groth Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1926, and is a three-story, three-bay, Spanish Colonial Revival style brick building. The front facade features three round-topped wall arches and two-story engaged limestone columns. The building originally housed the S. S. Kresge Company and after 1933 the Earl Groth Company. It was occupied by from 1964 to 1971 by Walgreen Drug Store.[2]: 2 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

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  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 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kresge–Groth Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.