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Selig's Dry Goods Company Building

Coordinates: 39°46′2″N 86°9′30″W / 39.76722°N 86.15833°W / 39.76722; -86.15833
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Selig's Dry Goods Company Building
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building, January 2010
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building is located in Indianapolis
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building is located in Indianapolis
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building is located in Indiana
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building is located in the United States
Selig's Dry Goods Company Building
Location20 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°46′2″N 86°9′30″W / 39.76722°N 86.15833°W / 39.76722; -86.15833
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (1924), 1933
ArchitectVonnegut, Bohn and Mueller; Elias, Rothschild and Company
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.84001190[1]
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1984

Selig's Dry Goods Company Building, also known as Morrisons/Em-roe Sporting Goods Company, is a historic commercial building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1924, and is a seven-story, rectangular, Beaux-Arts style building with a white terra cotta and aluminum front facade. It was remodeled in 1933. The building features tinted plate glass windows and a terra cotta Roman thermal window-like screen at the top floor. The building housed the Selig's Dry Goods Company, in operation until 1933.[2]: 3–4 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] It is located in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

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 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Samuel A. Roberson & Associates (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Selig's Dry Goods Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs