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Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District

Coordinates: 40°8′14″N 86°13′14″W / 40.13722°N 86.22056°W / 40.13722; -86.22056
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Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District
South Main, Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District, January 2012
LocationRoughly includes Main St. from E. 2nd to the Old Monon Railroad right-of-way, Sheridan, Indiana
Coordinates40°8′14″N 86°13′14″W / 40.13722°N 86.22056°W / 40.13722; -86.22056
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
ArchitectDick, Hugh S.; Bond, Charles Austin
Architectural styleItalianate, Romanesque, et al.
NRHP reference No.07000979[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 2007

Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana. It encompasses 38 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the central business district of Sheridan. It developed between about 1880 and 1939, and includes notable examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the H.J. Thistlethwaite Building (1886), Carnegie library, First Christian Church (1910-1911), Higbee Buggy Company, American State Bank (1914), Stanley Brothers Building (c. 1895), Slliot's Drugstore (c. 1913), Indiana Telephone Company building (c. 1910), and U.S. Post Office (1939-1940).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[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 April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (November 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sheridan Downtown Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and accompanying photographs.