Franklin Commercial Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


Franklin Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

The district in 2022
39°28′48″N 86°3′19″W / 39.48000°N 86.05528°W / 39.48000; -86.05528
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Architect	Bunting, George
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Italianate, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	89000773^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 13, 1989

Franklin Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. The district encompasses 32 contributing buildings in the central business district of Franklin. It developed between about 1850 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque, and Classical Revival style architecture.^{[citation needed]} Located in the district is the separately listed Johnson County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Herriott-Clarke Building (1853), former City Hall and Opera House (1895), Artcraft Theater (1924), and Wigwam Mineola Tribe Building (c. 1915).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

Gallery

Jackson & Jefferson Streets
Red Men Wigwam

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Suzanne T. Rollins (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Franklin Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016., Site Map, and Accompanying photographs.