Seymour Commercial Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


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

Chestnut and St. Louis in Seymour, June 2011
38°57′28″N 85°53′21″W / 38.95778°N 85.88917°W / 38.95778; -85.88917
Area	34 acres (14 ha)
Built	1876 (1876)
Architect	Abraham and Sons; Wetmore, James
Architectural style	Italianate, Romanesque, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	95000708^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 9, 1995

Seymour Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana. It encompasses 79 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in the central business district of Seymour. The district developed between about 1876 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Farmers Club. Other notable buildings include the Masonic Temple (1901), Richart Block (1900), Steinker Meat Market (c. 1885), Seymour National Bank (c. 1920), Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Building (1929), Jonas Hotel (c 1876), and Kidd Saloon (1887).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

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 April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Laura Thayer (October 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Seymour Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016., Site Map, and Accompanying photographs.