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>Griffith Block (Commercial Building), 36-38 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
See 23 maps of this location
B&W Photos
 HB469274 BWPhotos 335073 |  HB469275 BWPhotos 335074 |  HB469276 BWPhotos 335075 |  HB469277 BWPhotos 335076 |
 HB469278 BWPhotos 335077 |  HB469279 BWPhotos 335078 |  HB469280 BWPhotos 335079 |  HB469281 BWPhotos 335080 |
 HB469282 BWPhotos 335081 |  HB469283 BWPhotos 335082 |  HB469284 BWPhotos 335083 |  HB469285 BWPhotos 335084 |
 HB469286 BWPhotos 335085 |  HB469287 BWPhotos 335086 |
Item Title
BWPhotos 335086
Location
36-38 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IN-214
Significance: Built in 1872 by the heirs of Humphrey Griffith, a leading pioneer businessman, the Griffith Block has housed a variety of retail establishments during its long history. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the editorial offices of the "Indianapolis News" were located in the block. The third and fourth floors contained lodge meeting rooms, used by several fraternal orders and labor unions. Architecturally, the Griffith Block is one of a few surviving examples in the city of a facade designed in the "Venetian Commercial Italianate" style, popular in Indianapolis during the 1870s. It is one of the very few surviving nineteenth century buildings with a limestone facade .
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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