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Journal Building, 46-48 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN



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B&W Photos

HB469224
View Northwest, 4-story Building In Center, East (front) And South Facade
HB469225
View West, East (front) Facade (office Section)
HB469226
View North, South Facade
HB469227
View North, 5-story Building In Center, West (rear) Facade In

HB469228
Detail, East (front) Facade, Third And Fourth Floors
HB469229
Detail, East (front) Facade, First And Second Floors
HB469230
First Floor, Mechanical Section, Looking Northeast
HB469231
Fourth Floor, Mechanical Section, Looking Southwest


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Item Title


Location
46-48 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS IN-213
Building/structure dates: 1897 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1913 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1923 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1954 subsequent work
Significance: The Journal Building was built in 1897 and is the second oldest building on Monument Circle, the focal point of the city plan created in 1821. It is the only surviving nineteenth-century commercial building on the Circle, representing the transition of the Circle from a residential and church area into a commercial district. The Journal Building was built as the home of the "Indianapolis Journal" and as the offices of the Indianapolis Light and Power Company. It was originally built in two sections: mechanical (rear) and office (front). Only the exterior walls of the office section remain intact, albeit with alterations, as the interior has been rebuilt and remodeled a number of times. The mechanical section in the rear of the building, facing the north-south alley, Bird Street, was enlarged in 1923 with the addition of three stories. Much of the mechanical section's historic fabric dates from that time.

Related Names
Indianapolis Journal


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW NORTHWEST, 4-STORY BUILDING IN CENTER, EAST (FRONT) AND SOUTH FACADE
2. VIEW WEST, EAST (FRONT) FACADE (OFFICE SECTION)
3. VIEW NORTH, SOUTH FACADE
4. VIEW NORTH, 5-STORY BUILDING IN CENTER, WEST (REAR) FACADE IN
5. DETAIL, EAST (FRONT) FACADE, THIRD AND FOURTH FLOORS
6. DETAIL, EAST (FRONT) FACADE, FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS
7. FIRST FLOOR, MECHANICAL SECTION, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. FOURTH FLOOR, MECHANICAL SECTION, LOOKING SOUTHWEST


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