The Blacherne
Blacherne | |
 The Blacherne, January 2010 | |
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| Location | 402 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′22″N 86°9′29″W / 39.77278°N 86.15806°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1895 |
| MPS | Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000058[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1983 |
The Blacherne is a historic apartment building located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1895 and is a large seven-story, 6 bay by 15 bay, red pressed brick building on a limestone foundation. It features two circular projecting bays at the corners and a semicircular limestone Romanesque Revival style entry portal.[2]: Part 1, p. 31–32
The building was constructed by Indiana native Lew Wallace with the royalties from his best selling novel Ben Hur.[2] The building is named after the palace in Wallace's novel The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell (1893). He maintained a residence in the structure until his death.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016. Note: This includes Niggle, Karen S.; Roberson, Samuel A. Roberso; Roberson, Sheryl D. (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis (Part 1)" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., Niggle, Karen S.; Roberson, Samuel A.; Roberson, Sheryl D. (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis (Part 2)" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., Niggle, Karen S.; Roberson, Samuel A.; Roberson, Sheryl D. (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis (Part 3)" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., and accompanying photographs.
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