Downtown Auburn Historic District is a national historic district located at Auburn,

DeKalb County, Indiana DeKalb County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 43,265. The county seat is Auburn. History On 7 February 1835, the Indiana State Legislature passed an omnibus bill that authorized ...

. The district encompasses 52 contributing buildings in the central business district of Auburn. The district developed between about 1870 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Victorian,

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

, and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

style architecture. Notable buildings include the DeKalb County Courthouse (1911-1914), Henry Opera House (1917), DeKalb County Jail (1918), Commercial Club (1917), Auburn City Hall (1913), South Interurban Station (c. 1910), Dilgard Building (c. 1920–1930), Y.M.C.A. Building (193-1914), Auburn Hotel (1922), U.S. Post Office (1934), and Masonic Temple (c. 1922). ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1986.

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* Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Victorian architecture in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana Historic districts in DeKalb County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Indiana {{DeKalbCountyIN-NRHP-stub