Edinburgh Commercial Historic District is a national
historic district
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located at
Edinburgh
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,
Johnson County, Indiana
Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 161,765. The county seat is Franklin.
Johnson County is included in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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. The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings in the
central business district
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of Edinburgh. It developed between about 1854 and 1941, and includes notable examples of
Italianate
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...
,
Late Victorian
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and
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 ...
style architecture. Notable buildings include the Edinburgh Interurban Depot (1919), Mooney House (c. 1865), A. C. Thompson / Danner Building (1854), A. C. Thompson Bank (1872), Masonic Temple (1915), IOOF Building (1888), Central Hotel / Toner House (1855), and Edinburgh Town Hall (1920).
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1991.
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References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Italianate architecture in Indiana
Victorian architecture in Indiana
Neoclassical architecture in Indiana
Historic districts in Johnson County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Indiana
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