State Bank of Hammond Building is a historic

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building located at 5444-5446 Calumet Avenue in

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, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1927, and was designed by

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architects

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. It is a two-story,

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style brick, concrete, and steel building on a full basement. The front facade is faced in

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and features a colossal entry

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with two engaged square columns and two fluted round columns. The Northern States Life Insurance Company ceased operation in 1931, and the building subsequently housed the Calumet State Bank from 1933 until 1935, and later a license bureau and other retail and office uses. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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Hammond, Indiana Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Commercial buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in Lake County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Indiana {{LakeCountyIN-NRHP-stub

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