The Wilson is a historic

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

apartment building An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ...

located at 643 Fort Wayne Avenue in

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. It was built in 1905 amid an apartment-building boom; more than fifty such apartment buildings were completed in what is now central Indianapolis in 1905 alone. (Note: online document includes 28 pages of a 92-page document, plus 4 pages of signatures) In 1983, the Wilson was listed on 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 v ...

as part of the "Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis"

multiple property submission The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of Historic districts in the United States, districts, sites, buildings, struc ...

. The apartments in this group were added to the Register for their architecture and for their place in the development of commerce and real estate development in Indianapolis. Its NRHP nomination states: "The Wilson is significant for its use of numerous distinctive Renaissance Revival motifs derived from the classical vocabulary of architectural design." (Note: This is a one page section of a 92-page document, at page 57, plus one photograph page) It has a five bay Doric order terra cotta entrance arcade and other architectural details.

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* Apartment buildings in Indiana Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Renaissance Revival architecture in Indiana Residential buildings completed in 1905 Residential buildings in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis 1905 establishments in Indiana {{Indianapolis-stub