West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District is a national historic district located at

Gary, Indiana Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America. Gary is located along the sou ...

. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings in a residential section of Gary. The buildings were built between 1922 and 1928, and consist of a dense group of brick apartment blocks mostly four stories tall. Architectural styles include examples of

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 ...

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 ...

, Late Gothic Revival, and Commercial style architecture. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana Gothic Revival architecture in Indiana Renaissance Revival architecture in Indiana Historic districts in Gary, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Gary, Indiana {{LakeCountyIN-NRHP-stub