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Marott's Shoes Building is a historic commercial building located at
Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
. It was built in 1899–1900, and is a seven-story, four-bay, rectangular, Tudor Revival style building faced in white
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. It has large Chicago style window openings on the upper floors. It features Tudor arched windows on the top floor and a crenellated
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. It is located next to the
Lombard Building The Lombard Building is a Victorian era building built between 1889 and 1890, within the Melbourne CBD in Victoria, Australia. It was designed by the architectural practice of Reed, Henderson & Smart (1883–1890), now known as Bates Smart. The ...
. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the
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in 1983. It is located in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.


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