The Wilson is a historic Renaissance Revival

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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

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

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. 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

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