Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

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Blackstone Building
File:Fort Wayne - Blackstone Building.jpg
Blackstone Building, July 2010
Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana) is located in Indiana
Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Location 112 W. Washington, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Area less than one acre
Built 1927 (1927)
Architect Weatherhogg, Charles R.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 88001219[1]
Added to NRHP August 24, 1988

Blackstone Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was designed by noted Fort Wayne architect Charles R. Weatherhogg and built in 1927. It is a three-story, three bay, Classical Revival style brick building. The front facade features panelled Ionic order pilasters topped by a modillion cornice and a shaped parapet. It's upper stories are clad in white terra cotta. The building originally housed the Blackstone Shop, an exclusive women's clothing store.[2]:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

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