House of Crane Building, 124 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
Summary
Significance: Built in 1866-67, the House of Crane Building was one of the original commercial structures erected to house wholesale businesses in Indianapolis' Wholesale District. Established during the Civil War, the Wholesale District served the city and central Indiana until after the Second World War as a source of wholesale products from clothing to groceries and cigars. The House of Crane is a contributing structure in the Indianapolis Union Station-Wholesale District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1982.
Survey number: HABS IN-228
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 82000067
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
LeCoff, transmitter
DuBarr, transmitter
Location
Indianapolis (Ind.), 39.76493, -86.15820
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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