Starr Piano Factory & Richmond Gas Company, G Street Bridge & Main Street Bridge, Richmond, Wayne County, IN
Summary
Significance: The area serves as a reminder and benchmark to the early industrial development of the City with the Whitewater River as a source of power. The buildings' architectural elements represent early industrial development, and their use in the piano manufacturing and recording industries contributed substantially to the development of the music industry.
Survey number: HAER IN-42
Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1878 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
James M Starr & Company
Gennett, Henry
Lumsden, John
Starr, James M
Starr, Benjamin F
Trayser, George
Pyle Photography
Location
Richmond (Ind.), 39.83188, -84.98175
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html