Old Indianapolis City Hall
Old Indianapolis City Hall, formerly known as the Indiana State Museum, is a historic city hall located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1909–1910, and is a four-story, Classical Revival style brick building sheathed in Indiana limestone. It measures 188 feet by 133 feet.[2]:2–4
Old Indianapolis City Hall | |
 Old Indianapolis City Hall, October 2010 | |
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| Location | 202 N. Alabama St., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′12″N 86°9′9″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1909-1910 |
| Architect | Rubush & Hunter; Behrens, William F. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000029[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1974 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
History
City Hall was opened in 1910 and was used for that purpose until 1962, when city offices moved to the City-County Building. [3]
The building housed the Indiana State Museum from 1966 to 2001. Later, when the Indianapolis Public Library Central Library was rebuilt, the building was used as temporary Central Library.
Proposed reuse
Since the criminal and civil courts will be moving out of City-County Building (CCB) by 2021 into a new Jail/Courts complex, Mayor Joe Hogsett has proposed in 2018 that the CCB be sold to private developers and the City/County government be moved back into an updated city hall. [3] "Our offices struggle to reorganize around modern technology," Hogsett said. "Many of our offices are sized with the assumption records will be kept in rows and rows of filing cabinets. Why not? That's how they kept the records in 1960. That's how the (City-County Building) was built."
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Jane Meeker and Eric Gilbertson (June 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Indianapolis City Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
- Briggs, James; Martin, Ryan (April 22, 2018). "Old City Hall could become Indianapolis' new city hall again". Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IN-156, "Indianapolis City Hall, 202 North Alabama, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN", 8 photos, 22 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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