Combs Addition Historic District, Historic residential district in Gary, United States.
Combs Addition Historic District is an exclusively residential section of Gary, Indiana, with 99 contributing buildings constructed between 1928 and 1959. The houses are examples of the American Small House cottage movement, carrying Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival design elements. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
Combs Addition was developed between 1928 and 1959 as an exclusively residential section of Gary, Indiana. Its 99 contributing buildings are examples of the American Small House cottage movement, with Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival design elements. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The district's 99 houses, built between 1928 and 1959, show American Small House cottage design with Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival details. Visitors can compare porches, gables and brickwork from house to house along the residential blocks.
The neighborhood is best explored on foot, following the connected residential blocks at a leisurely pace. Walking during daylight hours lets you properly see the house details and overall layout of the area.
The district's 99 houses were built between 1928 and 1959, so the blocks show three decades of the American Small House cottage movement side by side, with Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival details on the same street. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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