Polk Street Terraces Historic District
Polk Street Terraces Historic District, Historic residential district in Gary, United States.
The Polk Street Terraces Historic District contains twenty buildings arranged along Polk Street, featuring characteristic elements of Bungalow and American Craftsman architecture.
The district emerged in 1910 when the United States Sheet & Tin Plate Company commissioned architect D.F. Creighton to design houses based on Thomas Edison's construction concepts.
The district represents early twentieth-century industrial workers' residential development, reflecting the period when Gary developed into a manufacturing center.
Visitors can explore the district's architecture by following Polk Street from numbers 404 to 422 and 437 to 455, examining the preserved historic structures.
The buildings demonstrate Thomas Edison's experimental concrete construction methods, making them rare examples of this innovative early twentieth-century building technique.
Location: Indiana
GPS coordinates: 41.60361,-87.34972
Latest update: March 12, 2025 15:13
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