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Jefferson Street Historic District, Historic district in Gary, Indiana.

The Jefferson Street Historic District is an exclusively residential section of Gary, Indiana, with 81 contributing buildings largely erected between 1922 and 1945. Many of the houses reflect the American Small House Movement, and the streets hold examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Bungalow or American Craftsman architecture. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

The district's 81 contributing buildings are almost entirely houses built between 1922 and 1945, many following the American Small House Movement. The styles present are Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and Bungalow/American Craftsman. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

The district is purely residential, with no factories or commercial buildings among its 81 contributing structures. Its houses show how national styles of the 1920s to 1940s reached a Gary street: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and Bungalow/American Craftsman all appear side by side. Visitors can compare these styles block by block.

The district lies in an exclusively residential section of Gary, Indiana, and its 81 contributing buildings line the streets of that neighbourhood. There is no visitor centre or marked trail; the houses are private homes, so the architecture is seen from the public street and sidewalk.

The district covers 81 contributing buildings in an exclusively residential section of Gary, all listed on the National Register in 2013. The houses went up largely between 1922 and 1945, and many follow the American Small House Movement, a pattern of compact, economical single-family homes. Look for the five revival and Craftsman styles sharing the same blocks.

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