Emerson Avenue Addition Historic District
Emerson Avenue Addition Historic District, Residential historic district in east Indianapolis, United States.
The district contains 1,000 buildings, including 659 houses and 334 garages, spread across 143 acres of planned residential neighborhoods.
Developed between 1910 and 1940, the district features Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and American Craftsman architecture with brick front porches.
Middle-class families, including skilled laborers, teachers, and reporters, established strong community bonds in this early 20th-century suburban development.
The district sits five miles east of downtown Indianapolis, bounded by Emerson Avenue, Linwood Avenue, East 10th Street, and East Michigan Street.
Several houses in the district came from Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs, representing the early mail-order home construction movement in America.
Location: Indianapolis
GPS coordinates: 39.77694,-86.08111
Latest update: March 6, 2025 21:29
Benton House
1.3 km
Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System
5.6 km
General German Protestant Orphans Home
5.4 km
Rivoli Theater
2.6 km
Irvington Terrace Historic District
1.6 km
William H. H. Graham House
1.2 km
Bona Thompson Memorial Center
1.2 km
Linwood Colonial Apartments
1.2 km
Horner–Terrill House
1.7 km
Roy and Iris Corbin Lustron House
1.5 km
Spades Park Branch
4.2 km
Christian Park School No. 82
1.9 km
East Washington Branch
3.1 km
Ralph Waldo Emerson Indianapolis Public School No. 58
981 m
Prosser House
4.5 km
Carlos and Anne Recker House
1.4 km
Thomas Askren House
3 km
John Fitch Hill House
4.6 km
Julian-Clark House
1.3 km
State and Prospect District
5 km
Laurel and Prospect District
5.4 km
John Greenleaf Whittier School, No. 33
4.1 km
Gaseteria, Inc.
5.1 km
Thomas Moore House
1.8 km
Emerson Heights Historic District
601 m
Radio Radio
5.7 km
Easley Winery
5.5 km
Cole Motor Car Company building
5.5 kmReviews
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