Oaklandon Historic District, Historic district in Indiana, United States.

Oaklandon Historic District is a National Register district in Indianapolis, Indiana, with 38 contributing buildings in the mid-19th-century settlement of Oaklandon. The buildings date from about 1908 to 1941 and include Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman examples. Notable structures are the Oaklandon Christian Church (1908), Oaklandon Universalist Church (1921), and Dr. Charles J. Kneer Residence (1923).

Oaklandon grew from a mid-19th-century settlement into a district whose 38 contributing buildings date mainly from 1908 to 1941. The Oaklandon Christian Church (1908), Oaklandon Universalist Church (1921) and Dr. Charles J. Kneer Residence (1923) are among its notable structures. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

The district's name comes from the mid-19th century settlement of Oaklandon that the 38 contributing buildings occupy. Three churches and residences anchor its streets, among them the Oaklandon Christian Church of 1908 and the Oaklandon Universalist Church of 1921, whose congregations built them in the Classical Revival and Late Gothic Revival manners.

You can explore the neighborhood on foot and view the different houses from the street. Daytime visits work best when architectural details are easiest to see and the streets are accessible.

The houses display how construction methods evolved and improved over the decades. These craftsmanship details reveal local building traditions and what materials were available to earlier generations.