Taylor Carpet Company Building, building in Indiana, United States

The Taylor Carpet Company Building is a seven-story structure in Indianapolis built in the late 1800s, combining Beaux-Arts influences with Chicago-style architecture. The lower floors feature stone facing in Art Moderne style, while the upper levels display light terra cotta cladding with large windows designed to maximize natural light.

The building was constructed in the late 1800s to house carpet manufacturing operations and expanded by three stories in 1906 to meet growing business needs. The Taylor Carpet Company operated there until 1936, marking the end of an important chapter in Indianapolis textile manufacturing.

The building is named for the Taylor Carpet Company, which occupied it until 1936. It stands beside the Indianapolis News Building on Washington Street, within the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District, so its name records a downtown firm rather than a factory quarter.

The building stands in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District, listed on the National Register in 1984, and directly adjoins the Indianapolis News Building, so both can be seen on one downtown walk. Its entrance frontage is on the lower two floors, which carry the Art Moderne stone veneer.

The buff terra cotta facade and large Chicago-style windows belong to the 1897 Beaux-Arts block, while the top three floors were added in 1906. The first two floors were later refaced in Art Moderne stone veneer, so three building campaigns sit stacked in one facade. The building stands next to the Indianapolis News Building.