Indianapolis News Building, Historic newspaper building in Indianapolis, United States
The Indianapolis News Building is a ten-story, rectangular Neo-Gothic building of brick and terra cotta, designed by Jarvis Hunt and built in 1909–1910. It is three bays wide and ten bays deep, and its top floor has a corbelled terra cotta balcony, Tudor-like window openings and a Gothic parapet. It stands next to the Taylor Carpet Company Building.
The Indianapolis News Building was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt and built in 1909–1910 for the Indianapolis News, which occupied it until 1949. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and lies within the Washington Street–Monument Circle Historic District.
The building reflects a time when newspapers were how people in the city learned about their world and journalism shaped public conversations. Its spaces show the role that print media played in the life of Indianapolis residents.
The building stands on Washington Street within the Washington Street–Monument Circle Historic District, next to the Taylor Carpet Company Building. Visitors can spot it by its three-bay-wide brick and terra cotta front and the Gothic parapet at the top. It is a ten-story structure, so the upper floors are best viewed from across the street.
The building is only three bays wide but ten bays deep, a narrow, elongated footprint. Its top floor carries a corbelled terra-cotta balcony, Tudor-like window openings and a Gothic parapet, details easy to miss from street level. It stands next to the Taylor Carpet Company Building.
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