Flanner House Homes, Historic residential district in Indianapolis, United States.
Flanner House Homes is a national historic district in Indianapolis, Indiana, with 180 contributing buildings in Project Area "A" of the Indianapolis Redevelopment Commission. Developed between about 1950 and 1959, it holds single-family and duplex dwellings built for African-American families. The district also contains the Revival Temple Church, dating from about 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Flanner House Homes was developed between about 1950 and 1959 as a national historic district in Project Area "A" of the Indianapolis Redevelopment Commission. It provided single-family and duplex dwellings for African-American families, and the district includes the Revival Temple Church, built around 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The district's name comes from Flanner House, the Indianapolis settlement house that ran the cooperative building program behind these homes. The 180 dwellings, built between about 1950 and 1959, include single-family and duplex houses, and the Revival Temple Church (c. 1910) stands among them as a landmark predating the development.
The district lies in Project Area "A" of the Indianapolis Redevelopment Commission, with contributing buildings grouped along its residential streets; the Revival Temple Church (c. 1910) is among the notable structures to locate. The area is residential, so visitors should keep to public streets and pavements and avoid private property. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The district's 180 contributing buildings include the Revival Temple Church, a brick structure dating to about 1910 that predates the housing by four decades. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, the same year the district's mid-century homes were formally recognized.
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