Downtown Wabash Historic District

Get a taste of popular historic architectural trends in Downtown Wabash.

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Downtown Wabash Historic District

Wabash, Indiana 46992, United States

Created By: Wabash County Museum

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The approxiamte length of this walking tour is one mile.

All of the buildings of this walking tour, with the exception of the Honeywell Center and the Wabash County Museum, were included as a district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Styles of architecture have changed throughout time depending upon the popular trends and fashions among architects and clients. In the Downtown Wabash Historic District, the buildings that are included in the walking tour fall roughly into ten categories of style ranging from Italianate to Renaissance Revival to Art Deco.

This walking tour is managed by the Wabash County Museum and funding was provided by the Indiana Humanities in cooperation with the National Endowment of the Humanities and Indiana Landmarks.

Current photos were taken by local photographer, Greg Coon.

For more information on any of the sites please contact the museum at info@wabashmuseum.org.


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36 East Market Street Built: c. 1895 Style: 20th Century Functional This structure dates to approximately 1895, and its earliest known occupant was the Big Four Mercantile Co. It has served as an undertaking business, a furniture store, a g... Read more
231-237 South Wabash Street Built: 1901 Style: Romanesque Revival The Bedford Block was built under the joint effort of William J. Wilson, former Wabash postmaster, and Warren Bigler, Indiana State Auditor and the first president of the Sta... Read more
8 West Canal Street Built: 1927 Style: Neo-Classical The Wabash Loan and Trust Company was built by its owner, attorney Nelson G. Hunter to be "a building of the future" that would satisfy the banking needs of Wabash for the next hundred ye... Read more
5-7 West Canal Street Built: 1901 Style: Romanesque Revival A popular passenger stop for the interurban and street cars, the Bradley Block was once a prime business location. Charles and Oscar Bradley housed their pharmacy on the first floo... Read more
102 West Canal Street Built: 1880s Style: Italianate The Enoch P. Small family used this structure in the 1880s as Small & Company's flour and feed store, which served as an outlet for Upper Union Mills, operated by the Smalls. Mr. Smal... Read more
90 West Market Street & 163 South Miami Street Built: 1898 Style: Renaissance Revival Built in 1898 by Samuel J. Payne, this structure was constructed on the last available lot on Market Street between Wabash and Miami Streets. At its c... Read more
2 West Market Street Built: 1876 Style: Second Empire At the time of its construction in 1876, the National Block was the most ambitious building project Wabash had ever seen. The project of local businessman William R. Collins and the Firs... Read more
110 South Wabash Street Built: 1880 Style: Italianate This structure was constructed in 1880 under the direction of James M. Amoss, an attorney, Circuit Court Clerk, and Wabash City Clerk. The building has seen many occupants including a ta... Read more
102 South Wabash Street Built: 1882 Style: Second Empire Built by Solomon Wilson, this structure held drug stores from its construction until 1918. After this time, it became Scheerer's Grocery Market and retained that name for over sixty y... Read more
101 South Wabash Street Built: 1883 Style: Italianate In 1883, architect Frederick A. Grant's design for the City Hall of Wabash was accepted and the building constructed. The first floor of the structure served as the fire department with ... Read more
59-73 South Wabash Street Built: 1897 Style: Romanesque Revival In order to create more office space for attorneys, Judge Harvey B. Shively constructed this building directly across from the County Courthouse. For a large part of its early ... Read more
Hill, Main, and Wabash Streets Built: 1879 Style: Italian Renaissance The present Wabash County Courthouse is the third for the county. History was made only months after its completion when four Brush arc lamps were temporarily attached to... Read more
89 West Hill Street Built: 1899 Style: Romanesque Revival This tribute to Union Civil War veterans was said to the "the second structure of the kind in the United States." The building has served as the meeting hall for the Grand Army of th... Read more
31 West Main Street Built: 1879 Style: Italianate In 1879 plans were developed to build a new jail to replace the one built in the early 1850s. The new structure incorporated a sheriff's residence and served both its functions until 1979. T... Read more
110 South Miami Street Built: 1912 Style: Neo-Classical Designed by John Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department, the Post Office opened its doors on April 20, 1912. Fremont Ward acted as the Superintendant of Co... Read more
104-106 West Market Street Built: 1905 Style: Classical Revival This theater and business block was built in 1905 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The theater had the seating capacity of 1,163, and eighteen offices occupied the upper stori... Read more
111 West Market Street Built: 1920 Style: Georgian Revival In the early twentieth century, Wabash residents agreed upon the importance of the "establishment of a high class, modern hotel." This goal was accomplished with the opening of  th... Read more
275 West Market Street Built: 1940s Style: Art Deco Mark C. Honeywell, a Wabash native and co-founder of Honeywell, Inc., built the Honeywell Memorial Community Center in the 1940s in memory of his parents and late wife Olive Lutz-Honeywell... Read more

 

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