Watson Park Neighborhood

Watson Park is one of Indianapolis' Most Recently Designated Residential Historic Districts.

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Watson Park Neighborhood

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, United States

Created By: Historic Urban Neighborhoods of Indianapolis

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WELCOME TO WATSON PARK

This tour is a part of the Historic Urban Neighborhoods of Indianapolis Tour Series. It is endorsed by the Indianapolis Bicentennial Commission as an "Official Indy Bicentennial Community Project."

This tour takes approximately 90 minutes to walk.

Parking is available at New Circle Church, 3421 North Park Avenue (southeast corner of Fairfield Avenue and Park Avenue).

Watson Park was designated as a historic residential district in 2012. It is one of the more recent National Register listings in Indianapolis. The boundaries of the neighborhood are the east side of Central Avenue on the west, the south side of East 38th Street on the north, the Monon Trail on the east, and Fairfield Avenue on the south.

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This program has been made possible through a Historic Preservation Education Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Funding provided in part by Indiana Landmarks.


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Year Built: 1922 Originally the English Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer Architecture Style: Gothic Revival Key Features: Parapets Central Tower Decorative Tracing on Windows The Watson Park tour primarily focuses on Watson Road, since it wi... Read more
Year Built: 1920 Architecture Style: Tudor Revival Key Features: Steeply-Pitched Front Gable Arched Door Surround Diamond-Pattern Window Leading This Tudor Cottage Revival home was the first house built in the 3500 block of Watson Road. It ... Read more
Year Built: 1938 Architecture Style: Colonial Revival Key Features: Bay Window Dormers Multi-Pane Windows This somewhat newer Colonial Revival home is a notable example of restoration and preservation in the neighborhood. It had been vacant... Read more
Year Built: 1926 Architecture Style: Tudor Revival Key Features: Steeply Pitched Front Gable Segmental Arched Door Decorative Masonry and Window Leading This Tudor Revival shares the same core features of the other Tudor Revival homes on t... Read more
Year Built: 1927 Architecture Style: Colonial Revival Key Features: Clapboard Siding Portico with Column Supports Symmetrical Facade This colonial revival home has a clapboard exterior, whereas the majority of the houses on Watson Road are ... Read more
Year Built: 1929 Architecture Style: American Foursquare with Arts and Crafts Influence Key Features: Large Embracing Porch with Low Pitched Roof Central Dormer Multi-Pane Windows This house and the one immediately to the north of it (the n... Read more
Year Built: 1929 Architecture Style: American Four Square with Country English Influences Key Features: Large Arches Large Porch with Flat Roof Tall Narrow Windows The floor plan is identical for both and is a classic American Foursquare wi... Read more
Year Built: 1936 Architecture Style: Art Moderne Key Features: Smooth Surface Flat roof Small Portico This home was built in 1936. It is unusual because of the design and floor plan. The original owner was a doctor. He and his wife commissi... Read more
Year Built: 1928 Architecture Style: Federalist Revival Key Features: Small Porch with Coulmn Supports Elaborate Door Surround Eyebrow Dormer This home has the distinction of being the first one built with a legal description of Watson Road... Read more
Year Built: 1935 Architecture Style: Tudor Revival Key Features: Steeply Pitched Front Gable with Chimney Tile Roof Tudor Arch Door Although many of the homes in the Watson Park Historic District have now been renovated, there are still a n... Read more
Year Built: c. 1936 Architecture Style: Art Moderne Key Features: Painted brick exterior Hipped roof and no eaves Dentil moldings at the roofline Faux shutters around windows  Antique wrought iron trim Walled garden at the rear  With onl... Read more
Year Built: 1928 Architecture Style: Tudor Revival Key Features: Large tower Decorative timbering Steeply pitched roof The home at 3763 Watson Road was one of the first homes to be built on the section of Watson Road that is east of College... Read more
Near the northeast end of Watson Road, before it intersects with East 38th Street, is the Watson Park Bird Preserve. The four-acre site was part of the original plat of Watson Park Road before homes were ever built on the street. It was ... Read more
Year Built: 1941 Architecture Style: English Tudor Revival Key Features: Steeply pitched front gable Arched front door Decorative window tracing This brick home with a slate roof is situated on a corner lot. It has a lovely open porch overl... Read more
Year Built: 1929 Architecture Style: French Normandy Key Features: Tower with Decorative Masonry Tile Shingle Roof Decorative Timbering This 1929 French Normandy Revival home was designed by Indianapolis architect Wilbur Shook. The Shooks ... Read more
Year Built: 1926 Architecture Style: French Revival Key Features: Paired Tall Narrow Windows Smooth Flat Walls Large Front Tower This country French revival home was built in 1926, at the same time as the Federalist Revival home across the ... Read more
Year Built: 1926 Architecture Style: Mediterranean Palazzo Revival Key Features: Large Side Wings with Upper Porches Decorative Balustrade Palladian Door Surround It is a Mediterranean Palazzo Revival, which was also built in 1926. The hous... Read more
Year Built: 1953 Architecture Style: Massed Two Story Key Features: Large Lower Level Window Red Trim Clapboard  and Brick Siding This house was built in 1953, and the original owner was a renown psychiatrist. Congressman Andy Jacobs lived... Read more
Year Built: 1928 Architecture Style: Colonial Revival Key Features: Gable Front with Large Fireplace Large Porch Clapboard Siding This Colonial Revival home was built in 1928. It has a similar floor plan. Notice it was placed sideways on ... Read more
Year Built: 1927 Architecture Style: Colonial Revival Key Features: Square Leading in Windows Semi-Fan Openings Fully Arched Window What you see here is one remaining house of two houses that originally occupied this corner. The house is an... Read more
Year Built: 1926 Architecture Style: American Four Square Key Features: Simple Box Style Stucco Siding Large Embracing Porch This American Foursquare was built in 1926 by the same builders who completed many of the homes on Central Court, w... Read more
McCord Park is the second planned green space in the Watson Road development, and like the Watson Road Bird Preserve, was platted from the beginning. It was originally called Watson Park, after the owner of the development, Watson Hasselma... Read more
Year Built: 1939 Architecture Style: Colonial Revival Key Features: Bay Windows Full Arch Above Door Twin Chimneys Most of the houses on the west side of the 3500 block were built between 1939 and 1941. With the exception of isolated lots a... Read more
Year Built: 1939 Architecture Style: Colonial Revival Key Features: Small Portico with Doric Columns Symmetrical Facade Side Lights on Door Most of the houses on the west side of the 3500 block were built between 1939 and 1941. With the exc... Read more
Year Built: 1940 Architecture Style: Colonial Revival Key Features: Copper Stoop Porch Decorative Masonry Red Shutters Most of the houses on the west side of the 3500 block were built between 1939 and 1941. With the exception of isolated lo... Read more
Year Built: 1939 Architecture Style: Mission Revival Key Features: Porte Cochere Tile Roof Decorative Masonry This single-story home has a red tile roof, a front patio area, and a porte-cochere. These features and other details provide a fe... Read more
Year Built: 1939 Architecture Style: French Revival Key Features: Mansard Roof Decorative Porch Overhang Large Shutters This French Mansard revival is also a one-of-a kind on Watson Road. It has a circular staircase leading to the second f... Read more

 

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