Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

41°37′02″N 87°31′19″W / 41.61722°N 87.52194°W / 41.61722; -87.52194
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Architect	Bump, Edward; Berry, Addison
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	11000118^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 21, 2011

Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hammond. It developed between about 1904 and 1956, and includes notable example of Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include Knott's Apartments (1904), Emmerling Ambulance Garage (1918), Emmerling Building (1918), St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Complex (Church, 1912–1914; Rectory, c. 1915; Hall, 1956), LaSalle Hotel (aka Hotel Mee, 1908), OK Building (1913), and the Hammond National Bank (aka Ruff Building, 1911).^[2]^: 3

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/21/11 through 3/25/11. National Park Service. April 1, 2011.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Kurt West Garner (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.