Portland Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Portland, Jay County, Indiana. It encompasses 58 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Portland. The district developed between about 1870 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, and Early Commercial style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Jay County Courthouse. Other notable contributing resources include the U.S. Post Office (1914) designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Oscar Wenderoth, Portland Fire Station #1 (1929), Citizens Bank (c. 1875, 1912), FOE Eagles Lodge (1883), Johnson Building (c. 1900), Stevens Building (1910), Walnut Street Church of Christ (1913), and South Meridian Street Bridge (1914).[2]
Portland Commercial Historic District | |
 Meridian and Main in Portland, January 2012 | |
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| Location | Roughly, Meridian St. from Arch St. to the S. Meridian St. Bridge, and Main and Walnut Sts. from Ship to Court Sts., Portland, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°26′00″N 84°58′49″W / 40.43333°N 84.98028°W |
| Area | 32 acres (13 ha) |
| Architect | McLaughlin & Hulsken; Wenderoth, Oscar |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Romanesque, Neoclassical, Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000600[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 30, 1996 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Jane R. Nolan (November 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Portland Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016., Site Map, and Accompanying photographs.
External links
edit- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IN-93, "Meridian Street Bridge, Spanning Salamonie River at State Road 27, Portland, Jay County, IN", 20 photos, 8 data pages
