Roughly bounded by State, Jackson, Maple and Chicago Sts., LaPorte, Indiana. County/parish: La Porte.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 15, 1983. NRIS 83000039.
70 contributing buildings.
Downtown LaPorte Historic District is a national historic district located at LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana. The district encompasses 70 contributing buildings in the central business district of LaPorte. It developed between about 1860 and 1930, and includes examples of Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Neoclassical style architecture. Notable buildings include the Zahrt Blocks (1868, 1874), Ridgway Hotel (1863), Higday and Collins Blocks (1886–1888), LaPorte County Courthouse (1890–1894), Odd Fellows Building (1895), Lonn's Block (1889), People's Bank (1912), U.S. Post Office (1912), New York Central Depot (1909), Masonic Temple (1910), and Hotel Rumely (1912).
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132003551