Old Indianapolis City Hall

Old Indianapolis City Hall
Old Indianapolis City Hall, October 2010
Location 202 N. Alabama St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′12″N 86°9′9″W / 39.77000°N 86.15250°W / 39.77000; -86.15250Coordinates: 39°46′12″N 86°9′9″W / 39.77000°N 86.15250°W / 39.77000; -86.15250
Area less than one acre
Built 1909 (1909)-1910
Architect Rubush & Hunter; Behrens, William F.
Architectural style Classical Revival, Renaissance
NRHP reference # 74000029[1]
Added to NRHP October 29, 1974

Old Indianapolis City Hall, formerly known as the Indiana State Museum, is a historic city hall located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1909-1910, and is a four-story, Classical Revival style brick building sheathed in Indiana limestone. It measures 188 feet by 133 feet.[2]:2–4

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

History

City Hall was opened in 1910 and was used for that purpose until 1962, when city offices moved to the City-County Building. [3]

The building housed the Indiana State Museum from 1966 to 2001. Later, when the Indianapolis Public Library Central Library was rebuilt, the building was used as temporary Central Library.

Proposed reuse

Since the criminal and civil courts will be moving out of City-County Building (CCB) by 2021 into a new Jail/Courts complex, Mayor Joe Hogsett has proposed in 2018 that the CCB be sold to private developers and the City/County government be moved back into an updated city hall. [3] "Our offices struggle to reorganize around modern technology," Hogsett said. "Many of our offices are sized with the assumption records will be kept in rows and rows of filing cabinets. Why not? That's how they kept the records in 1960. That's how the (City-County Building) was built."

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Jane Meeker and Eric Gilbertson (June 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Indianapolis City Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
  3. 1 2 Briggs, James; Martin, Ryan (April 22, 2018). "Old City Hall could become Indianapolis' new city hall again". Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 22 August 2018.


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