Test Building

Test Building

Test Building, January 2010
Location 54 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′6″N 86°9′32″W / 39.76833°N 86.15889°W / 39.76833; -86.15889Coordinates: 39°46′6″N 86°9′32″W / 39.76833°N 86.15889°W / 39.76833; -86.15889
Area less than one acre
Built 1925 (1925)
Architect Bass, Knowlton, & Company
NRHP Reference # 83000138[1]
Added to NRHP June 16, 1983

Test Building, also known as the Circle Motor Inn, is a historic commercial building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and is a nine-story, reinforced concrete structure with 12-inch think brick and clay tile curtain walls. It is faced with Indiana limestone and has a three-story brick penthouse and two-level basement. The mixed-use building housed the city's earliest large parking garages.[2]:2–5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

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 Ellen Gadski and James S. Reed (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Test Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs


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