750-752 Massachusetts Ave., Livery Stable, 1981

Description:	On slide mount: 750-52 Massachusetts Ave., Chatham Arch, March 1981 Yes Livery Stable750 Massachusetts Avenue(also 635 E. St. Clair)1894The Massachusetts Avenue Livery and Boarding Stable was built in 1894 by G. H. Roberts, the proprietor and veterinary surgeon. It was managed by Mr. Everett Massey. The livery stable was heralded by a contemporary guide to the city odor having all the latest sanitary improvements, with large commodious box stalls, some of which are padded… It is interesting to note that there was another livery stable on the site as early as 1875 when F.R.M. Gilbert operated a livery, sale and feed stable. Since the 1920s, the building has been a garage for automobile repair work.The first floor of the livery stable has been completely changed with new windows and a rebuilt entranceway with curving, glass brick walls. Above the surviving stone stringcourse, the windows remain in their original placement, but have been changed from their segmental arch form. The most interesting feature of the building is the cornice with its pendant elements and the detailed line achieved by bricks placed diagonally with projecting corners. At the rear elevation on St. Clair Street, the original, second-floor hay door survives, complete with its recessed, paneled surrounds.Chatham-Arch Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1982 commercial
Origin:	1981-03
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1154
Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Geography:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Roberts. G.H. Massey, Everett Gilbert, F.R.M. Italianate brick corbels

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