Laut Sheet Metal Company,630 Fletcher Ave.
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On slide mount: INDPLS, Fletchers Place, 3-E, 630 Fletcher Ave., Laut Sheet Metal, (Board and batten barn on College) Yes Laut Sheet Metal Company630 Fletcher Avenue1864In 1863 Herman H. Koch purchased this property from John Behrmann. The following year he opened his grocery on the site. He operated the store until 1873, when Henry W. Laut and William Poppe started the business of Laut & Poppe, Groceries, Provisions, Produce & Poultry. The partnership lasted until 1879 when Mr. Poppe was no longer associated with the business. Mr. Laut rented a rear room facing South College Street to a Mr. Kuehrmann who operated a stove repair and tin shop. About 1884 as settlement for delinquent rent Mr. Kuehrmann transferred the business to Mr. Laut. The metal business was more prosperous than the groceries and soon afterward Mr. Laut formed the H.W. Laut Company, tinners.Eventually two of his sons, William (died 1954) and Henry (1877-1957), joined him in the business. William Lauts two sons, Harold and Leslie, continued the business until they retired in 1975 and the business was sold.The Laut Sheet Metal Company was responsible for the metal work on numerous Indianapolis buildings: The Federal Building, Majestic (Farm Co-op) Building, Fletcher Place Methodist Church, I.O.O.F. Building, the Athenaeum, Chamber of Commerce Building, Marion County Jail (demolished), U.S. Post Office (St. Louis, MO), Circle Theater, Indianapolis Athletic Club and numerous other buildings throughout the city.The insulbrick on the front portion of the building obscures the original siding and the form of the wood canopies which were used when the building was a grocery. Most important, though, is the barn-like structure to the rear. The board and batten siding is unusual. The cross gable roof shows evidence of some gable trim.Fletcher Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1980 commercial building |
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http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1435 |
| Collection: |
Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright |
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Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804 |
| Subjects: |
Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Behrmann, John Koch, Herman H. Laut, Henry W. Poppe, William Laut, Harold Laut, Leslie vernacular architecture gable roofs clapboard siding board and batten |
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