800 Block of N. Pennsylvania St., 1986

Description:	800 Block of N. Pennsylvania St., [825, 829, N. Pennsylvania, 103 E. 9th St.] Yes The Cathcart103 East 9th Street1909Historic Description: The Cathcart is an example of the Eastern Flat apartment style that became popular in Indianapolis at the turn of the century and that significantly altered the residential nature of the St. Joseph neighborhood. Owner Alice Morrison Cathcart was the widow of successful Indianapolis businessman Robert Weir Cathcart (Cathcart and Clelland Bookstore). She had her family home at the south east corner of Pennsylvania and Pratt (9th) Streets demolished in order to build the three-story, twelve flat building in 1909. She was undoubtedly influenced by the successful, nearby rental developments t the Lodge (1905) and the Sylvania (1906). Local residential contractor, Joel T. Elliott, constructed the building valued at $22,000. Alice Morrison Cathcart lived in the flats until her death in 1936. Her youngest daughter, Charlotte Pink Cathcart, maintained a residence there until 1964. Pink wrote an informative personal history of her experiences in the St. Joseph neighborhood from the 1890s to 1917, entitled Indianapolis From Our Old Corner.Architectural Description: The three-story Cathcart was constructed of dark red brick with limestone trim. Its design elements are of the Arts and Crafts style. The front facade faces north on 9th Street and is seven bays wide and two bays deep. The building rests on a raised basement that is delineated by a wide brick stringcourse above the windows. There is a plain, narrow limestone stringcourse at the third story and a wide limestone band carved in an egg and dart pattern just below the cornice. The roof parapet is capped with limestone coping and all windows have limestone sills. The central entrance bay features three multi-light windows with transoms and brick hoods accented with limestone. The entrance itself has double glass doors, side lights, and an arched transom light. Two brick piers with limestone blocks support knee braces beneath an eyebrow arched green tile pent roof.St. Joseph Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1991The Lodge829 North Pennsylvania Street1905Historic Description: The Lodge, a small Eastern Flats style apartment building, is significant for its architecture, as well as its impact on the commercial/real estate development of the St. Joseph neighborhood. At a time when Pennsylvania Street was wholly single family residences, the building of the Lodge began a revolution in apartment construction. In 1905, after the death of his father James Lodge, Caleb Newell Lodge hired Edgar G. Spink to demolish the Lodge family residence and begin construction of an apartment building. Construction cost $11,000. Spink was new to Indianapolis and the Lodge was his first project. He went on to form the E. G. Spink Company that constructed and managed sixty apartment buildings in the city. An Indianapolis native, Newell Lodge was a DePauw University graduate. He was the treasurer of the John S. Spann Company, one of the citys most prominent real estate development firms. He was a member of the University and Columbia clubs and active in the Second Presbyterian Church.Architectural Description: The Lodge is an outstanding example of the Georgian Revival style. The three-story, rectangular building is constructed of red brick and the front facade, facing Pennsylvania Street, is three bays wide. The central bay contains twelve light windows headed by semicircular fanlights with limestone spring blocks on the second and third floors. The entrance to the building features a limestone Doric order portico with the name Lodge incised in the frieze. The two outside bays are full height polygonal bays clad in copper and containing one over one sash windows.St. Joseph Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1991Commercial Building825 North Pennsylvania Streetcirca 1955Historic Description: This small commercial building was constructed and first occupied circa 1956. The first occupant was the Victor Adding Machine Company.Architectural Description: Constructed of concrete blocks, the buildings is faced with irregularly sized cut ashlar blocks. The shopfront is slightly asymmetrical with an off center entrance flanked by two plate glass display windows.St. Joseph Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1991 multi-family dwellings; commercial
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/3419
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

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