604 Fort Wayne Ave., Henry Mueller Building, 1986

Description:	604 Fort Wayne Ave., Henry Mueller Building, 1986 Yes Henry Mueller Building604 Fort Wayne Avenue or 601 North Pennsylvania Streetcirca 1893Historic Description: Henry Mueller had this building erected at a prime commercial intersection (Pennsylvania, Fort Wayne and North Streets) to provide space for businesses that serviced the expanding residential population outside the original mile square city limits. One of the most prosperous dry cleaners in Indianapolis, Schoen Company, selected the Mueller Building as their main location in 1894.Architectural Description: The design of the Henry Mueller Building makes noteworthy use of the triangular lot created by the intersection of north/south artery Pennsylvania Street with the diagonal Fort Wayne Avenue. The two-story building features flat, simple elevations and large scale details. The main entrance is on a clipped, one bay wide facade facing the intersection. The doorway has been replaced by a window. It is topped by a semicircular window with a painted limestone surround that features a fluted keystone and pendant stops. The second floor window has a projecting false balcony that rests upon a limestone shelf with three supporting dentils and is capped with a molded limestone sill. The facade is crowned by a deeply recessed pressed metal pediment and finial. Windows on the Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne facades have shouldered limestone lintels and narrow limestone sills. Each facade is finished with a molded frieze.St. Joseph Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1991 multi-family dwelling
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/3429
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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