829 N. Pennsylvania St., The Lodge, 1986
| Description: |
829 N. Pennsylvania St., The Lodge, 1986 Yes The 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, 1991 multi-family dwelling |
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| Origin: | 1986 |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/3445 |
| 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 Lodge, James Lodge, Caleb Newell Spink, Edgar G. E. G. Spink Company John S. Spann Company Georgian Revival |
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