417-419 N. College Ave., Michael Mode Double, Indianapolis, c. 1976

Description:	417-419 N. College Ave., Michael Mode Double, Indianapolis, c. 1976, South elevation detail Yes Michael Mode Double 417-419 North College Avenue 1905 The brick two-and-a-half story double at 417-419 North College Avenue dates back to about 1905. It was constructed as a rental property by Michael Mode, proprietor of a shoe store at 145 East Washington Street. The Mode double replaced a frame triple residence built by the Schaub family of shoemakers some thirty to forty years before and occupying both the 417-419 lot and the one immediately north of it. Michael Mode had acquired most of the two lots in the late 1880s and had rented his part of the triple during the 1890s. In 1904 Mode purchased the remaining part of the lots from William Schaub and the next year started construction on the brick double. Michael Mode, probably a German immigrant, was the successful proprietor of Michael Modes Shoe Store, which his sons Charles and George continued as Mode Brothers. The Michael Mode double is distinctive as a large brick double residence whose Germanic characteristic is the repeated, prominent gable fractables. The front gable has two limestone bands which also function as lintels. The base of the front gable fractable is ornamented by low-relief floral sculpture. Lockerbie Square Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1987 multi-family dwelling
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Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
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Geography:	Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Queen Anne German Renaissance Revival

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