501-503 N. College Ave., Drugstore Building, Indianapolis, c. 1982

Description:	501-503 N. College Ave., Drugstore Building, M & N Tavern, Indianapolis, c. 1982, view looking east Yes Drugstore Building 501-503 North College Avenue c . 1895 This two-and-a-half story commercial building appears on the 1898 Sanborn map, replacing an earlier one-story double residence. 501 N. College was a pharmacy from at least 1898 until the late 1940s. The earliest known pharmacy here was Smith H. Mapes in 1896, followed by pharmacists Gustav Lender, Charles Maas, Sieg & Sonne, A. Hendricks King, Roy Langenaur, Paul King, and Joseph Patterson. It becamema tavern around 1950. 503 North College served as the Noble Theater from at least 1912 to 1915. The Great A & P Tea Company, here from 1923 until 1938, was succeeded by a grocery and later restaurants. This two-story brick commercial building has an interesting combination of architectural features. A corbelled brick entablature with a paneled frieze, limestone banding, and coping also serves as the parapet. The flat front pediment rises above the parapet line accommodating two windows, above which is a terra cotta frieze of swags and lion heads. The stamped metal oriels of the second story add to the character of the front facade. The south facade facing Michigan Street is largely intact with a series of segmented arch windows and doors, a stamped metal cornice and a cut-away corner entrance. There is also a corbelled brick cornice and two oriel windows on the south facade, in addition to stone detailing on many of the sills. Lockerbie Square Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1987 commercial
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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

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