14 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis, Elliotts Block c. 1972

Description:	Elliotts Block 14 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis, c. 1972[Former Address: (18-24) 16-22 W. Maryland St.HISTORY: Wholesale liquor merchant Calvin A. Elliott built the building as an investment. In 1880 Daniel Stewart and Thomas G. Barry bought it and used the warehouse for their glass business. Five years later stationery and blank book printers Levey, Baker and Co. occupied the building. Indiana News Co., a dealer of out-of-town and foreign publications, became a tenant in 1973 and stayed twenty-five years. The building was renovated in 1999 into a restaurant with residential units on the third floor, then again in 2002 with a fourth residential floor designed by Ratio Architects. It was listed in the National Register in 1973. BUILDING DESCRIPTION: Elliott’s Block is a three story Italianate brick commercial building that when built, bridged the retail central business district and the newly created Wholesale District south of Maryland Street. Four brick- and cast-iron piers divide the facade into three vertical sections. The two bookend sections are two bays wide while the center is five bays wide. An 1885 city directory advertisement for Levey, Baker & Co depicted the building with a centered arched pediment above the cornice, since removed. SIGNIFICANT FEATURES: The brick building retains exceptional metal ornamental details, from the cast-iron piers and columns to the cornice with foliar and geometric motifs found throughout. Each bay is articulated by first-floor cast-iron columns and spandrels. The second-story windows are round-arched with molded cast-iron hoods and stone sills. The aligned third-story windows are segmental-arched with cast-iron hoods. The elaborate entablature with exaggerated brackets is made of stamped sheet-metal steel.-Monument Circle District Historic Preservation Plan, Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission p. 204] Yes
Created By:	McLaughlin, H. Roll
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17312coll4/id/261
Collection:	Indiana Landmarks H. Roll McLaughlin Collection
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Copyright:	Copyright Indiana Landmarks. Copyright permissions granted for educational use by Indiana Landmarks
Geography:	Monument Circle District Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.7656738 -86.158881 Indianapolis Marion Indiana 39.7656738 -86.158881
Subjects:	Built Environment Historic buildings -- Indiana Architecture -- Indiana commercial Italianate

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