Richmond Downtown Historic District, Richmond

Name: Richmond Downtown Historic District
Address: Richmond, United States

#21 among attractions in Richmond

Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Neoclassical architecture, Romanesque revival architecture

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The Richmond Downtown Historic District is an area of primarily commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 47 contributing buildings located along the National Road. It developed between about 1868 and 1960 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Chicago School style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Murray Theater. Other notable buildings include the I.O.O.F. Building, Hittle Building, Tivoli Theater, Romey's Building, George H. Knollenberg Building, Kresge Building, Dickinson Building, former U.S. Post Office, and YMCA. ()

Coordinates: 39°49'44"N, 84°53'30"W

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Richmond United States

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Richmond Downtown Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Richmond Art Museum, Earlham College Observatory, Depot District Market, Old Richmond Historic District.

0.7 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Richmond Art Museum, Richmond
17 min walk • The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana. Artist John Elwood Bundy and author and attorney William Dudley Foulke were instrumental in the founding.
1.2 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Earlham College Observatory, Richmond
32 min walk • Earlham College Observatory is a historic observatory building located on the campus of Earlham College at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1861, and is a one-story, brick building with a hipped roof.
0.4 miN
39°50'5"N • 84°53'22"W
Depot District Market, Richmond
11 min walk • Market, Cafe
0.4 miS
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Old Richmond Historic District, Richmond
12 min walk • The Old Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood of historic residential and commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
~1240 ftNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Richmond
6 min walk • Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church is an architecturally significant building located at 11th and North "A" Streets in Richmond, Indiana. Designed by the Cleveland, Ohio architectural partnership of Sidney Badgley and William H. Nicklas the building was begun in 1904 and dedicated on May 13, 1906.
~1560 ftW
Romanesque architecture
Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond
8 min walk • The Wayne County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built during the period 1890–93, and is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building was designed by Cincinnati, Ohio, architect James W.
~590 ftNE
Museum
Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richmond
3 min walk • The Indiana Football Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in Richmond, Indiana. It honors persons associated with high school, college and professional American football in Indiana.
1.2 miW
39°49'26"N • 84°54'45"W
Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History, Richmond
30 min walk • History museum, Museum
~1410 ftSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond
7 min walk • Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
~860 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Murray Theater, Richmond
5 min walk • Murray Theater, also known as the Richmond Civic Theater-Norbert Silbiger Theater, is a historic theatre building located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1909, and is a three-story, steel frame and brick building with Chicago School and Beaux-Arts style design influences.
~1120 ftNE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Andrew F. Scott House, Richmond
6 min walk • Andrew F. Scott House is a historic home located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, cubic, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof topped by a cupola and kitchen wing. It features a projecting pedimented central entrance bay flanked by one-story verandahs with decorated posts.

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Which popular attractions are close to Richmond Downtown Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richmond (3 min walk), Murray Theater, Richmond (5 min walk), Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond (5 min walk), Andrew F. Scott House, Richmond (6 min walk).