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New Albany Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly between W. First St., and E. Fifth St.,; W. Main St. to E. Spring St., New Albany, Indiana
Coordinates	38°17′07″N 85°49′18″W / 38.28528°N 85.82167°W / 38.28528; -85.82167
Area	49.5 acres (20.0 ha)
Built	1937 (1937)
Architect	Pugh, Hugh; et.al.
Architectural style	Italianate, Federal
NRHP reference No.	99001074
Added to NRHP	September 3, 1999

The New Albany Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at New Albany, Indiana. The general area is W. First Street to the west, Spring St. to the north, E. Fifth Street to the east, and Main Street to the south. The local specification of the district is between East Fifth Street to West Fifth Street, Culbertson Street to the north, and the Ohio River to the south. East Spring Street Historic District is immediately east of the area, and the Main Street section of the Mansion Row Historic District starts. The area includes the Scribner House, where the founders of New Albany lived. It is also the focal area of the Harvest Homecoming Festival every October.

Architectural styles vary, including Beaux-Arts, Chicago Commercial, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Neoclassical, and Renaissance Revival. Prominent buildings in the district include:

• Elsby Building (1916, Neoclassical)
• Firestone Building (1937, Art Moderne)
• New Albany Carnegie Library (1902): Now the Carnegie Center for Art and History
• Sears Automotive (Art Deco)
• Town Clock Church (1852, Greek Revival): Originally the Second Presbyterian Church and served the Underground Railroad, it is now the Second Baptist Church.
• Woolworth Building (1910, Chicago Commercial): Site of the chain's first luncheonette.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Gallery

• Carnegie Center for Art and History
• Scribner House
• Town Clock Church

See also

• List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved October 1, 2015. Note: This includes Camille B. Fife (January 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: New Albany Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
3. Barksdale, David C. & Sekula, Robyn Davis (2005). New Albany in Vintage Postcards, p. 2; ISBN 978-0-7385-3386-5

• http://www.newalbanypreservation.com/uploads/File/designguidelines/NAguides-Downtown.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120206235321/http://www.countyhistory.com/fchs/tour.html

External links

Media related to New Albany Downtown Historic District (Indiana) at Wikimedia Commons

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