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United States historic place


Test Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Test Building, January 2010
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Location	54 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates	39°46′6″N 86°9′32″W / 39.76833°N 86.15889°W / 39.76833; -86.15889
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925 (1925)
Architect	Bass, Knowlton, & Company
NRHP reference No.	83000138
Added to NRHP	June 16, 1983

Test Building, also known as the Circle Motor Inn, is a historic commercial building in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and is a nine-story, reinforced concrete structure with 12-inch thick brick and clay tile curtain walls. It is faced with Indiana limestone and has a three-story brick penthouse and two-level basement. The mixed-use building housed the city's earliest large parking garages.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

History

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The building was constructed in 1925. It was initially planned to be entirely a parking garage apart from ground-level stores, but met with controversy due to perceived danger to pedestrians and traffic congestion.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Description

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The building is a nine-story, reinforced concrete structure with 12-inch thick brick and clay tile curtain walls. It is faced with Indiana limestone and has a three-story brick penthouse and two-level basement.

References

^ "National Register Information System – (#83000138)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Ellen Gadski and James S. Reed (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Test Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs

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