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Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Blackstone Building
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Blackstone Building, July 2010
Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana) is located in Indiana
Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana) is located in the US
Blackstone Building (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Location 112 W. Washington, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates 41°4′22″N 85°8′1″W / 41.07278°N 85.13361°W / 41.07278; -85.13361Coordinates: 41°4′22″N 85°8′1″W / 41.07278°N 85.13361°W / 41.07278; -85.13361
Area less than one acre
Built 1927 (1927)
Architect Weatherhogg, Charles R.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 88001219
Added to NRHP August 24, 1988

Blackstone Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was designed by noted Fort Wayne architect Charles R. Weatherhogg and built in 1927. It is a three-story, three bay, Classical Revival style brick building. The front facade features panelled Ionic order pilasters topped by a modillion cornice and a shaped parapet. It's upper stories are clad in white terra cotta. The building originally housed the Blackstone Shop, an exclusive women's clothing store.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.



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