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Test Building

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Test Building
Test Building, January 2010
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Location54 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
ArchitectBass, Knowlton, & Company
NRHP reference No.83000138[1]
Added to NRHPJune 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.[2]: 2–5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

History

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Test Building and Journal Building, 46-54 Monument Circle, 1979 (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Description

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Entrance to the parking garage

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.[1] It was built in the Neoclassical Revival style by Bass, Knowlton & Company.[3]

See also

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References

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