Albion Flats
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Albion Flats | |
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View from Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. | |
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| Location | 701 Court St., Evansville, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°WCoordinates: 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | Shopbell & Company |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| MPS | Downtown Evansville MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 82000093[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 1, 1982 |
Albion Flats (sometimes referred to as "Albion Terrace" or simply "The Albion") is a housing unit in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was designed by the noted architectural firm Shopbell & Company and built in 1911 as part of a trend to reform crowded living conditions for the working class. It was named after Albion Fellows Bacon, a famed advocate of improved public housing standards.[2]:Part 1, p. 25
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "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 Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01., Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01., and Accompanying photographs
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