Central Court Historic District | |
 Houses on Central Avenue in the district | |
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| Location | 3529-3575 Central Ave., 515-551 E. 36th St. and Central Ct.,Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°49′20″N86°8′53″W / 39.82222°N 86.14806°W /39.82222; -86.14806 |
| Area | 9.3 acres (3.8 ha) |
| Architect | Oscar A. Jose; Peter Balz |
| Architectural style | Prairie School,Bungalow/Craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001101[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 2004 |
TheCentral Court Historic District is ahistoric district andneighborhood of the city ofIndianapolis, Indiana, United States. Built around Central Court near the intersection of 36th Street and Central Avenue,[2]: 57 the neighborhood consists of seventy-five buildings over an area of 7.6 acres (3.1 ha).[1]
Central Court wasplatted in 1916 by Oscar A. Jose and Peter J. Balz, localreal estate developers who also created such neighborhoods asMeridian Park to the southwest and the neighborhood liningFall Creek Parkway between Thirty-eighth and Thirtieth Streets. They employed a range ofarchitectural styles for the houses in the neighborhood, includingAmerican Craftsman,Colonial Revival,Dutch Colonial Revival,[2]: 57 andPrairie School.[1] Many designs were used multiple times in the neighborhood, which has been recognized as one of the area's better examples of early twentieth-century residential architecture. They built forty-seven houses around the U-shaped Central Court and along Thirty-sixth Street and Central Avenue; seven face Central Avenue, ten face Thirty-sixth Street, and thirty face Central Court.[2]: 58
In 2004, Central Court was designated ahistoric district and listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[1] It is by far the smallest historic district in its portion of the city, being dwarfed by areas such as Meridian Park a short distance to the southwest.[2]: 6
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