Historic Centennial Plaque Properties Walking Tour

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1 Historic Centennial Plaque Properties Walking Tour The Centennial Neighborhood includes sections of the town that were platted four years after William Digby laid out the original plat. Merchants, who had been living above their shops, built in this area so they could live conveniently near their place of business. The neighborhood contains more religious buildings than any other neighborhood in Lafayette. The buildings in the area represent a variety of architectural styles and were built mainly from the 1840s to the 1920s. The neighborhood was named to honor the Centennial School that stood at the corner of Sixth and Brown Streets. It was built in 1876 during the United States Centennial celebration and demolished in The site is now home to Centennial Park. The Historic Centennial Neighborhood was placed on the National Register in Neighborhood attractions include Centennial Park, Imagination Station Museum, Wells Community Center (home of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation) and the Monon Depot Theater (home of the Civic Theater of Greater Lafayette). distance: 1.6 miles

2 1 Lafayette Milling Company Kirby Risk McDonald Underwood Building 302 Ferry Street, Lafayette built in 1884, received plaque in Underwood Building 310 Ferry Street, Lafayette built in 1869, received plaque in Monon Railroad Depot 326 N. 5th Street, Lafayette built in 1901, received plaque in 1991 Neoclassical style 4 John and Arkansas Graves House 325 N. 5th Street, Lafayette built in 1908, recieved plaque in 2002 Colonial Revival Bungalow style 5 Loeb Palakaris Wagoner House 517 Brown Street, Lafayette built in 1866, received plaque in 1993 Queen Anne style 6 Hart Beasley Hunt House 602 N. 5th Street, Lafayette built in 1858, received plaque in 1995 Greek Revival

3 7 Keiper Beihm Meade House 603 N. 5th Street, Lafayette built in 1864, received plaque in Studybaker Biehn Risk House 609 N. 5th Street, Lafayette built in 1863, recieved plaque in 1993 Greek Revival style 9 Folckemer Valentine House 508 N. 6th Street, Lafayette built in 1900, received plaque in 1995 Folk Victorian style 10 Folckemer Wagoner House 500 N. 6th Street, Lafayette built in 1879, received plaque in King s Flats King s Manor 422 N. 6th Street, Lafayette received plaque in 2003 Classical Revival style 12 Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church 404 N. 6th Street, Lafayette built in 1872, received plaque 13 First Christian Church 329 N. 6th Street, Lafayette built in 1914, received plaque Craftsman style

4 14 Wells Library Building 638 North Street, Lafayette built in 1926, received plaque in 1991 Neoclassical style 15 First Baptist Church 411 N. 7th Street, Lafayette built in 1872, received plaque in 1992 Romanesque Revival style 16 Peirce-Byers-McIlwain House 416 N. 7th Street, Lafayette built in 1870, received plaque in Morrison Hovey Dickman Townhouses 420 N. 7th Street, Lafayette built in 1856, received plaque in 1991 Tudor style 18 Emerson House 710 Brown Street, Lafayette built in 1869, received plaque in Kellogg Atlass Townhomes N. 7th Street, Lafayette built in 1887, received plaque in 2005 Queen Anne style 20 Knight Loeb House 708 Cincinnati Street, Lafayette built in 1882, received plaque in 1996

5 21 Kemmer Rabbi Residence Mork House 657 N. 7th Street, Lafayette built in 1906, received plaque in 2008 Vernacular with Greek Revival Influences style 22 Haigis Thompson Helfter House 659 N. 7th Street, Lafayette built in 1912, received plaque in 1998 American Foursquare style 23 Sons of Abraham Synagogue 661 N. 7th Street, Lafayette built in 1916, received plaque in St. James Lutheran School 615 N. 8th Street, Lafayette built in 1914, received plaque in 2001 Neoclassical style 25 Grace Episcopal St. James Lutheran Church 800 Cincinatti Street, Lafayette built in 1872, received plaque in St. Boniface Catholic Church 318 N. 9th Street built in 1865, received plaque 27 St. Boniface School 863 North Street, Lafayette built in 1908, received plaque in 1991 Romanesque Revival style

6 28 Gouloos House 640 Ferry Street, Lafayette built in 1892, received plaque in 1999 Queen Anne style 29 Godman Stwalley House 626 Ferry Street, Lafayette built in 1875, received plaque in Bradfield Nagel House 620 Ferry Street, Lafayette built in 1865, received plaque in Handley House Ferry Street, Lafayette built in 1872, received plaque in S.R. Johnson Watson House 600 Ferry Street, Lafayette built in 1844, received plaque in 1997 Federal style 33 St. John s Episcopal Church 315 N. 6th Street, Lafayette built in 1858, received plaque in 1992