Southwood Park Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Southwood Park Historic District

Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
Listed
December 22, 2009
Type
District
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
09001126

About this property

Southwood Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The district encompasses 1,889 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 4 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Fort Wayne. The area was developed between about 1906 and 1965, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture. Its development is directly related to the implementation of the 1912 plan for Parks and Boulevards for the city of Fort Wayne by city planner and landscape architect George Kessler. Notable buildings include the Hutson Drug Store, Hoosier Foods Store, Gollers Dry Cleaning building, First Missionary Church (c.

Location

Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
41.04676, -85.14964

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 09001126. It was listed on December 22, 2009.

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Foster Park Neighborhood Historic District
Industrial
0.4 mi
Illsley Place-West Rudisill Historic District
Industrial
0.4 mi
Lafayette Place Historic District
Industrial
0.8 mi

Nearby Battles

Little Turtle's First Attack — Colonel Hardin's Detachment
1790Early Republic
0.6 mi
Battle of Harmar's Defeat — First Engagement
1790Early Republic
1.7 mi
Battle of Harmar's Defeat — Second Engagement
1790Early Republic
1.7 mi
Harmar's Defeat (Northwest Indian War)
1790Early Republic
1.7 mi

Questions about this property

When was Southwood Park Historic District listed on the National Register?

Southwood Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Southwood Park Historic District?

Southwood Park Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Southwood Park Historic District?

The period of significance for Southwood Park Historic District is recorded as the colonial era.

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