Albion Flats

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 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 

Albion Flats
View from Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Albion Flats is located in Indiana
Albion Flats
Albion Flats is located in the United States
Albion Flats
Location701 Court St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates37.97574°N 87.56955°W / 37.97574; -87.56955
Arealess than one acre
Built1911 (1911)
ArchitectShopbell & Company
Architectural stylePrairie School
MPSDowntown Evansville MRA
NRHP reference No.82000093[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 1, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "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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