Schmitz Block
Schmitz Block | |
 Schmitz Block, July 2010 | |
  Location within Indiana  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 926-930 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, Indiana |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°4′39″N 85°8′21″W / 41.07750°N 85.13917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1888, c. 1912 |
| Architect | Kendrick, Frank B. |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001224[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 26, 1988 |
Schmitz Block, also known as the Noll Block, is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1888, and is a four-story, L-shaped, Richardsonian Romanesque style brick building clad entirely in cut limestone. It features round rock-faced piers which extend the full height of the building and round arch windows. It was remodeled about 1912 after bring purchased by William F. Noll. For many years the building housed Hutner's Paris and Nobbson, a women's clothing store.[2]: 2, 4
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2015. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Schmitz Block" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
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- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Commercial buildings completed in 1888
- Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs
- Defunct clothing retailers of the United States