Kresge-Groth Building

Kresge-Groth Building

Kresge-Groth Building, July 2010
Location 914 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates 41°4′41″N 85°8′22″W / 41.07806°N 85.13944°W / 41.07806; -85.13944Coordinates: 41°4′41″N 85°8′22″W / 41.07806°N 85.13944°W / 41.07806; -85.13944
Area less than one acre
Built 1926 (1926)
Architect Holmes, Harold
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP Reference # 88001223[1]
Added to NRHP August 25, 1988

Kresge-Groth Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1926, and is a three-story, three bay, Spanish Colonial Revival style brick building. The front facade features three round-topped wall arches and two-story engaged limestone columns. The building originally housed the S. S. Kresge Company and after 1933 the Earl Groth Company. It was occupied by from 1964 to 1971 by Walgreen Drug Store.[2]:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kresge-Groth Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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