State Bank of Hammond Building

State Bank of Hammond Building

State Bank of Hammond Building, April 2012
Location 5444-5446 Calumet Ave., Hammond, Indiana
Coordinates 41°36′52″N 87°30′33″W / 41.61444°N 87.50917°W / 41.61444; -87.50917Coordinates: 41°36′52″N 87°30′33″W / 41.61444°N 87.50917°W / 41.61444; -87.50917
Area less than one acre
Built 1927 (1927)
Architect Vitzthum, Karl
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 84001072[1]
Added to NRHP September 27, 1984

State Bank of Hammond Building is a historic bank building located at 5444-5446 Calumet Avenue in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick, concrete, and steel building on a full basement. The front facade is faced in terra cotta and features a colossal entry portico with two engaged square columns and two fluted round columns. The Northern States Life Insurance Company ceased operation in 1931, and the building subsequently housed the Calumet State Bank from 1933 until 1935, and later a license bureau and other retail and office uses.[2]:2, 4

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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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 2016-05-01. Note: This includes William I. Fine (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: State Bank of Hammond Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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