Test Building

Test Building

Test Building, January 2010
Location 54 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′6″N 86°9′32″W / 39.76833°N 86.15889°W / 39.76833; -86.15889Coordinates: 39°46′6″N 86°9′32″W / 39.76833°N 86.15889°W / 39.76833; -86.15889
Area less than one acre
Built 1925 (1925)
Architect Bass, Knowlton, & Company
NRHP Reference # 83000138[1]
Added to NRHP June 16, 1983

Test Building, also known as the Circle Motor Inn, is a historic commercial building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and is a nine-story, reinforced concrete structure with 12-inch think brick and clay tile curtain walls. It is faced with Indiana limestone and has a three-story brick penthouse and two-level basement. The mixed-use building housed the city's earliest large parking garages.[2]:2–5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

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 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Ellen Gadski and James S. Reed (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Test Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs


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