St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood in Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
800 North Pennsylvania Street
The Sylvania
— Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis —
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 20, 2019
1. 800 North Pennsylvania Street Marker
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis includes the Sylvania building.
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Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis includes the Sylvania building.
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Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list.
Location. 39° 46.684′ N, 86° 9.344′ W. Marker is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County. It is in the St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood. Marker is on North Pennsylvania Street north of East St. Clair Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis IN 46204, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. American Legion Mall (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lodge (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Central Library (about 300 feet away); In Honor of Arthur St. Clair (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named American Legion Mall (about 500 feet away); The American Legion (about 600 feet away); Glencoe Building (about 700 feet away); Indiana World War II Memorial (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Indianapolis.
Regarding 800 North Pennsylvania Street.
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In 1900, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Palmer was a widow living in a large Italianate house at the corner of St. Clair and Pennsylvania Streets. The 1900 U.S. Census states that her two unmarried daughters, aged fifty-one and forty-nine, lived with her. A socially prominent family listed in the Blue Book from the time of their arrival in the city in 1895, the Palmer women also had four boarders. Mrs. Palmer must have watched carefully as neighbor Newell Lodge pulled down his family's home and replaced it with an apartment in 1905. The seventy-six-year-old widow followed Lodge's lead the following year. In April of 1906 a permit was obtained to raze her home and the following week William P. Jungclaus Co. filed for permits to construct two separate brick flats on the property. Each three-story building was to contain six flats with the total value of the two buildings $23,100.
Also see . . . The Sylvania. Section of the National Register nomination (PDF) and photograph (separate PDF) for the building, listed as part of the Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis thematic group. (National Park Service) (Submitted on August 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 27, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
