Downtown Aurora Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


Downtown Aurora Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, November 2012
39°03′14″N 84°54′02″W / 39.05389°N 84.90056°W / 39.05389; -84.90056
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Architect	Rogers, Isaiah; Et al.
Architectural style	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	94001134^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1994

Downtown Aurora Historic District is a national historic district located at Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana. The district encompasses 272 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Aurora. The district developed between about 1830 and 1944, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Federal, and Greek Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Aurora City Hall, Aurora Methodist Episcopal Church, Aurora Public Library, First Evangelical United Church of Christ, First Presbyterian Church, George Street Bridge, Hillforest (Forest Hill), Lewis Hurlbert, Sr. House, Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House, and George Sutton Medical Office. Other notable buildings include the T. and J.W. Gaff Distillery (1843), First National Bank (1924), I.O.O.F. Hall (1887), B&O Railroad Station (1911-1917), John Neff Building, Chamber Stevens & Co. Dry Goods Store, U.S. Post Office (1935), Star Milling Co. (1891), and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (1874).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "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 August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Rita Walsh (February 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Aurora Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved September 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs and map.