Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Significant Architecture in Hammond Yesterday and Today

Important architects that worked in Hammond:

Indiana Hotel and Garage
5116 Hohman Ave.
Built: 1922-23
Demolished: 1992
Architects: C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim

Calumet National Bank Building
5231 Hohman Ave
Built: 1923
Architect: Graham Anderson Probst and White
https://www.emporis.com/buildings/123651/bank-calumet-building-hammond-in-usa

State Theater and Granada Ballroom
564 State St.
Built: 1926
Demolished: 1967
Architect: Walter Ahlschlager
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4225

Northern States Life Insurance Company Building
5939 Hohman Ave.
Built: 1926
Architect: Childs and Smith

State Bank of Hammond1
5444-5446 Calumet Ave.
Built: 1927
Architect: Karl Vitzthum

Oliver Morton School
7040 Marshall Ave.
Built: 1935
Demolished: 1991
Architects: William Hutton and George Grant Elmslie
From Purcell and Elmslie, 177

Thomas Edison School
625 Spruce St.
Built: 1936
Demolished: 1991
Architects: William Hutton and George Grant Elmslie
From Purcell and Elmslie, 177

Washington Irving School Addition
4727 Pine Ave.
Built: 1936
Demolished: 2003
Architects: William Hutton and George Grant Elmslie
From Purcell and Elmslie, 177

Buildings by L. Cosby Bernard:

Edward C. Minas Sr. House
7326 Forest Ave.
Built: 1941

Edward C. Minas Jr. House
7306-10 Forest Ave.
Built: 1929

Wolf Knapp House2
7220 Forest Ave.
Built 1930

L Cosby Bernard House3
7241 Forest Ave.
Built 1931

Sources:

1http://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp/AssetDetail?assetID=f1d60e88-dc07-4b99-9f3c-6e1f5a2e43b6
2http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/files/wolf_knapp_all.pdf
3http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=6b7cd0cc-91ac-4b78-9fdc-bd78bcd9cba7

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