Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis

Massachusetts Avenue, or simply Mass Ave, is one of six designated cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is located just a few blocks northeast of Monument Circle. Massachusetts Avenue was one of the four original diagonal streets of downtown Indianapolis in Alexander Ralston's plan of 1821. Today it lies at the heart of the city's arts district. It offers some of the city's most visible theaters and art galleries as well as a number of shops and eateries.[1]

Significant dates

Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Massachusetts Avenue looking southwest from Alabama Street.
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Location	Roughly bounded by one block to either side of Massachusetts Ave. from Delaware St. to Interstate 65, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates	39°46′30″N 86°8′55″W
Architectural style	Art Deco, Islamic, Italianate, Modern Movement, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	82000064 (original) 100004725 (increase)
Added to NRHP	December 2, 1982
Boundary increase	December 4, 2019

Mass Ave logo

Gentrification in the 1990s propelled the area from squalor to one of the city's more fashionable addresses. Currently, redevelopment of Mass Ave focuses on fostering locally owned shops, theaters, and restaurants.[2]

Points of interest

Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus): building houses Young Actors Theatre and the Rathskeller Restaurant, the city's oldest restaurant still in operation.
Old National Centre: is the headquarters of the Indianapolis Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.[3]

References

"Massachusetts Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
"History". DiscoverMassAve.com. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
"Massachusetts Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

External links

National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis, Indiana
Districts	Brendonwood Camp Edwin F. Glenn Central Court Chatham-Arch Cottage Home Cumberland Emerson Avenue Addition Fletcher Place Forest Hills Fort Benjamin Harrison (Boundary Increase) Golden Hill Haughville Herron–Morton Place Holy Rosary–Danish Church Homecroft Indiana Avenue Indianapolis Union Station Wholesale District Irvington Irvington Terrace Laurel and Prospect Lockerbie Square (Boundary Increase) Massachusetts Avenue Meridian Park New Augusta North Meridian Street Northside North Irvington Gardens Old Northside Oliver Johnson's Woods Ransom Place St. Joseph Neighborhood St.Philip Neri Parish Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments State and Prospect Town of Crows Nest Virginia Avenue Washington Park Washington Street–Monument Circle Watson Park Woodruff Place
Houses	Alfred M. Glossbrenner Mansion Allison Mansion Anderson–Thompson House August Sommer House Bals–Wocher House Bates–Hendricks House Benjamin Harrison Home Benton House Byram–Middleton House Calvin I. Fletcher House Carlos and Anne Recker House Charles Kuhn House Christamore House Christopher Apple House Cotton–Ropkey House Flanner House Homes George Philip Meier House George Stumpf House George Washington Tomlinson House Hanna–Ochler–Elder House Henry F. Campbell Mansion Hiram A. Haverstick Farmstead Hollingsworth House Horner–Terrill House James Whitcomb Riley House Jamieson–Bennett House John Fitch Hill House Johnson–Denny House Joseph J. Cole Jr. House and 1925 Cole Brouette No. 70611 Julian–Clark House Louis Levey Mansion Lovel D. Millikan House Morris–Butler House Nicholson–Rand House Oldfields Pierson–Griffiths House The Propylaeum (John W. Schmidt House) Prosser House Roy and Iris Corbin Lustron House Schnull–Rauch House Stewart Manor (Charles B. Sommers House) Thomas Askren House Thomas Moore House Wheeler–Stokely Mansion Willard and Josephine Hubbard House William H. H. Graham House William N. Thompson House
Downtown Apartments and Flats	Alameda Alexandra Ambassador Baker Blacherne Burton Cathcart Chadwick Colonial Dartmouth Delaware Court Delaware Flats Devonshire Emelie Glencoe Grover Harriett Lodge Martens Massachusetts Mayleeno McKay Myrtle Fern Oxford Pennsylvania Plaza Rink Savoy Shelton Sid-Mar Spink Sylvania Vienna Wil-Fra-Mar Wilson Wyndham
Other Apartments	Balmoral Court The Buckingham Coulter Flats Esplanade Apartments Gaseteria, Inc. The Gramse Linwood Colonial Apartments Lockefield Garden Apartments Manchester Apartments Marcy Village Apartments Pearson Terrace Saint James Court The Seville Vera and the Olga
Lodgings	Aston Inn Heier's Hotel Hotel Washington Marott Hotel Sheffield Inn Spink Arms Hotel YWCA Blue Triangle Residence Hall
Schools and Libraries	Administration Building, Indiana Central University Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall Benjamin Franklin Public School Number 36 Central Library Christian Park School No. 82 Crispus Attucks High School Hawthorne Branch Library No. 2 Henry P. Coburn Public School No. 66 Horace Mann Public School No. 13 Indiana School for the Deaf Indiana State Library and Historical Building Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 3 Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6 John Greenleaf Whittier School, No. 33 Joseph J. Bingham Indianapolis Public School No. 84 Ralph Waldo Emerson Indianapolis Public School No. 58 Old Southport High School Shortridge High School
Government	Indiana Statehouse Indianapolis Fire Headquarters and Municipal Garage Indianapolis Veterans Administration Hospital Old Indianapolis City Hall Old Pathology Building U.S. Arsenal (Arsenal Technical High School) U.S. Courthouse and Post Office
Commercial	L.S. Ayres Annex Warehouse City Market Fidelity Trust Building Hammond Block (Budnick's Trading Mart) Indianapolis News Building Kahn Tailoring Company Building Lombard Building Majestic Building Marott's Shoes Building Merchants National Bank and Annex Morrison Block (M. O'Connor Grocery Wholesalers) Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company Rink's Womens Apparel Store Selig's Dry Goods Company Building Taylor Carpet Company Building Test Building H. P. Wasson and Company Building William Buschmann Block
Industrial	Cole Motor Car Company Gibson Company Building H. Lauter Company Complex HCS Motor Car Company Indiana Oxygen Company West Washington Street Pumping Station Wheeler–Schebler Carburetor Company
Transportation	Fort Harrison Terminal Station Indianapolis Union Station Marion County Bridge 0501F Michigan Road Toll House
Art and Theater	Circle Theater Foster Hall Indiana Theatre Madame C. J. Walker Building Rivoli Theater
Sport and Recreation	Broad Ripple Park Carousel Bush Stadium Butler Fieldhouse Hillcrest Country club Indianapolis Motor Speedway Woodstock Country Club
Churches	Bethel A.M.E. Church Big Run Baptist Church and Cemetery Christ Church Cathedral Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church St. John's Church and Rectory St. Mary's Catholic Church
Private and Civic Groups	Athenaeum (Das Deutsche Haus) Columbia Club General German Protestant Orphans Home Independent Turnverein Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Indianapolis Athletic Club Indianapolis Masonic Temple Oriental Lodge No. 500 Scottish Rite Cathedral South Side Turnverein Hall
Outdoor Spaces	Archeological Sites 12Ma648 and 12Ma649 Crown Hill Cemetery Crown Hill National Cemetery Indiana World War Memorial Plaza Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System McCormick Cabin Site Military Park Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park State Soldiers and Sailors Monument University Park
National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis

Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick
Cultural Districts	Broad Ripple Village (via Monon Trail) Canal and White River State Park Fountain Square Indiana Avenue Market East Mass Ave Wholesale
Parks and greenspace	American Legion Mall Hudnut Commons Military Park Richard G. Lugar Plaza The Idle White River State Park
Public art	Ann Dancing Care/Don't Care Chatham Passage E Pluribus Unum (cancelled) Glick Peace Walk Looking Through Windows Moving Forward Poet's Place Prairie Modules 1 & 2 Swarm Street Talking Wall

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