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Arcade Building, 439 State St Hammond, Lake County, IN
1) its architecture including fine examples of terra cotta from the 1920`s, many of which were designed by the architects of Chicago; and 2) its history (a) being one of the two primary commercial - retail streets of Hammond which served as the major commercial and retail center for the Calumet region of Indiana and Illinois from the early 1900`s to the 1960`s; and (b) the location of a concentration of Jewish-owned businesses from the early 1900`s until the 1960`s.
Arcade Building, 439 State St Hammond, Lake County, IN
1) its architecture including fine examples of terra cotta from the 1920`s, many of which were designed by the architects of Chicago; and 2) its history (a) being one of the two primary commercial - retail streets of Hammond which served as the major commercial and retail center for the Calumet region of Indiana and Illinois from the early 1900`s to the 1960`s; and (b) the location of a concentration of Jewish-owned businesses from the early 1900`s until the 1960`s.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
