Robert Smith Mortuary
Robert Smith Mortuary | |
 Robert Smith Mortuary, July 2011 | |
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| Location | 118-120 Walnut St., Evansville, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 37°58′8″N 87°34′20″W / 37.96889°N 87.57222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Anderson, Fritz |
| Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000072[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 22, 1980 |
Robert Smith Mortuary, also known as the Greek-Shears Mortuary, is a historic mortuary building located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built in 1930, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular Mission Revival style brick building. It features arcaded windows, an esplanade, and steeply pitched red tile roof. It is connected to a 2+1⁄2-story brick former dwelling constructed about 1890 and remodeled in 1930 to complement the new building.[2]: 2–3
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 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 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Patricia K. Sides (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robert Smith Mortuary" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Mission Revival architecture in Indiana
- Commercial buildings completed in 1930
- Buildings and structures in Evansville, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Evansville, Indiana
- Vanderburgh County, Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs