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	Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by one block to either side of Massachusetts Ave. from Delaware St. to Interstate 65, Indianapolis, Indiana
Architectural style	Art Deco, Islamic, Italianate, Modern Movement, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	82000064 (original); 100004725 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 2, 1982
Boundary increase	December 4, 2019

Mass Ave Cultural Arts District
Mass Ave Cultural Arts District
Indianapolis Cultural District
	Clockwise from top left: Massachusetts Avenue streetscape, Old National Centre, The Athenæum, and street art
	Interactive map of the neighborhood
	Coordinates: 39°46′30″N 86°8′55″W / 39.77500°N 86.14861°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Marion
City	Indianapolis
Area code	317 / 463

The Mass Ave Cultural Arts District, colloquially known as Mass Ave, is one of seven designated cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The district centers on 0.86 miles (1.38 km) of its namesake Massachusetts Avenue, from its southern terminus at New York and Delaware streets to its northern terminus at Bellefontaine Street. The avenue is one of the four original diagonal streets included in Alexander Ralston's plan of 1821. Mass Ave also contains the Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District, a historic district included on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982.

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]

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]

Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District

Landmarks

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 September 1, 2008.
^ "History". DiscoverMassAve.com. Retrieved September 1, 2008.
^ "Massachusetts Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 1, 2008.

External links

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[1] "Massachusetts Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 1, 2008.

[2] "History". DiscoverMassAve.com. Retrieved September 1, 2008.

[3] "Massachusetts Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 1, 2008.

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v t e 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) Garfield Drive 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 North Pennsylvania Street Northside North Irvington Gardens Old Northside Oliver Johnson's Woods P.R. Mallory Company Factory Ransom Place Riverside Drive 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	Allison Mansion Anderson–Thompson House Askren House Apple House Bals–Wocher House Bates–Hendricks House Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Benton House Byram–Middleton House Campbell Mansion Cole House & 1925 Cole Brouette No. 70611 Cotton–Ropkey House Flanner House Homes Fletcher House Glossbrenner Mansion Graham House Hanna–Ochler–Elder House Haverstick Farmstead Hill House Hollingsworth House Horner–Terrill House Hubbard House Jamieson–Bennett House Johnson–Denny House Julian–Clark House Kuhn House Levey Mansion Lustron House Mattison House Meier House Millikan House Moore House Morris–Butler House Nicholson–Rand House Oldfields Pierson–Griffiths House The Propylaeum (Schmidt House) Prosser House Recker House Riley House Schnull–Rauch House Sommer House Stewart Mansion Stumpf House Thompson House Tobey-Normington House Tomlinson House Wheeler–Stokely Mansion
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 St. Clair 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 Central Library Crispus Attucks High School East Washington Library Hawthorne Branch Library IPS 13 IPS 33 IPS 36 IPS 58 IPS 66 IPS 82 IPS 84 IPS 97 Indiana School for the Deaf Indiana State Library Riverside Branch Library Old Southport High School Spades Park Library Shortridge High School
Government	Federal Building 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	Architects and Builders Building L.S. Ayres Annex Warehouse City Market Fame Laundry Fidelity Trust Building Hammond Block Indianapolis News Building Jackson Buildings Kahn Tailoring Company Building Lombard Building Majestic Building Marott's Shoes Building Merchants National Bank and Annex Morrison Block Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company Rink's Womens Apparel Store Selig's Dry Goods Company Building Taylor Carpet Company Building Tee Pee Restaurant Test Building H. P. Wasson and Company Building William Buschmann Block
Industrial	Cole Motor Car Company Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant Gibson Company Building H. Lauter Company Complex Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Company H. C. S. Motor Car Company Indiana Oxygen Company Stutz Motor Car 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 P.C.C. & St. L. Railroad Freight Depot Stout Field Administration Building and Hangar
Art and Theater	Circle Theater Foster Hall Indiana Theatre Madam C. J. Walker Building Rivoli Theater
Sport and Recreation	Broad Ripple Park Carousel Bush Stadium Highland Golf and Country Club Butler Fieldhouse Hillcrest Country club Indianapolis Motor Speedway Woodstock Country Club
Religious	Bethel A.M.E. Church Beth-El Zedeck Temple Big Run Baptist Church and Cemetery Christ Church Cathedral Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church Our Savior Lutheran Church Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church St. John's Church and Rectory St. Mary's Catholic Church St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
Private and Civic Groups	Athenaeum Christamore House Colored Knights of Pythias Castle Hall Columbia Club General German Protestant Orphans Home Independent Turnverein Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Indianapolis Athletic Club Indianapolis Masonic Temple Maennerchor Building Oriental Lodge No. 500 Scottish Rite Cathedral South Side Turnverein Hall University Club
Outdoor Spaces	Archeological Sites 12Ma648 and 12Ma649 Caleb Blood Smith Historic Site 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 Entries in italics have been removed from the registry

v t e Indianapolis Cultural Trail
Cultural districts	Canal and White River State Park Fountain Square Indiana Avenue Market East Mass Ave Wholesale
Parks	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 Glick Peace Walk Looking Through Windows Moving Forward Poet's Place Prairie Modules 1 & 2 Swarm Street Talking Wall
Related	Gene B. Glick Indiana Pacers Bikeshare
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