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Hotel LaFontaine

Buildings and structures in Huntington County, IndianaColonial Revival architecture in IndianaHistoric district contributing properties in IndianaHotel buildings completed in 1925Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
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Hotel LaFontaine in Huntington
Hotel LaFontaine in Huntington

Hotel LaFontaine is a historic hotel building located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and consists of a six-story central pavilion with five-story flanking wings. It is of steel frame and hollow-tile construction and sheathed in brick. The building is in the Colonial Revival style. The lobby is designed to resemble a Spanish courtyard and the basement houses an Egyptian inspired swimming pool that opened in 1927. The hotel is named for Francis La Fontaine. It housed a hotel until 1974.: 2–3 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is located in the Huntington Courthouse Square Historic District.

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Hotel LaFontaine
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Huntington Courthouse Square Historic District

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46750
Indiana, United States
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North Jefferson Street Historic District
North Jefferson Street Historic District

The North Jefferson Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Indiana. It includes works by Elmer Dunlap. The listing includes approximately seven hundred contributing properties including the separately listed David Alonzo and Elizabeth Purviance House (1892; 809 N. Jefferson) and adjacent Taylor-Zent House (1898; 715 N. Jefferson), which are Chateauesque and Victorian Romanesque in style. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.North Jefferson Street, north of the downtown commercial area, was the premier residential street in Huntington from the 1860s on; large stylish homes were built on both sides of the street.: 16 Good examples of Italianate architecture on the street include: Loughridge/Grayson House (1853), 708 N. Jefferson, William McGrew House (1863), 804 N. Jefferson, and John Roche House (1871), 939 N. Jefferson.: 17 Jacobethan Revival architecture on the street included: Julius Dick House (1882), 1046 N. Jefferson, Jacob Dick House (1880), 1068 N. Jefferson, and Wesley Hawley House (1895), 1110 N. Jefferson.: 17 Eastlake and Queen Anne architecture appears in: Will Ewing House (1890), 850 N. Jefferson and Herman H. Arnold House (1883), 1140 N. Jefferson.: 17 Notable also is: Saint Mary's Church (1896), Victorian Romanesque, built of brick and stone masonry, Chateauesque and Victorian Romanesque in style.: 17–18