Marktown Historic District | |
 Houses on Park Street | |
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| Location | Bounded by Pine, Riley, Dickey, and 129th Sts., East Chicago, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′32″N 87°28′4″W / 41.65889°N 87.46778°W |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | Howard Van Doren Shaw |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000025[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 20, 1975 |
Marktown is an urban planned worker community in East Chicago, Indiana, United States,[2] built during the Progressive Era in 1917 from marshland to provide a complete community for workers at The Mark Manufacturing Company.[3]
The Marktown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Smith, Stephanie; Mark, Steve (2011). "Marktown: Clayton Mark's Planned Worker Community in Northwest Indiana". South Shore Journal. 4.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Richard Morrisroe (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Marktown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.