Albion Flats

Albion Flats
View from Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Location 701 Court St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°W / 38.97583; -87.56583Coordinates: 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°W / 38.97583; -87.56583
Area less than one acre
Built 1911
Architect Shopbell & Company
Architectural style Prairie School
NRHP Reference # 82000093[1]
Added to NRHP July 1, 1982

Albion Flats (sometimes referred to as "Albion Terrace" or simply "The Albion") is a housing unit in downtown Evansville, Indiana, built in 1911 as part of a trend to reform crowded living conditions for the working class. It was named after Albion Fellows Bacon, a famed advocate of improved public housing standards. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

  1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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