Schmitz Block

United States historic place


Schmitz Block
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Schmitz Block, July 2010
41°4′39″N 85°8′21″W / 41.07750°N 85.13917°W / 41.07750; -85.13917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888 (1888), c. 1912
Architect	Kendrick, Frank B.
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	88001224^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 26, 1988

Schmitz Block, also known as the Noll Block, is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1888, and is a four-story, L-shaped, Richardsonian Romanesque style brick building clad entirely in cut limestone. It features round rock-faced piers which extend the full height of the building and round arch windows. It was remodeled about 1912 after bring purchased by William F. Noll. For many years the building housed Hutner's Paris and Nobbson, a women's clothing store.^[2]^: 2, 4

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^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 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Schmitz Block" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.