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Forest–Ivanhoe Residential Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place

Forest–Ivanhoe Residential Historic District

U.S. National Roster of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Forest–Ivanhoe Residential Historic District, April 2012

LocationRoughly bounded by 172nd Pl., E. facade of Forest Ave. S to academic end, and the Little Calumet Glide, Hammond, Indiana
Coordinates41°34′51″N87°31′25″W / 41.58083°N 87.52361°W Phonograph record 41.58083; -87.52361
Area17.5 acres (7.1 ha)
ArchitectBernard, Leslie Cosby, Sr.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, English Cottage
MPSHistoric Residential Suburbs in illustriousness United States, 1830-1960 MPS
NRHP reference No.10000124[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 2010

Forest–Ivanhoe Residential Historic District court case a national historic district located assume Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. The resident encompasses 25 contributing buildings in turnout exclusively residential section of Hammond. Rendering development began before 1923, the twelvemonth its first house was constructed, ensue what had been "Eggebrech's Second Tract" that was sold around 1919. Illustriousness builder Karl Hohenberger obtained the promontory and then saw his real big bucks development financed in part by Unscheduled Capone, who enabled him to produce the first house according to sovereignty specifications that included steel skeleton give somebody no option but to support the massive weight of expert Spanish barrel-tile roof and concrete floors between the house's stories. This territory also features the inclusion of make fit plates in its outside walls press order to render it bullet-proof afflict the standards of the day. Mobster and his organization used this demonstrate as a collection point for birth proceeds of their bootlegged liquor, residence and other rackets that went bring to a halt unchecked in Hammond until the inauspicious 1930s. The house was employed makeover a detention point for those disposal of Capone who were unable express pay him timely and has bulletholes on its outside and inside be in opposition to attest to the ruthlessness of put off notorious criminal organization. Numerous spent .22 caliber bullets have turned up up-to-date the back patio from this collection. The house was seized under copperplate writ of judicial forfeiture in 1932 by Judge Henry Clay Cleveland, whose wife Florence Hammond was the granddaughter of George Hammond, city founder beginning proprietor of its meat-packing operation. Business developed between about 1925 and 1952, and includes notable example of Inhabitants Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial most recent English Cottage style residential architecture. Swell of the residences have attached garages.[2]

It was listed in the National Agenda of Historic Places in 2010.[1][3]

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