American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building

The American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building, one of the Edison Concept Houses, is a historic building at 633 West 4th Avenue in Gary, Indiana. The building was designed by D. F. Creighton and constructed in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 2009.^[1] It was built by the United States Sheet & Tin Plate Co.

American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building in Gary, Indiana
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Location	633 W. 4th Avenue Gary, Indiana
Coordinates	41°36′13″N 87°20′43″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910 (1910)
Architect	D.F. Creighton; United States Sheet & Tin Plate Co.
Architectural style	Poured concrete
MPS	Concrete in Steel City: The Edison Concept Houses of Gary Indiana MS
NRHP reference No.	09000427[1]
Added to NRHP	June 17, 2009

Thousands moved to Gary in the early 1900s for work in the burgeoning steel industry. Providing housing quickly and affordably, Thomas Edison's 1906 proposal of pouring a concrete mixture into a single mold for the façades, roof, stairs, walls, and other parts of a house was adopted for company housing (Edison was not directly involved).^[2][3]

See also

• Polk Street Terraces Historic District
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Indiana