Test Building

Test Building, also known as the Circle Motor Inn, is a historic commercial building in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and is a nine-story, reinforced concrete structure with 12-inch thick brick and clay tile curtain walls. It is faced with Indiana limestone and has a three-story brick penthouse and two-level basement. The mixed-use building housed the city's earliest large parking garages.^[2]: 2–5

Test Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Test Building, January 2010
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Location	54 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates	39°46′6″N 86°9′32″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925 (1925)
Architect	Bass, Knowlton, & Company
NRHP reference No.	83000138[1]
Added to NRHP	June 16, 1983

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] It is in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

History

Test Building and Journal Building, 46-54 Monument Circle, 1979 (Indianapolis, Ind.)

The building was constructed in 1925. It was initially planned to be entirely a parking garage apart from ground-level stores, but met with controversy due to perceived danger to pedestrians and traffic congestion.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

Description

Entrance to the parking garage

The building is a nine-story, reinforced concrete structure with 12-inch thick brick and clay tile curtain walls. It is faced with Indiana limestone and has a three-story brick penthouse and two-level basement.^[1] It was built in the Neoclassical Revival style by Bass, Knowlton & Company.^[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana