Marktown neighborhood
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Marktown neighborhood is a historic planned worker community in East Chicago, Indiana, known for its distinctive early-20th-century industrial town design and unusual street layout.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marktown neighborhood canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district
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neighborhood ⓘ planned worker community ⓘ |
| architect |
Howard Van Doren Shaw
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Howard Van Doren Shaw, American architect ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Tudor Revival elements
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vernacular worker housing ⓘ |
| buildingType |
duplexes
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row houses ⓘ single-family houses ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1917 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentIssues |
environmental concerns
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industrial encroachment ⓘ preservation challenges ⓘ |
| designedAs | company town ⓘ |
| designedFor |
industrial workers
ⓘ
steel mill workers ⓘ |
| developer |
Clayton Mark
ⓘ
Clayton Mark, steel industrialist ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasCommunityOrganization | local preservation advocates ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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surface form:
National Register of Historic Places historic district
|
| knownFor |
compact residential blocks
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distinctive early-20th-century industrial town design ⓘ pedestrian-oriented design ⓘ unusual street layout ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Chicago, Indiana
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Indiana ⓘ Lake County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Indiana Harbor
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Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Clayton Mark ⓘ |
| nearbyIndustry |
refineries
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steel mills ⓘ |
| NRHPCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | housing for workers of Mark Manufacturing Company ⓘ |
| partOf | Calumet Region ⓘ |
| planningConcept |
garden city influence
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self-contained worker community ⓘ |
| significance |
example of early 20th-century industrial town planning
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rare surviving planned worker community in Northwest Indiana ⓘ |
| streetLayoutFeature |
houses oriented toward interior courts
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streets running through backyards ⓘ |
| transportationContext |
near industrial rail lines
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near major industrial roads ⓘ |
| urbanContext | surrounded by heavy industry ⓘ |
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