Marktown Historic District

Bounded by Pine, Riley, Dickey, and 129th Sts., East Chicago, Indiana. County/parish: Lake.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 20, 1975. NRIS 75000025.

138 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Marktown

Marktown is an urban planned worker community in East Chicago, Indiana, United States, built during the Progressive Era in 1917 from marshland to provide a complete community for workers at The Mark Manufacturing Company.

The Marktown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132003655

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