Lilly Biological Laboratories
Lilly Biological Laboratories | |
![]() Lilly Biological Laboratories, March 2011 | |
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Location | West of Greenfield off U.S. Route 40, Greenfield, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°46′51″N 85°47′51″W / 39.78083°N 85.79750°WCoordinates: 39°46′51″N 85°47′51″W / 39.78083°N 85.79750°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1913 | -1914
Architect | Daggett, Robert Frost |
Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 77000016[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 23, 1977 |
Lilly Biological Laboratories, also known as Eli Lilly and Company and Greenfield Laboratories, is a historic laboratory complex located at Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana. It was designed by and built in 1913-1914 for the Eli Lilly and Company. The complex consists of three buildings: the Tower Building flanked by two adjacent two-story buildings connected to the main building by pergolas. The buildings are in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with red tile roofs and arched openings. The Tower Building features a prominent 80-foot tall tower with five levels topped by a pyramidal red tile roof.[2]: 2
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Eugene F. Rodman (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lilly Biological Laboratories" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.
Categories:
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Mission Revival architecture in Indiana
- Industrial buildings completed in 1914
- Buildings and structures in Hancock County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs