Albion Flats

Albion Flats
View from Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Location 701 Court St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°WCoordinates: 38°58′33″N 87°33′57″W / 38.97583°N 87.56583°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1911
Architect Shopbell & Company
Architectural style Prairie School
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 82000093[1]
Added to NRHP July 1, 1982

Albion Flats (sometimes referred to as "Albion Terrace" or simply "The Albion") is a housing unit in downtown Evansville, Indiana, built in 1911 as part of a trend to reform crowded living conditions for the working class. It was named after Albion Fellows Bacon, a famed advocate of improved public housing standards. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.