Lilly Biological Laboratories

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| name = Lilly Biological Laboratories

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| image = Lilly Biological Laboratories at Greenfield.jpg

| caption = Lilly Biological Laboratories, March 2011

| location = West of Greenfield off U.S. Route 40, Greenfield, Indiana, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|39|46|51|N|85|47|51|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1913}}-1914

| architect = Daggett, Robert Frost

| architecture = Mission/spanish Revival

| added = November 23, 1977

| area = {{convert|2.5|acre}}

| refnum = 77000016{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Lilly Biological Laboratories, also known as Eli Lilly and Company and Greenfield Laboratories, is a historic laboratory complex located in Greenfield, Indiana. The laboratory was designed by Robert Frost Daggett and built in 1913-1914 for 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.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-04-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1b3be/N/Lilly_Biological_Labs_Hancock_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lilly Biological Laboratories| accessdate = 2016-04-01| author=Eugene F. Rodman| format = PDF| date=April 1976}} and Accompanying photographs.{{rp|2}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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