Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Indiana, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd|nocat = yes

| image = Shortridge-Meridian Street Apartments Historic District.jpg

| caption = Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District, November 2010

| location= Roughly bet. 34th and 38th Sts., along N. Meridian and N. Pennsylvania Sts., Indianapolis, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|39|49|16|N|86|09|24|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin =USA Indianapolis#Indiana#USA

| architect = George and Zimmerman; Dietz, H. Ziegler, et al.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, ET AL.

| added = March 15, 2000

| area = {{convert|70|acre}}

| refnum = 00000195{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses 136 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Indianapolis. It was developed between about 1900 and 1951, and includes representative examples of Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Mission Revival, Renaissance Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Shortridge High School. Other notable buildings include the Vernon Court Apartments (1928), Fronenac Apartments (1951), Biltmore Apartments (1927), Meridian Apartments (1929), New Yorker Apartments (1917), Howland Manor (1929), Powell-Evans House (1911), Harms House (1906), Dorchester Apartments (1921), and Martin Manor Apartments (1916).{{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| access-date = 2016-08-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/2236d/N/Shortridge_Meridian_St_Apts_HD_Marion_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shortridge–Meridian Street Apartments Historic District| access-date = 2016-08-01| author=William L. Selm|format = PDF| date=June 1999}} and Accompanying photographs

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.