Walnut Street Historic District (Muncie, Indiana)

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

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Walnut Street Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = South Walnut in downtown Muncie.jpg

| caption = South Walnut Street, January 2012

| location = Roughly Walnut St. from Washington to Victor Sts., Muncie, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|40|11|31|N|85|23|11|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| architect = Taylor, James Knox; Et al.

| architecture = Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, 20th Century Functional

| added = February 17, 1989

| area = {{convert|18|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000187|title=Downtown Muncie MRA}}

| refnum = 88002112{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Walnut Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. It encompasses 66 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object, and is located in the central business district of Muncie. The district includes notable examples of Italianate, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival, and Beaux-Arts style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Moore-Youse-Maxon House, Roberts Hotel, and Goddard Warehouse. Other notable buildings include the Patterson Bock (c. 1876), McNaughton Block (1901-1903), Mitchell Block (1909), American National Bank Building (1924), Marsh Block (1888), and the Old Post Office designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor (1907, 1930).{{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 = 2015-08-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1fc26/N/Historic_Resources_of_Downtown_Muncie_Delaware_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Muncie MRA| accessdate = 2015-08-01|author1=Gary R. Rice |author2=Lenny Lepola |author3=Gretchen Bookout Cheesman |author4=Paul C. Diebiold |name-list-style=amp | format = PDF| date=May 1985}} and Accompanying photographs and [https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/3ba1b/N/Walnut_Street_Historic_District.pdf site map].{{rp|50–53}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.