Centennial

The Centennial Neighborhood includes sections of the town that were platted four years after William Digby laid out the original plat. Merchants, who had been living above their shops, built in this area so they could live conveniently near their place of business. The neighborhood contains more religious buildings than any other neighborhood in Lafayette.

The buildings in the area represent a variety of architectural styles and were built mainly from the 1840s to the 1920s. The neighborhood was named to honor the Centennial School that stood at the corner of Sixth and Brown Streets. It was built in 1876 during the United States Centennial celebration and demolished in 1971. The site is now home to Centennial Park. The Historic Centennial Neighborhood was placed on the National Register in 1983.

Neighborhood attractions include Centennial Park, Imagination Station Museum, Wells Community Center (home of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation), and the Monon Depot Theater (home of the Civic Theater of Greater

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Centennial sign Ferry Street homes

explore the Historic Centennial Neighborhood's Plaque Properties

name	address	built	plaqued
Bradfield—Nagel House	620 Ferry Street	1865	1992
Emerson House	710 Brown Street	1869	1992
First Baptist Church	411 N. 7th Street	1872	1992
First Christian Church	329 N. 6th Street	1914
Folckemer—Valentine House	508 N. 6th Street	1900	1995
Folckemer—Wagoner House	500 N. 6th Street	1879	1991
Godman—Stwallery House	626 Ferry Street	1875	1998
Gouloos House	640 Ferry Street	1892	1999
Grace Episcopal—St. James Lutheran Church	800 Cincinatti Street	1872	1991
Haigis—Thompson—Helfter House	659 N. 7th Street	1912	1998
Handley House	612-614 Ferry Street	1872	1984
Hart—Beasley—Hunt House	602 N. 5th Street	1858	1995
John and Arkansas Graves House	325 N. 5th Street	1908	2002
Keiper—Beihm—Meade House	603 N. 5th Street	1864	1991
Kellogg—Atlass Townhomes	509-511 N. 7th Street	1887	2005
Kemmer—Rabbi Residence—Mork House	657 N. 7th Street	1906	2008
King's Flats—King's Manor	422 N. 6th Street		2003
Knight—Loeb House	708 Cincinnati Street	1882	1996
Lafayette Milling Company—Kirby Risk— McDonald Underwood Building	302 Ferry Street	1884	1999
Loeb—Palakaris—Wagoner House	517 Brown Street	1866	1993
Monon Railroad Depot	326 N. 5th Street	1901	1991
Morrison—Hovey—Dickman Townhouses	420-422 N. 7th Street	1856	1991
Peirce—Byers—McIlwain House	416 N. 7th Street	1870	1991
S.R. Johnson—Watson House	600 Ferry Street	1844	1997
Sons of Abraham Synagogue	661 N. 7th Street	1916	1992
St. Boniface Catholic Church	318 N. 9th Street	1865
St. Boniface School	863 North Street	1908	1991
St. James Lutheran School	615 N. 8th Street	1914	2001
St. John's Episcopal Church	315 N. 6th Street	1858	1992
Studybaker—Biehn—Risk House	609 N. 5th Street	1863	1993
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church	404 N. 6th Street	1872
Underwood Building	310 Ferry Street	1869	1991
Wells Library Building	638 North Street	1926	1991

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