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Watson Park Historic District, also known as Watson Road Historic District and Watson McCord Neighborhood, is a national historic district located at
Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
. The district encompasses 402 contributing buildings and 4 contributing sites in a predominantly residential section of Indianapolis. They include 255 houses, 27 multiple family dwellings, and 120 garages. It was developed between about 1910 and 1960, and includes representative examples of
Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...
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Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...
, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the Watson Park Bird Sanctuary. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bungalow architecture in Indiana Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana Tudor Revival architecture in Indiana Historic districts in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis {{MarionCountyIN-NRHP-stub