Communications Building

By Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

The fairgrounds has several buildings in the modernistic Art Deco style. Art Deco was popular just before and just after WWII--architects were simplifying buildings by “streamlining” their details. Glass block was a new building material and architect Dan Zimmerman used a great deal of it to make the Communications Building look as modern as possible. The hand-carved Indiana limestone medallions (roundels) show different events held at the fair.

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1202 E 38th St, Indianapolis, IN 46205

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http://www.indianastatefair.com/fairgrounds/

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Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, “Communications Building,” Discover Indiana, accessed April 18, 2024, https://publichistory.iupui.edu/items/show/282.

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Published on Jan 31, 2018. Last updated on Apr 2, 2019.