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501 WEST WASHINGTON <br />HISTORICAL CONTEXT <br />This four-story apartment building known as The Rushton was built in 1906 by <br />John & Edward Rush. Mr. Rush was born in 1860 to John & Rachel Rush. In 1894 he <br />married Gertrude Hamilton and had a daughter, Martha and two sons, John and Gail. Mr. <br />Rush made his living in real estate, he and his brother, Edward, built the Rushton as a <br />family residence and hotel complete with its own cafeteria. John Rush co -owned the <br />building until his death in 1940 at age 80. Edward Rush was born in 1871 and was also <br />into real estate, he was the treasurer of the Fidelity Land Company. Edward retained <br />ownership of the structure until his death in 1944, after which, it was placed in a trust <br />controlled by John's three children. The Rush heirs owned the property until 1972 when <br />it was sold to Dennis Emery who rented out the various units until 2000 when he sold it <br />to the Indiana Land Trust. During the first years of its existence the Rushton was home <br />to various real estate agents, clerks, managers and lawyers. However, by the 1920s the <br />structure saw a decline in professional residence and a drastic increase in the number of <br />single female residence, many of which were elderly widows. This characteristic <br />continued for many years eventually shifting to single women with children and low- <br />income families. Today the Rushton has been vacated at the request of Code Enforcement <br />until needed repairs are complete. <br />ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br />This is a four-story Neo -Classical style apartment building. It has a rectangular plan, flat <br />roof with metal parapet coping, iron/steel cornice scupper, one over one double -hung <br />wood frame bay windows with simple surrounds, limestone base bay window supported <br />by bracket and simple one over one wood double -hung window units through out with <br />limestone sills. The building has brick masonry walls with limestone quoining, brick <br />dentils and limestone cornice. It has a wood and glass entrance door with decorated <br />surrounds, arch cornice with keystone and concrete steps with the inscription "The <br />Rushton". The porch entrance is supported by decorated brick piers with eyebrow <br />cornice and brackets on each side with concrete step, concrete floor and concrete <br />foundation. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Based on the Historic Preservation Commission's Local Landmark Criteria's adopted by <br />the Common Council, the site and structure at 501 W. Washington has been <br />recommended to the Common Council for designation as a Local Landmark by the <br />Historic Preservation Commission. <br />The buildings and sites meet three of the criteria: <br />1) Its embodiment of elements or architectural design, detail, material or <br />craftsmanship which represents an architectural characteristic or innovation; <br />2) Its suitability for preservation; <br />2 <br />
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