Monon Park Dancing Pavilion

United States historic place


Monon Park Dancing Pavilion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Monon Park Dancing Pavilion,, September 2012
41°22′7″N 87°26′22″W / 41.36861°N 87.43944°W / 41.36861; -87.43944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1897 (1897)
Architect	Stiles and Stone
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.	00001540^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 3, 2001

Monon Park Dancing Pavilion is a historic dance hall building located at Cedar Lake, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1897, as a one-story, open air frame building supported by brick piers. The building measures 55 feet by 110 feet and has a massive gable on hip roof with deeply overhanging eaves. It displays some Stick / Eastlake movement design elements. The building was acquired in 1915 by the Moody Memorial Bible Church, who enclosed and enlarged the original structure.^[2]^: 2–3 A restoration project was underway in 2013.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Scott Bocock (February 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monon Park Dancing Pavilion" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.