National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
Walnut Street Historic District
Roughly bounded by North Chestnut, 7th and North Poplar Sts., but extending south on North Walnut St. to 3rd St., Seymour, IN Local significance of the district: Architecture
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The notorious bank robber John Dillinger was born in Indiana in 1903. He gained national notoriety during the Great Depression for a string of daring bank robberies and was eventually shot and killed by law enforcement in 1934.