National Register Listing

Indiana War Memorial Historic District

a.k.a. Indiana World War Memorial Plaza; Birch Bayh Federal Building; National Headquarters, American Legion; Indianapolis Public Library (now called Central Library)

Monument Cir, 200-800 blks, N. Meridian St, 200-800 blks, N. Pennsylvania St, and first blocks of E. Ohio, New Yo, Indianapolis, IN
Local significance of the district:
Architecture; Art; Community Planning And Development

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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.