Marktown neighborhood

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Marktown neighborhood is a historic planned worker community in East Chicago, Indiana, known for its distinctive early-20th-century industrial town design and unusual street layout.

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instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
planned worker community ⓘ
architect Howard Van Doren Shaw ⓘ
Howard Van Doren Shaw, American architect ⓘ
architecturalStyle Tudor Revival elements ⓘ
vernacular worker housing ⓘ
buildingType duplexes ⓘ
row houses ⓘ
single-family houses ⓘ
constructionStart 1917 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentIssues environmental concerns ⓘ
industrial encroachment ⓘ
preservation challenges ⓘ
designedAs company town ⓘ
designedFor industrial workers ⓘ
steel mill workers ⓘ
developer Clayton Mark ⓘ
Clayton Mark, steel industrialist ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
hasCommunityOrganization local preservation advocates ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places historic district ⓘ
knownFor compact residential blocks ⓘ
distinctive early-20th-century industrial town design ⓘ
pedestrian-oriented design ⓘ
unusual street layout ⓘ
locatedIn East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana ⓘ
locatedNear Indiana Harbor ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
namedAfter Clayton Mark ⓘ
nearbyIndustry refineries ⓘ
steel mills ⓘ
NRHPCountry United States of America ⓘ
NRHPType historic district ⓘ
originalPurpose housing for workers of Mark Manufacturing Company ⓘ
partOf Calumet Region ⓘ
planningConcept garden city influence ⓘ
self-contained worker community ⓘ
significance example of early 20th-century industrial town planning ⓘ
rare surviving planned worker community in Northwest Indiana ⓘ
streetLayoutFeature houses oriented toward interior courts ⓘ
streets running through backyards ⓘ
transportationContext near industrial rail lines ⓘ
near major industrial roads ⓘ
urbanContext surrounded by heavy industry ⓘ

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East Chicago, Indiana → hasNeighborhood → Marktown neighborhood ⓘ