• Date: 1915
• Style: Commercial
• District: Downtown Historic Registry

The front half of this building was built around 1893 by W. R. Hobbs, who operated a furniture store at this site. He was said to carry the largest stock of furniture in Indiana north of Indianapolis. The Hobbs Building, as it was known then, was an ornate, four-story brick building. In 1923, George A. Platt bought the property, which included a house behind the Hobbs Building. Then in 1925, after securing the funds for expanding the building, he added the Wayne Street half of the structure. At the same time, the front part of the building was being remodeled. It is likely that this was when an ornate spire on the southeast corner was removed. Platt operated a clothing store on the street level and the upper floors contained several offices over the years. Mr. Platt owned the building until 1935, when it was taken over by the Fletcher American National Bank of Indianapolis. In 1974, First Bank and Trust Company purchased the building, and it has changed ownership several times since.

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