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    Brown Laboratory of Chemistry
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl
  2. Hawkins Hall 2
    Hawkins Hall
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    14 fl 1968
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    Chauncey Square Parking Garage
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl 2007
  4. Thieme & Wagner Brewery 4
    Thieme & Wagner Brewery
    United StatesLafayette
    5 fl 1894
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    Cary South Residential Hall
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    22 m 6 fl 1939
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    Loeb Stadium
    United StatesLafayette
    1973
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    Wabash Landing Apartments
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl 2002
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    Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
    United StatesLafayette
    52 m 1886
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    Earhart Hall East
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1964
  10. McCutcheon Hall North 10
    McCutcheon Hall North
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1963
  11. County Parking Garage 11
    County Parking Garage
    United StatesLafayette
    6 fl 2001
  12. Perrin Building 12
    Perrin Building
    United StatesLafayette
    4 fl 1877
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    First Street Towers, East Building
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl 2009
  14. Krannert Building 14
    Krannert Building
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    28 m 7 fl 1964
  15. Chauncey Square 15
    Chauncey Square
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    28 m 7 fl 2008
  16. Benton County Courthouse 16
    Benton County Courthouse
    United StatesFowler
    3 fl 1874
  17. Lafayette Bank & Trust Building 17
    Lafayette Bank & Trust Building
    United StatesLafayette
    30 m 6 fl 2006
  18. Hilton Garden Inn Wabash Landing 18
    Hilton Garden Inn Wabash Landing
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    6 fl 2002
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    Rawls Hall
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl 2003
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    316 South Street
    United StatesLafayette
    20 m 4 fl 1935
  21. Candlewood Suites 21
    Candlewood Suites
    United StatesLafayette
    4 fl 2009
  22. The Millennium Sundial 22
    The Millennium Sundial
    United StatesLafayette
    1999
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    Harrison Hall North
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1966
  24. Lafayette Business Tower 24
    Lafayette Business Tower
    United StatesLafayette
    8 fl 1914
  25. Tippecanoe County Courthouse 25
    Tippecanoe County Courthouse
    United StatesLafayette
    69 m 5 fl 1885
  26. Holiday Inn Select Lafayette City Centre 26
    Holiday Inn Select Lafayette City Centre
    United StatesLafayette
    8 fl 2002
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    George A. Bohrer Brewery
    United StatesLafayette
    6 fl 1894
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    McCutcheon Hall South
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1963
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    Days Inn West Lafayette
    United StatesBattle Ground
    4 fl 1972
  30. Young Hall 30
    Young Hall
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    32 m 10 fl 1962
  31. Mackey Arena 31
    Mackey Arena
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    24 m 1967
  32. Schultz Walgamuth Building 32
    Schultz Walgamuth Building
    United StatesLafayette
    21 m 4 fl 1913
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    Friendship House
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl 1980
  34. Lafayette Life Building 34
    Lafayette Life Building
    United StatesLafayette
    43 m 10 fl 1918
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    Harrison Hall South
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1966
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    First Street Towers, Central Building
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    4 fl 2009
  37. Shreve Hall West 37
    Shreve Hall West
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1970
  38. Chase Building 38
    Chase Building
    United StatesLafayette
    43 m 10 fl 1970
  39. Mathematical Sciences Building 39
    Mathematical Sciences Building
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    36 m 10 fl 1967
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    Ross-Ade Stadium
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    1924
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    323 Columbia Street
    United StatesLafayette
    23 m 4 fl 1902
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    Valley Towers
    United StatesLafayette
    6 fl
  43. Renaissance Place Condominiums 43
    Renaissance Place Condominiums
    United StatesLafayette
    5 fl 2007
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    Hillenbrand Hall Southeast
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1993
  45. DoubleTree by Hilton Lafayette East 45
    DoubleTree by Hilton Lafayette East
    United StatesLafayette
    6 fl 1973
  46. Clinton County Courthouse 46
    Clinton County Courthouse
    United StatesFrankfort
    3 fl 1884
  47. Hillenbrand Hall Northwest 47
    Hillenbrand Hall Northwest
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1993
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    Discovery Learning Research Center
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    4 fl 2009
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    St. Elizabeth East
    United StatesLafayette
    3 fl 2010
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    Earhart Hall West
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1964
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    SpringHill Suites/Fairfield Inn & Suites
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    6 fl 2009
  52. Shreve Hall East 52
    Shreve Hall East
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    8 fl 1970
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    331 Columbia Street
    United StatesLafayette
    4 fl 1890
  54. People's Life Building 54
    People's Life Building
    United StatesFrankfort
    26 m 6 fl 1920
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    Purdue Memorial Union
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl 1929
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    MED Institute
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    6 fl 1993
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    First Street Towers, West Building
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    5 fl 2012
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    Beering Hall
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    7 fl 1993
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    Purdue Bell Tower
    United StatesWest Lafayette
    49 m 1995
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    IU Health Arnett Hospital
    United StatesLafayette
    7 fl 2008
  61. Fowler House 61
    Fowler House
    United StatesLafayette
    31 m 8 fl 1915
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    Home Hospital
    United StatesLafayette
    5 fl
  63. Carroll County Courthouse 63
    Carroll County Courthouse
    United StatesDelphi
    3 fl 1917
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