The Mass Avenue Cultural Arts District is one of seven designated cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana. This area is considered the heart of the city’s art district offering theatres and entertainment venues, galleries, as well as multiple shops and restaurants.

The Massachusetts Avenue Historical District is located Northeast of Monument Circle and is one of four diagonal thoroughfares designed in 1821. The avenue bisects city grids and contains irregular parcels with structures defined by their architecture, scale and materials utilized in this period.

Massachusetts Avenue is one of the city’s most intact diagonal streets, originally laid out in the Ralston plan of 1821. The Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District developed as an important outlying commercial area that served trolley commuters during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The district includes a remarkable collection of commercial, light industrial, and institutional architecture, from vernacular Italianate blocks of the 1870s to imposing institutional and fraternal complexes designed by the city’s leading architects.

Two commercial buildings in the 700 block of the avenue are noteworthy for their original Italianate designs. 706-710 and 707-711 are brick c. 1875 Italianates. Both retain original stone arcaded storefronts which are features of this property. The Indianapolis Cultural Trail runs along portions of the Avenue and directly in front of the 707 building.

Included in the offering of 707 Massachusetts Avenue: