State Street Historic District (North Vernon, Indiana)

State Street Historic District

DSR Funeral Home, July 2012
Location Roughly bounded by Chestnut, Jackson, Jefferson, State Sts., North Vernon, Indiana
Coordinates 39°00′04″N 85°37′24″W / 39.00111°N 85.62333°W / 39.00111; -85.62333
Area 24 acres (9.7 ha)
Built 1853 (1853)
Architect Barber, George F.
Architectural style Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, et al.
NRHP Reference # 06001290[1]
Added to NRHP January 25, 2007

State Street Historic District is a national historic district located at North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in a predominantly residential of North Vernon. The district developed between about 1852 and 1950, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the First Baptist Church (1905), First Presbyterian Church (1871), Olcott House (now Dove, Sharp, and Rudicel Funeral Home, 1907), McGannon-Olcott House (c. 1868), Charles Watchell House (c. 1893), Frank Little House (c. 1898), Tripp / Verbarg House (c. 1891), and Joseph C. Cone House (c. 1894).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Carol Ann Schweikert (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: State Street Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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