Sunken Gardens (Huntington, Indiana)


Sunken Gardens
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sunken Gardens, May 2012

Location	West Park Dr., southwest of the junction of U.S. Route 24 and La Fontaine St., Huntington, Indiana
Coordinates	40°52′44″N 85°30′22″W / 40.87889°N 85.50611°W / 40.87889; -85.50611Coordinates: 40°52′44″N 85°30′22″W / 40.87889°N 85.50611°W / 40.87889; -85.50611
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1923 (1923)-1929
Architect	Chicago Landscape Co.; Koch, Martin
NRHP Reference #	97000596^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 26, 1997

Sunken Gardens is a historic public park and garden complex located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was designed by the Chicago Landscape Co. in 1923, and complete in 1929. The gardens include outcropped limestone walls on all sides, a horseshoe shaped pool, limestone foot bridges, two levels, and an automobile-related fieldstone bridge.^[2]^:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Adrian Scott Fine (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sunken Gardens" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. , boundary map, and Accompanying photographs.

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