Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1

United States historic place


Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1, April 2012
39°26′37″N 86°26′23″W / 39.44361°N 86.43972°W / 39.44361; -86.43972
Area	254 acres (103 ha)
Built	1936 (1936)
Architect	Cramer, Julian; Cramer, Leonard; Cramer Brothers
NRHP reference No.	12000189^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 10, 2012

Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1, also known as Ozark Fisheries Shireman Farm, is a historic goldfish hatchery and national historic district located in Washington Township, Morgan County, Indiana. The Grassyfork Office and Display Room building was built in 1936, and is a one-story, rectangular, brick building with a hipped roof. It measures 36 feet by 100 feet. The property includes a variety of buildings, structures, and sites associated with the fish hatchery. Among them are a barn, six wells, two dams, remains of formal landscaping and rock garden, and all goldfish ponds, levees, and associated dirt roads.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/09/12 through 7/13/12. National Park Service. July 20, 2012.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (July 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016..