Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District
Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District | |
![]() Indiana State Soldiers Home house, November 2010 | |
40°28′8″N 86°53′15″W / 40.46889°N 86.88750°W / 40.46889; -86.88750 | |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
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Built | 1895 (1895) |
NRHP reference No. | 74000034[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 2, 1974 |
Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District is a historic Soldiers Home and national historic district located in Tippecanoe Township and Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses four contributing buildings on the campus of the former Soldiers Home. They are the Post Exchange, Commandant's House, Library Building (formerly the Commissary), and the Administration Building. Funding for the home was approved by the Indiana State Legislature in 1888, and building commenced in 1890. Most of the original buildings were demolished in the 1950s.[2]: 2–3 The property continued to be administered by the Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs as the Indiana Veterans’ Home[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Clark A. Dobbs (June 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016., Site map, and Accompanying photographs
- ^ Official Website of the Indiana Veterans’ Home
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Historic Landmark
- Tippecanoe Battlefield
- John E. and Catherine E. Christian House (Samara)
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districts
- Battle Ground Historic District
- Centennial Neighborhood District
- Chauncey–Stadium Avenues Historic District
- Dayton Historic District
- Downtown Lafayette Historic District
- Ellsworth Historic District
- Happy Hollow Heights Historic District
- Highland Park Neighborhood Historic District
- Hills and Dales Historic District
- Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District
- Jefferson Historic District
- Ninth Street Hill Neighborhood Historic District
- Park Mary Historic District
- Perrin Historic District
- St. Mary Historic District
- Upper Main Street Historic District
properties
- Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House
- Archeological Sites 12T59 and 12T530
- Jesse Andrew House
- Judge Cyrus Ball House
- Big Four Depot
- Cairo Skywatch Tower
- Curtis-Grace House
- Ely Homestead
- Enterprise Hotel
- Falley Home
- Farmers Institute
- Fort Ouiatenon
- Moses Fowler House
- Hershey House
- Marian Apartments
- Mars Theatre
- Levi and Lucy Morehouse Farm
- Morton School
- James Pierce Jr. House
- William Potter House
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- Scott Street Pavilion
- Stidham United Methodist Church
- Temple Israel
- Tippecanoe County Courthouse
- The Varsity
- Waldron–Beck House and Carriage House
- James H. Ward House
- West Lafayette Baptist Church (formerly listed)
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