Lemuel Allen Farm

Lemuel Allen Farm
Lemuel Allen Farm, March 2012
Location3768 E. Pleasant Ridge Rd., Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana
Coordinates38°45′32″N 85°19′04″W / 38.75889°N 85.31778°W / 38.75889; -85.31778
Area13.1 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.16000334[1]
Added to NRHPJune 7, 2016

Lemuel Allen Farm is a historic home and farm located in Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1877, and is a 1+12-story, central passage plan, vernacular Italianate style brick dwelling. It features a side-gabled roof sheathed in slate shingles with triple-embedded and diamond patterns in red on either side of the front-gable on the façade. Also on the property are the contributing privy and large, transverse-frame basement barn, built around 1877, and a silo, the workshop, the granary, the garage, the feed shed, and a tool shed, all dated to the 1920s.[2]: 4–5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/06/16 through 6/10/16. National Park Service. June 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved September 1, 2016. Note: This includes Andrew Smith (November 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lemuel Allen Farm" (PDF). Retrieved September 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.