Sullivan County Poor Home
Sullivan County Poor Home | |
Sullivan County Poor Home, October 2011 | |
| Location | 1447 Cty Rd. 75 N, east of Sullivan, Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°5′51″N 87°22′57″W / 39.09750°N 87.38250°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1896-1897 |
| Architect | Wing & Mahurin |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000207[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 15, 2000 |
Sullivan County Poor Home, also known as Lakeview Home, is a historic poorhouse located in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. It was designed by the architecture firm Wing & Mahurin and built in 1896–1897. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, asymmetrical, Romanesque Revival style brick building, consisting of a central section with flanking wings. It features a projecting central tower with arched openings and a pyramidal roof and an octagonal tower. Also on the property is a contributing one-story, two-room cottage. The home was named Lakeview Home in 1947, and remained in operation until 1998.[2]: 5, 7
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[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 Camille B. Fife (October 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sullivan County Poor Home" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs