William Whitaker Landscape and House

William Whitaker Landscape and House
William Whitaker House, June 2012
Location472 S. Main, Crown Point, Indiana
Coordinates41°24′36″N 87°21′50″W / 41.41000°N 87.36389°W / 41.41000; -87.36389
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926), 1929
ArchitectJensen, Jens; Hess & Greenwood
Architectural stylePrairie School, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.99001107[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1999

William Whitaker Landscape and House is a historic home and garden located at Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana. The house was built in 1926, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Tudor Revival style brick dwelling. It has a steeply pitched cross-gable roof with cross-timbering on the gable ends. A two-story addition was built in 1967. The landscape was designed in the Prairie School style by Jens Jensen and built in 1929.[2]: 5 

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "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 Christopher Baas (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William Whitaker Landscape and House" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and accompanying photographs.