Micah Newby House

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Micah Newby House
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Micah Newby House, March 2012
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Location1149 W. 116th St., west of Carmel, in Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°57′19″N86°10′37″W / 39.95528°N 86.17694°W / 39.95528; -86.17694
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Builtc. 1880 (1880)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 86001349 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1986

Micah Newby House, also known as the Newby-Bick House, is a historic home located in Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. Records indicate that the farm was acquired in August, 1871, by Micah Newby from his father, John Henley Newby.

Although no precise date of construction is known, Ovid Newby, grandson of Micah Newby, documented that his father, John Absalom Newby, born 1877, was age four when the family finished the house (circa 1880). [2] It is a two-story, nearly symmetrical T-shaped-plan frame home in the vernacular Italianate style. It was restored in the 1980s. [3] :2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "United States Department of the Interior". National Park Service.
  3. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01.Note: This includes H. Roll McLaughlin (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Micah Newby House" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.