Burris House and Potawatomi Spring

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Burris House and Potawatomi Spring
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Site of the Burris House at Lockport, June 2011
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LocationTowpath Rd. at Lockport, Adams Township, Carroll County, Indiana
Coordinates 40°41′54″N86°34′28″W / 40.69833°N 86.57444°W / 40.69833; -86.57444 Coordinates: 40°41′54″N86°34′28″W / 40.69833°N 86.57444°W / 40.69833; -86.57444
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1838 (1838)-1840
NRHP reference No. 77000018 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1977

Burris House and Potawatomi Spring was a historic home located at Adams Township, Carroll County, Indiana. The house was built between 1838 and 1840, and is a simple two-story, frame dwelling sheathed in clapboard. It sat on a limestone foundation and measured 31 feet wide and 45 feet long. It was cut into the Wabash and Erie Canal embankment and served as an inn, post office, and merchandise warehouse. The Potawatomi Spring is located nearby and was used by Native American and early settlers. The spring was a source of water for Lockport until about 1940. [2] :2,4 The house has been demolished.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [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. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01.Note: This includes Ralph Burris (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Burris House and Potawatomi Spring" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.