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Corydon Historic District
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LocationNot specified (original); Roughly bounded by Summit, Maple & Walnut Sts., College Ave., Chestnut, Capitol, Poplar, Water, Beaver & Mulberry Sts. (increase), Corydon, Indiana
Coordinates 38°12′42″N86°7′26″W / 38.21167°N 86.12389°W / 38.21167; -86.12389
Built1813
ArchitectGeorge L. Mesker & Co.; William Mitchell (increase)
Architectural styleFederal (original); Italianate, Queen Anne (increase)
NRHP reference No. 73000017 and 89000243 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1973 (original)
June 27, 1989 (increase)

The Corydon Historic District is a national historic district located in Corydon, Indiana, United States. The town of Corydon is also known as Indiana's First State Capital and as Historic Corydon. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, but the listing was amended in 1988 to expand the district's geographical boundaries and include additional sites. The district includes numerous historical structures, most notably the Old Capitol (Indiana's first state capitol building), the Old Treasury Building (Indiana's first state office building), Governor Hendricks' Headquarters, the Constitution Elm Memorial, the Posey House, the Kintner-McGrain House (Cedar Glade), and The Kintner House Inn, as well as other residential and commercial sites.

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History

Corydon, Indiana, which was platted in 1808, continues to serve as the county seat of government for Harrison County, Indiana. The town served as the second capital of the Indiana Territory from 1813 to 1816, but it is best known for its service as the first capital of Indiana from 1816 to 1825. Some of the most significant structures within the historic district date from this early period of the town's history, including the Old Capitol, the centerpiece of the district.

Corydon became the seat of government for the Indiana Territory when the territorial capital was moved from Vincennes, in Knox County, shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812. [2] Dennis Pennington, a Harrison County representative and the speaker of the territorial legislature's lower house, helped secure Corydon's selection as the capital by pointing out that the Harrison County Courthouse, which the county government planned to build on Corydon's public square, could be used as an assembly building for the territorial legislature. Pennington was awarded the contract to supervise construction of the courthouse, which became known as the Old Capitol. [3] [4]

In addition to its role as the capitol of the Indiana Territory, Corydon served as the site of a constitutional convention to consider statehood for Indiana in 1816. Forty-three delegates convened from June 10 to 29, 1816, to draft Indiana's first state constitution. [5] Sources disagree on the exact location of the gathering. Because the courthouse was not completed at that time, the delegates met at "the courthouse on the hill," which may have referred to a nearby log home that the territorial government had rented. [6] Cramped conditions and the summer heat caused the men to gather under a giant elm tree, which was later named the Constitution Elm. The town's historic district includes a portion of the tree's preserved trunk, surrounded by a sandstone memorial. [6] [7]

The Indiana General Assembly met for the first time at Corydon under the new constitution and state government on November 4, 1816, and Indiana was admitted as the nineteenth state in the Union on December 11, 1816. [8] [9] Corydon served as the first state capital of Indiana from 1816 to 1825, when the seat of state government was moved to Indianapolis. [10] When the historic district was first added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the area encompassed eight sites that existed when Corydon became the capital of Indiana in 1816. These include the Old Capitol building (Harrison County Courthouse), along with the public square surrounding it, Indiana's first state office building (also known as the Old Treasury Building), Governor William Hendricks' Headquarters, the Constitution Elm, the Posey House, the Westfall House, the Branham home/tavern, and the Kintner-McGrain House (named Cedar Glade). [11]

In 1989 the district was extended to Indian Creek in the north and west, east to College Avenue, and south to Little Indian Creek to include additional historic structures. The district's period of significance spans from 1808 to 1929. [12] The district's boundary increase encompassed the eight structures from its early era as a territorial and state capital, as well as commercial and residential buildings constructed after 1825, including a new, three-story county Harrison County Courthouse that was completed in 1929. [11] [12]

A historical marker erected on the Harrison County Courthouse lawn denotes the town's surrender to Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's raiders following the Battle of Corydon on July 9, 1863. [13] [14] The battle site, which is located outside of town, is listed separately on the National Register. [15] The district's courthouse square also includes a memorial to the late Indiana governor Frank O'Bannon; his father, Robert P. O'cannon; and grandfather, Lew O'cannon, all of whom were prominent in Corydon. Plans for the O'Bannon memorial on the southwest corner of the courthouse square were announced on May 22, 2007. It includes a lifesize bronze statue of Frank O'Bannon sitting on a limestone bench and three pillars honoring the O'Bannons. The memorial, which cost $200,000, was dedicated in June 2008. [16] [17] Because of its history as a territorial and state capital, Corydon sees an estimated 30,000 visitors each year. [18]

Notable sites

Old Capitol

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Old Capitol Building in downtown Corydon.

The Old Capitol building, a part of the Corydon Capital State Historic Site, is administered by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. The two-story, Federal-style, limestone building served as Indiana's first state capitol from 1816 until 1825. [6] The building was originally intended to serve as the Harrison County Courthouse. Construction began in 1814, when Corydon was the capital of the Indiana Territory. The building was nearly completed in 1816, the year that Indiana was granted statehood and its first state legislature convened at Corydon. [19] The building was primarily used as an assembly building for the territorial and state legislatures, but the county government and district courts occasionally used it when the Indiana General Assembly was not in session. [6] Dennis Pennington, who became the state's first speaker of the Indiana Senate after statehood in 1816, supervised its construction. [19]

The first page of the 1813 State Capital Act, which moved the capital to Corydon. 1813 State Capital Act - DPLA - dcc96c5ed68e045c0137090a26a4cfa6 (page 2).jpg
The first page of the 1813 State Capital Act, which moved the capital to Corydon.

The two-story building is 40 feet (12 m) square with walls 2.5 feet (0.76 m) thick. The exposed exterior of the building is not dressed, using only stones that were cut roughly square. The foundation, dug 3 feet (0.91 m) into the ground, is also 2.5 feet (0.76 m) thick. The lower level has 15-foot (4.6 m) ceilings, flagstone floors, and a barn rail made from hewn timber. The upper floor's ceiling is 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. The original building had a scale and balance on the roof as the symbol of justice, but they were removed in 1833 and replaced with a large bell.[ citation needed ] The construction cost of original building was approximately $3,000. Two large chimneys that accommodated the four fireplaces installed in both the upper and lower levels were closed up during later renovations. A wood floor covered the original flagstone floor. [20]

When Corydon became the state capital of Indiana in 1816, the Old Capitol building served as the seat of state government. The Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana Senate were located on the upper level; the Indiana House of Representatives met on the first floor. [6] After 1825, when the state capital was moved to Indianapolis, the Old Captol building continued to be used as the Harrison County Courthouse and county government office building until 1929, when a new county courthouse was completed. [20]

In 1917, the State of Indiana purchased the Old Capitol building with the intention of preserving it. The restored building opened in 1929 and has since been preserved and protected as a memorial. [20] The Old Capitol, sometimes referred to as the Corydon Capitol, was included within the original boundaries of the Corydon Historic District when it was listed on the National Register in 1973. The building has been restored as closely as possible to its original appearance, including furniture and paint colors. [11] [21] In 2015, a major restoration project was completed on the town square to protect the Old Capitol building from water damage, to update the electrical system and landscaping, and to install new walkways.[ citation needed ]

First state office building

The first state office building, which dates from 1817, is also known as the Old Treasury Building. It housed state government offices, including the first state auditor's and treasurer's offices. [22] The building was included in the initial historic district designation. It is located on Walnut Street, east of the Governor's Hendricks' Headquarters. [11] The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites Corporation began a major rehabilitation of this building in 2008.[ citation needed ]

Governor Hendricks's Headquarters

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Governor's Headquarters, built in 1817, was home of Davis Floyd and later of William Hendricks.

Governor Hendricks's Headquarters is also part of the Corydon Capitol State Historic Site. [22] Davis Floyd, a former treasurer and auditor of the Indiana Territory and a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1816, built the residence in 1817, when he was an Indiana state legislator. After Floyd lost the home during the financial Panic of 1819, the state government purchased it to house the Indiana's governor.[ citation needed ] It opened as a state historic site in 1979. [20]

William Hendricks occupied the building from 1822 to 1825, when he was governor of Indiana. Hendricks was Indiana's first state representative to U.S. House of Representatives in 1816 and later served in the U.S. Senate. [23] William A. Porter, a lawyer, judge, and politician, purchased the building in 1841. Judge Porter served in the Indiana legislature was speaker of Indiana House in 1847–48. [20]

Constitution Elm Memorial

The Constitution Elm commemorates the first state constitutional convention that was held from June 10 to 29, 1816, when forty-three delegates convened at Corydon to discuss statehood for the territory and draft a state constitution for Indiana. The cramped conditions of the log cabin in which the constitution convention was held, along with the summer heat, caused the delegates to gather outdoors under the branches of a nearby elm tree, which was later memorialized as the Constitution Elm. It has been estimated that the giant elm was 50 feet (15 m) tall with a trunk that measured 5 feet (1.5 m) across and branches that spread more than 132 feet (40 m). [6] Dutch elm disease destroyed the tree in 1925; however, the trunk has been preserved. It is protected by a sandstone memorial. [7] [24]

Posey House

The Posey home was included in the district's original National Register designation in 1973. [11] Allan D. Thom and Thomas Lloyd Posey were the original owners of the home when its construction began in 1817. [14] Colonel Posey was the son of Thomas Posey, governor of the Indiana Territory from 1813 to 1816. Colonel Posey, who was active in Harrison County's civic affairs, served as the county treasurer (1818–24) and was appointed adjutant general of Indiana in 1823. He used one room as his office and operated a dry-goods and cabinet shop in another portion of the house. Colonel Posey never married, but he raised fourteen orphans in the home. [25] [26]

The majority of the two-story brick home was built between 1817 and 1818. It was constructed in three stages: the main house; a wing used as offices, a store, and a cabinet shop; and a two-story ell at the rear of the home that housed a dining room, kitchen, pantry, smokehouse, and woodshed. Servant quarters were located on the ell's second floor. The rear of the property included woods and a spring, as well as several outbuildings. [25] A portion of the home was later demolished. [14]

The property passed through several owners until the Daughters of the American Revolution acquired it in 1925 [25] and operated it as a local history museum through 1999. The Posey home was acquired by the State of Indiana in 2000, but it remained vacant until it was donated to the Historical Society of Harrison County in 2012.[ citation needed ]

Westfall House

The Westfall House, a log cabin located near the Constitution Elm, is the oldest extant building in Corydon. The home is privately owned and not open to the public.[ citation needed ]

Branham home/tavern

William Branham began operating a tavern on the site in 1809 in a structure originally built in 1800. [27]

Kintner-McGrain House

Originally known as Cedar Glade, the Kintner-McGrain House was the home of Jacob Kintner, who built the Greek Revival-style residence in 1808 near Indian Creek. Kintner's heirs sold the property in 1849 to Thomas McGrain Sr. [14]

Kintner House Hotel

The Kintner House Hotel, completed in 1873, originally had twenty-six rooms for guests on its upper floor. It was converted to apartments in the early twentieth century and was used for other commercial purposes until it was renovated into a bed and breakfast inn in 1986–87. [12] The property, which is located within the district, was listed separately on the National Register in 1987. [28]

Harrison County Courthouse

The three-story county Harrison County Courthouse, which is located next to the Old Capitol, was completed in 1929. [20]

Grand Masonic Lodge

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Grand Masonic Lodge

The Grand Masonic Lodge first organized in 1817 under the Grand Lodge of Kentucky; the Grand Lodge of Indiana organized in Madison in 1818. [20] It is the oldest Masonic Lodge building in Indiana. Its founding members included State Senator Dennis Pennington; Indiana first governor Jonathan Jennings; State Representative Davis Floyd, and U.S. Congressman William Hendricks, among others.[ citation needed ] The present-day lodge building on Elm Street was erected in 1926. [20] It is still used by Masons and the Order of the Eastern Star.[ citation needed ]

Leora Brown School

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Leora Brown School

Construction on the school, which was originally known as the Corydon Colored School, began in 1891. It served as a primary and secondary school for the community's black students. The first graduation of high school students from the school occurred on May 14, 1897. In 1949, the Indiana General Assembly passed an act to desegregate Indiana's public schools by 1954. The Corydon Colored School closed in 1950, when the Corydon public schools were racially integrated, beginning in the 1950–51 school year. In 1987, the school was renamed for Leora Brown Farrow, the school's longest serving-teacher, who taught at school from 1924 until 1950. [29]

The school is located at the corner of Summit and Hill Streets, a block east of the district's amended boundary line that was established as part of the National Register listing in 1989. Although the school was added to Indiana's Register of Historic Places in 1992 and is recognized with a state historical marker, it is not listed as a separate property in the National Register as of 2016. The building was converted to a cultural center in 1993. [30]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Officials of the territorial government feared an attack on the capitol and drafted a resolution to move the territorial government further east, away from the frontier. In addition, opponents of William Henry Harrison, the first governor of the Indiana Territory, wanted to move the capital away from his political stronghold in Knox County. Supporters of the move also argued that relocation of the territorial capital to the east would provide a more centralized location for its citizens, especially after its western portion was reorganized to form the Illinois Territory in 1809. See Robert M. Taylor Jr.; Errol Wayne Stevens; Mary Ann Ponder; Paul Brockman (1992). Indiana: A New Historical Guide. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. p. 169. ISBN   0871950499. See also John D. Barnhart and Dorothy L. Riker, ed. (1971). Indiana to 1816: The Colonial Period. The History of Indiana. Vol. I. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau and the Indiana Historical Society. p. 355.
  3. ↑ Ray E. Boomhower (2000). Destination Indiana: Travels Through Hoosier History. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. p. 17. ISBN   0871951479.
  4. ↑ "Earlier Capitols". December 19, 2003. Archived from the original on December 19, 2003. Retrieved August 11, 2016. See John Walker Holcombe; Hubert M. Skinner (1886). Life and Public Services of Thomas A. Hendricks. Indianapolis, IN: Carlon and Hollenbeck. p. 22OCLC=780068. See also Works Project Administration, Federal Writers' Project (1947). Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State. American GuideSeries. US History Publishers. p. 154. ISBN   1-60354-013-X. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Setting for the Convention," in Pamela J. Bennett, ed. (September 1999). "Indiana Statehood". The Indiana Historian. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau: 6.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Earl L. Conn (2006). My Indiana: 101 Places to See. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. p. 204. ISBN   978-0-87195-195-3.
  7. 1 2 Frederick P. Griffin (1974). The Story of Indiana's Constitution Elm, Corydon, Indiana, June 1816. Corydon, IN: General Print Company. pp. 10–13. OCLC   3901490.
  8. ↑ Barnhart and Riker, pp. 461–63.
  9. ↑ "The Final Steps to Statehood," Bennett, The Indiana Historian, pp. 10–11.
  10. ↑ Taylor, et al., p. 169.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Includes Frederick Porter Griffin (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Corydon Historic District" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2016. See also, site map [ permanent dead link ] and accompanying photographs.
  12. 1 2 3 "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Includes Mary Ellen Gadsky (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Corydon Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2016. See also, site map [ permanent dead link ] and accompanying photographs.
  13. ↑ "Battle of Corydon July 9, 1863". Indiana Historical Bureau. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Taylor, et al., p. 171.
  15. ↑ "Corydon Battle Site". National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Department of the Interior. April 14, 2009. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Plans for O'Bannon memorial unveiled in Corydon". Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  17. ↑ The Associated Press (May 22, 2007). "Memorial to 3 O'Bannon Generations Planned for Corydon". The Herald Bulletin. Anderson, IN. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  18. ↑ AmericanProfile.com Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .
  19. 1 2 Taylor, et al., p. 169, and Boomhower, p. 17.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Taylor, et al., p. 170.
  21. ↑ Works Project Administration, Federal Writers Project, p. 183.
  22. 1 2 "Corydon Capitol". Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016. See also: Conn, p. 205.
  23. ↑ Linda C. Gugin; James E. St. Clair, eds. (2006). The Governors of Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Historical Society Press. pp.  52–57. ISBN   0871951967.
  24. ↑ William P. McLauchlan (1996). The Indiana State Constitution: A Reference Guide. Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States. Vol. 26. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 2. ISBN   978-0-313-29208-8.
  25. 1 2 3 Griffin, The Story of Indiana's Constitution Elm, Corydon, Indiana, June 1816, pp. 19–21.
  26. ↑ Gugin and St. Clair, pp. 32–39.
  27. ↑ Conn, p. 205.
  28. ↑ "Kintner House Hotel". State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD). Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Leora Brown School, Harrison County, Marker Text Review Report" (PDF). Indiana Historical Bureau. October 21, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Leora Brown School". Indiana Historical Bureau. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016. See also: "Leora Brown School". State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD). Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2016.

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Dennis Pennington was a farmer and a stonemason who became known for his many years in public office as an early legislator in the Indiana Territory and in Indiana's General Assembly as a representative of Harrison County, Indiana. Pennington, a member of the Whig Party, became the first speaker of the Indiana territorial legislature's lower house in 1810, served as the territory's census enumerator in 1815, and represented Harrison County as one of its five delegates to the constitutional convention of 1816. Pennington was the first speaker of the Indiana Senate, and served in the state legislature for eighteen years, which included five years in the Indiana House of Representatives and thirteen years in the Indiana Senate. His major political contributions relate to his strong opposition to slavery. Pennington ran unsuccessfully for Indiana's Lieutenant Governor in 1825. In addition to his service in the state legislature, Penning was a Harrison County sheriff and a justice of the peace, a trustee of Indiana University, and a member of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. He also supervised construction of the limestone courthouse that served as Indiana's first state capitol building in Corydon, Indiana. The historic Old Capitol, the seat of state government from 1816 to 1825, is one of his most enduring legacies. Fondly remembered as "Old Uncle Dennis" or "Father Pennington," he was known for his common sense and strong character and became one of Harrison County's most influential citizens.

Davis Floyd was an Indiana Jeffersonian Republican politician who was convicted of aiding American Vice President Aaron Burr in the Burr conspiracy. Floyd was not convicted of treason however and returned to public life after several years working to redeem his reputation. He lost his wealth in the Panic of 1819 and died in obscurity in Florida 1834.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Indiana-related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. state of Indiana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vincennes Historic District</span> Historic district in Indiana, United States

Vincennes Historic District is a national historic district located at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. The district encompasses 1,161 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 9 contributing structures, and 37 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Vincennes. It developed between about 1787 and 1955, and includes notable examples of Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, William Henry Harrison Home, Indiana Territorial Capitol, Old State Bank, and St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and Library. Other notable buildings include the Brouillet House, Knox County Courthouse (1873), Ellis Mansion, Lacy House, Dunn House (1840), Summers House, Fyfield House (1860), Grannan House, Cauthorn House, Gimble-Bond Store (1879), and Rabb House.

The Corydon Democrat is in Corydon, Indiana, Harrison County, United States of America and has approximately 6,250 copies in circulation. This community newspaper is published every Wednesday by the O’Bannon Publishing Company, family owned since 1963. Frank O'Bannon served as the 47th Governor of Indiana and worked for this family newspaper, the Corydon Democrat. He also served the Corydon community as chairman of the O’Bannon Publishing Company before taking the political stage. The Corydon Democrat is in Indiana’s first state capitol. According to Outdoor Indiana, “The Battle of Corydon” was the only Civil War Battle fought on Indiana soil. It was reported by editor Simeon K. Wolfe in the July 14, 1863 edition of the Corydon Weekly Democrat. The Corydon Democrat holds the historical record for the Harrison County Fair, specified by the Harrison County Fair Office. This fair has been held for over 150 years, since 1860, making it the oldest county fair in the state of Indiana to be continuously held in the same location, the Harrison County Fairgrounds.

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