Huntington, known as the "Lime City", is the largest city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington and Union townships. It is also part of Fort Wayne, Indiana's metropolitan area. The population was 17,022 at the 2020 census.
The Kintner–Withers House, also known as Cedar Farm, is on the National Register of Historic Places, south of Laconia, Indiana, along the Ohio River in Boone Township, Harrison County, Indiana. Jacob Kintner, aided by his wife Elizabeth, built the structure in 1837. It is one of only 2 "antebellum plantation-style" complexes known to remain in Indiana, comprised originally on 600 acres (240 ha) of land. It is believed that Kintner was inspired to build this after sailing on the Mississippi River to New Orleans.
Young–Yentes–Mattern Farm, also known as Maple Grove Farmstead, is a historic home and farm located in Dallas Township, Huntington County, Indiana. The farm includes three residences: the original log house (1838), the former Dallas Township School Number 2 and used as a residence, and the Queen Anne main house built between 1896 and 1910. The two-story, frame main house has a front facing gable roof with fishscale shingles and a wraparound porch. Also on the property are a number of contributing outbuildings including the milk house, chicken house, garage, smokehouse, hog house, small barn, and large bank barn.
The North Jefferson Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Indiana. It includes works by Elmer Dunlap. The listing includes approximately seven hundred contributing properties including the separately listed David Alonzo and Elizabeth Purviance House and adjacent Taylor-Zent House, which are Chateauesque and Victorian Romanesque in style. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Huntington Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. The district includes 102 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Huntington. It developed between about 1845 and 1942 and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Romanesque Revival, Neoclassical, and Commercial style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Moore/Carlew Building and Hotel LaFontaine. Other notable buildings include the Hotel Huntington (1848), Opera House (1881), Lewis Block, Huntington County Courthouse (1904), old Post Office (1916), Citizens' State Bank, City Hall / Fire Station (1904), Huntington Light and Fuel Building, Our Sunday Visitor building (1926), YMCA (1929), and Huntington Theater.
Moore/Carlew Building is a historic commercial building located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1844–1845, and is a two-story, Federal style brick building. A three-story rear addition was constructed in 1860s. It is one of the oldest buildings and the first brick structure constructed in Huntington.
Hotel LaFontaine is a historic hotel building located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and consists of a six-story central pavilion with five-story flanking wings. It is of steel frame and hollow-tile construction and sheathed in brick. The building is in the Colonial Revival style. The lobby is designed to resemble a Spanish courtyard and the basement houses an Egyptian inspired swimming pool that opened in 1927. The hotel is named for Francis La Fontaine. It housed a hotel until 1974.
St. Peter's First Community Church, also known as the German Reformed Church and St. Peter's United Church of Christ, is a historic church located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1903, and is a red brick and limestone church building with an eclectic plan and Late Victorian design elements. It features a two-tiered central tower with angled buttresses, tall and narrow openings, and topped by a steep pyramidal bell-cast roof. Its stained glass windows include German language texts and an image of Christ's ascension. The building was designed by Will A. Stevens, a Huntington native who graduated from Cornell University in 1890.
Samuel Purviance House, also known as Nazarene Annex, is a historic home located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1859, and is a two-story, five bay, Italianate style brick dwelling with a 1+1⁄2-story rear ell. It sits on a cut stone foundation and has a flat roof. The front facade features an entrance portico with Gothic style columns. The house was purchased by the Church of the Nazarene in 1960.
William Street School, also known as Horace Mann School, is a historic school building located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. The original section was built in 1895, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular plan brick building with Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne style design elements. It sits on a raised basement, has a rounded corner and projecting gable, bell tower, and has a multi-gabled slate roof. A two-story, Neoclassical style addition was built in 1926.
Drover Town Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. The district includes 231 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Huntington. It developed between about 1857 and 1930 and includes notable examples of Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed German Reformed Church, Samuel Purviance House, and William Street School. Other notable buildings include the William Drover House, John Rhoads House (1896), and Griffiths Block (1896).
Hawley Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. The district includes 87 contributing buildings and 7 contributing objects in an exclusively residential section of Huntington. It developed between about 1914 and 1954 and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. A number of homes were built from plans prepared by the Architects Small House Service.
Old Plat Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. The district includes 177 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a mixed residential section of Huntington. It developed between about 1860 and 1920 and includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style architecture. Notable buildings include the Mathew Luber House, George W. Humbert House, Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (1914), First Church of Christ Scientist, and Masonic Temple (1926).
John and Minerva Kline Farm, also known as Kline Farmstead, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located in Union Township, Huntington County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1865, and is a two-story, five bay, Greek Revival style brick I-house with a 1+1⁄2-story rear ell. It has a slate gable roof and small wooden front porch with square posts and pilasters. Also on the property the contributing summer house, tenant house, English barn, drive-in crib barn, pump house, livestock barn, chicken house, and a variety of landscape features.
Chenoweth–Coulter Farm, also known as Shady Brook Farm, is a historic home and farm located in Wayne Township, Huntington County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1866, and is a two-story, three bay, Greek Revival style brick I-house with a 1+1⁄2-story rear wing. It has a one-story, Italianate/Gothic Revival style front porch. Also on the property the contributing well house, wood house, garage, drive-through corn crib, chicken house, bank barn (1870), and privy.
Victory Noll–St. Felix Friary Historic District is a historic Roman Catholic friary and national historic district located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 4 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects. While the friary was sold in 1980 to the Good Shepherd Church of the United Brethren in Christ, in 2010 John Tippman bought back the friary and donated it back to the Catholic Church. The friary is currently undergoing restorations.
Sunken Gardens is a historic public park and garden complex located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was designed by the Chicago Landscape Co. in 1923, and complete in 1929. The gardens include outcropped limestone walls on all sides, a horseshoe shaped pool, limestone foot bridges, two levels, and an automobile-related fieldstone bridge.
Fort Harrison Terminal Station, also known as Fort Harrison Post Office, is a historic train station located at Fort Benjamin Harrison in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1908, and is a one-story, brick building with Prairie School and Bungalow / American Craftsman style design elements. It has a low, double pitched hipped roof sheathed in metal. It served as a terminal for the interurban Union Traction Company until 1941, after which it housed a U.S. Post Office. It has been converted into a Mexican restaurant.
Madame Margaret LaFolier House, also known as the Ludwig House, was a historic home located near Huntington in Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in the 1830s, and was a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has been demolished.
S.C. Snider and George McFeeley Polygonal Barn, also known as the Shearer Barn, was a historic round barn located near Huntington in Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1906, and was a 12-sided, two-story frame barn. It had a sectional, three pitched gambrel roof topped by a cupola. It has been demolished.
