David Enoch Beem House

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David Enoch Beem House
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David Enoch Beem House, October 2010
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Location635 W. Hillside Ave., Spencer, Indiana
Coordinates 39°17′25″N86°46′9″W / 39.29028°N 86.76917°W / 39.29028; -86.76917 Coordinates: 39°17′25″N86°46′9″W / 39.29028°N 86.76917°W / 39.29028; -86.76917
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1874 (1874)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 89000771 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1989

David Enoch Beem House, also known as the "Beem Mansion" and "The Hill", is a historic home located in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana. Built in 1874, the large, two-story, Italianate-style residence is named after its original owner, David Enoch Beem, a local lawyer and banker, and his family. The T-plan, brick dwelling rests on a rusticated Indiana limestone foundation and arched openings framed in limestone. It features a three-story, central tower at the entrance with a steeply pitched mansard roof. [2] [3] The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [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 2016-06-01.Note: This includes Harriet O'Connor (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: David Enoch Beem House" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. "About David Enoch Beem". INPerspective. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. 23 (5): 5. September 2017. See also: Blanchard, Charles, ed. (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company. OCLC   8652274.