Dr. Havilah Beardsley House

Dr. Havilah Beardsley House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Havilah Beardsley House front exterior, 2019
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Location	102 W. Beardsley Ave., Elkhart, Indiana
Coordinates	41°41′37″N85°58′40″W / 41.69361°N 85.97778°W / 41.69361; -85.97778
Area	less than one acre
Built	1848 (1848)
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	00000716 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 2000

Dr. Havilah Beardsley House is a historic home located at Elkhart, Indiana. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a medium pitched gable roof, full-width front porch with Ionic order fluted columns, rounded openings, and decorative brackets. It has later flanking one-story, flat roofed wings. It was built by Havilah Beardsley, founder of the city of Elkhart. ^{[2] : 5} The house is operated as a historic house museum as part of the Ruthmere Mansion complex. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. ^[1] It is located in the Beardsley Avenue Historic District.

References

1. "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 October 1, 2015.Note: This includes Dana Kopkowski (February 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dr. Havilah Beardsley House" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
3. "Ruthmere: Havilah Beardsley House". Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.