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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved April 1, 2016.Note: This includes Cynthia Durko Lynch (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frederick Youngman House" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
- ↑ "Landmark Struck By Lightning". Kokomo Tribune . June 19, 1992. p. 2. Retrieved June 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
