Henry Tousley House

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Henry Tousley House
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Henry Tousley House, January 2012
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Location1912 High St., Logansport, Indiana
Coordinates 40°45′37″N86°20′42″W / 40.76028°N 86.34500°W / 40.76028; -86.34500 Coordinates: 40°45′37″N86°20′42″W / 40.76028°N 86.34500°W / 40.76028; -86.34500
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885), c. 1910
Built byMidland and Barnes Construction Co.
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 02001167 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 2002

Henry Tousley House is a historic home located at Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. It was built in 1885, and is a two-story, late Italianate style brick dwelling with Eastlake movement decorative elements. It has an asymmetrical plan, a central hip roofed section with a projecting front wing, and one-story front porch added about 1910. [2] :5

Henry Tousley was employed as a railroad official. [3] The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [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 2015-08-01.Note: This includes Angela Bowen and Ben Ross (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Henry Tousley House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. Helm, Thomas B. (1886). History of Cass County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant and Fuller. p.  581.