Henry and Alice Gennett House

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Henry and Alice Gennett House
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Henry and Alice Gennett House, April 2011
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Location1829 E. Main St., Richmond, Indiana
Coordinates 39°49′47″N84°52′37″W / 39.82972°N 84.87694°W / 39.82972; -84.87694
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 83000043 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1983

Henry and Alice Gennett House, also known as The Gennett Mansion, is a historic home located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1898, and is a large two-story, Colonial Revival style yellow ceramic brick dwelling, with small projecting porches or wings on each side. It sits on a limestone foundation and has a hipped roof. It features a two-story entrance portico with Ionic order columns surmounted by a semi-circular bay. [2] :2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] It is located in the East Main Street-Glen Miller Park Historic District.

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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 July 1, 2016.Note: This includes Stuart R. Boggs (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Henry and Alice Gennett House" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs