Kent and Hitchens Houses

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Kent House and Hitchens House
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Hitchens House, April 2012
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Location500 Main and 303 Lincoln Sts., Williamsport, Indiana
Coordinates 40°16′54″N87°17′20″W / 40.28167°N 87.28889°W / 40.28167; -87.28889 Coordinates: 40°16′54″N87°17′20″W / 40.28167°N 87.28889°W / 40.28167; -87.28889
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1854 (1854)
Architectural styleItalian Villa
NRHP reference No. 84001719 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 1, 1984

Kent and Hitchens Housese were a matched pair of historic homes located at Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana. They were built in 1854, and are two-story, Italian Villa style brick dwellings. Each features a three-story corner tower set at an angle to the main part of the building. The houses were originally mirror images of each other. [2] :5–6 The house at 500 Main was destroyed by a fire in the 1990s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Harry Mohler (September 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kent and Hitchens Houses" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs