Lemuel Allen Farm

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Lemuel Allen Farm
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Lemuel Allen Farm, March 2012
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Location3768 E. Pleasant Ridge Rd., Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana
Coordinates 38°45′32″N85°19′04″W / 38.75889°N 85.31778°W / 38.75889; -85.31778 Coordinates: 38°45′32″N85°19′04″W / 38.75889°N 85.31778°W / 38.75889; -85.31778
Area13.1 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 16000334 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 7, 2016

Lemuel Allen Farm is a historic home and farm located in Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1877, and is a 1+12-story, central passage plan, vernacular Italianate style brick dwelling. It features a side-gabled roof sheathed in slate shingles with triple-embedded and diamond patterns in red on either side of the front-gable on the façade. Also on the property are the contributing privy and large, transverse-frame basement barn, built around 1877, and a silo, the workshop, the granary, the garage, the feed shed, and a tool shed, all dated to the 1920s. [2] :4–5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/06/16 through 6/10/16. National Park Service. 2016-06-17.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-09-01.Note: This includes Andrew Smith (November 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lemuel Allen Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.