Mansion Row Historic District | |
Location | Main St. between State and 15th Sts. and Market St. between 7th and 11th Sts., New Albany, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 38°17′12″N85°48′48″W / 38.28667°N 85.81333°W |
Area | 89 acres (36 ha) |
Built | 1814 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 83000123 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 9, 1983 |
The Mansion Row Historic District is a national historic district located at New Albany, Indiana. It features some of the various mansions of the city when New Albany was the largest city in Indiana around the time of the American Civil War. The main section is on Main Street from State Street (where the Scribner House is), to 15th Street. A smaller section is on Market Street from E. 7th Street to E. 11th Street.
Most of the buildings are of the Federal and Italianate styles, but other styles of the mansions are of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Victorian. [2] Most of the oldest of the buildings are of the Federal style, built before Upper High Street was renamed East Main Street. [3] [4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site is located in New Albany, Indiana by the Ohio River. It was the home of William Culbertson, who was once the richest man in Indiana. Built in 1867 at a cost of $120,000, this Second Empire-style mansion has 25-rooms within 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2), and was completed in November 1869. It was designed by James T. Banes, a local architect. Features within the three-story edifice include hand-painted ceilings and walls, frescoed ceilings, carved rosewood-grained staircase, marble fireplaces, wallpaper of fabric-quality, and crystal chandeliers. The original tin roof was imported from Scotland. The displays within the mansion feature the Culbertson family and the restoration of the building. The rooms on the tour are the formal parlors, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchen, and laundry room.
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