Margaret and George Riley Jones House

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Margaret and George Riley Jones House
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Margaret and George Riley Jones House, January 2012
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Location315 E. Charles St., Muncie, Indiana
Coordinates 40°11′27″N85°23′1″W / 40.19083°N 85.38361°W / 40.19083; -85.38361
Arealess than one acre
Built1901 (1901)
Architect Alfred Grindle
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 84001017 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1984

Margaret and George Riley Jones House, also known as the Riley-Jones Club, Inc., is a historic home located at Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. It was built in 1901, and is a 2+12-story, "L"-plan, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling sheathed in brick. It features a gable roof with dormers, arched windows, and full-width front porch with mosaic tile floor. It housed a private women's club. [2] :2 The club closed in 2003 and the building now houses law offices. [3]

It was added to 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 2015-08-01.Note: This includes Rita Winters (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Margaret and George Riley Jones House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. The Cross Law Firm Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine