Morgantown Historic District (Morgantown, Indiana)

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Morgantown Historic District

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Businesses in the Morgantown Historic District, January 2011
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Location Approx. 4.5 blks centered on Washington St., bet. Marion St. and E of Church St., Morgantown, Indiana
Coordinates 39°22′24″N86°15′40″W / 39.37333°N 86.26111°W / 39.37333; -86.26111 Coordinates: 39°22′24″N86°15′40″W / 39.37333°N 86.26111°W / 39.37333; -86.26111
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Architect Mesker, George L. & Co.; Stockton, Thomas
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate, et al.
NRHP reference # 06000519 [1]
Added to NRHP June 21, 2006

Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district located at Morgantown, Morgan County, Indiana. The district encompasses 34 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Morgantown. It developed between about 1840 and 1956, and includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Farmer's Cooperative Store / Blanche Crawford Building, First National Bank (1905), Obenshain Hotel (1860), Morgantown Town Hall (1900), Griffitt-Murphy House and Livery Bank (1895), Parkhurst House (1865), Redman's Lodge (1908), Wisby Hotel (1918), Telephone Exchange (1906), and Morgantown Methodist Episcopal Church complex (1923). [2]

Morgantown, Indiana Town in Indiana, United States

Morgantown is a town in Jackson Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 986 at the 2010 census.

Morgan County, Indiana County in the United States

Morgan County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 68,894. The county seat is Martinsville.

Central business district commercial and business centre of a city

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city. In larger cities, it is often synonymous with the city's "financial district". Geographically, it often coincides with the "city centre" or "downtown", but the two concepts are separate: many cities have a central business district located away from its commercial or cultural city centre or downtown.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgantown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.