Wendell Lewis Willkie House | |
Location | 601 N. Harrison St., Rushville, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°36′46″N85°26′53″W / 39.61278°N 85.44806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1874 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 93001415 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 27, 1993 |
Wendell Lewis Willkie House, also known as the Cullen-Mauzy-Willkie House, is a historic home located in Rushville, Indiana, that was the home of Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie from 1940 to 1944.
Built about 1874, it is a 2+1⁄2-story, "L"-plan, Italianate brick dwelling, with a slate hipped roof, and sitting on a limestone foundation. It features segmental arched openings, paired scroll brackets, decorative rosettes, projecting bay, and a replacement porch built about 1900. [2] : 5, 8
The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]
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