West Wabash Historic District

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West Wabash Historic District
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LocationBounded roughly by the Northfolk Southern RR and Union St., Wabash and Miami Sts., Main St., Holliday St., Wabash, Indiana
Coordinates 40°47′54″N85°49′28″W / 40.79833°N 85.82444°W / 40.79833; -85.82444 Coordinates: 40°47′54″N85°49′28″W / 40.79833°N 85.82444°W / 40.79833; -85.82444
Area66 acres (27 ha)
ArchitectWing & Mahurin; Et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 88000447 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1988

West Wabash Historic District is a national historic district located at Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana. It encompasses 283 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Wabash. It developed between about 1840 and 1930, and includes representative examples of Federal, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed First Christian Church. Other notable buildings include the Jackson Family House (c. 1850), John and Lucinda Sivey House (late 1850s), Thomas and Hannah Whiteside House (1881), Matlock-Barnhart House (1866–1867), Alexander and Millicent Hill House (1892, by Wing & Mahurin), David and Sadie Cohen House (1909), Bennett E. Davis House (1842), Presbyterian Church (1881), Wabash Carnegie Public Library (1903, by Wing & Mahurin), and Wabash High School (1894, by Wing & Mahurin). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Mary Ellen Gadski (March 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: West Wabash Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01., Site map