Westleigh Farms | |
Location | 2107 S. Frances Slocum Trail, east of Peru, Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°44′06″N86°00′18″W / 40.73500°N 86.00500°W Coordinates: 40°44′06″N86°00′18″W / 40.73500°N 86.00500°W |
Area | 17 acres (6.9 ha) |
Built | c. 1913 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 03000976 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 28, 2003 |
Westleigh Farms is a historic home and farm located in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana. The farmhouse, known as the Porter-Cole House, was built about 1913, It is an asymmetrical two-story, brick dwelling in the Classical Revival style. The other main building is an imposing gambrel roof traverse frame barn over a basement (c. 1913). Also on the property are the contributing power house / garage, calving barn / shop, brick tenant's house, and summer kitchen. [2] :5
Westleigh Farms was the childhood home of composer and songwriter Cole Porter.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]
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