Westleigh Farms

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Westleigh Farms
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Westleigh Farms barn, January 2011
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Location2107 S. Frances Slocum Trail, east of Peru, Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana
Coordinates 40°44′06″N86°00′18″W / 40.73500°N 86.00500°W / 40.73500; -86.00500 Coordinates: 40°44′06″N86°00′18″W / 40.73500°N 86.00500°W / 40.73500; -86.00500
Area17 acres (6.9 ha)
Builtc. 1913 (1913)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 03000976 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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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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 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Andrew M. Stalter and Suzanne Stanis (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Westleigh Farms" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.