William Whitaker Landscape and House

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William Whitaker Landscape and House
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William Whitaker House, June 2012
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Location472 S. Main, Crown Point, Indiana
Coordinates 41°24′36″N87°21′50″W / 41.41000°N 87.36389°W / 41.41000; -87.36389
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926), 1929
ArchitectJensen, Jens; Hess & Greenwood
Architectural stylePrairie School, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No. 99001107 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1999

William Whitaker Landscape and House is a historic home and garden located at Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana. The house was built in 1926, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Tudor Revival style brick dwelling. It has a steeply pitched cross-gable roof with cross-timbering on the gable ends. A two-story addition was built in 1967. The landscape was designed in the Prairie School style by Jens Jensen and built in 1929. [2] :5

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [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 Christopher Baas (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William Whitaker Landscape and House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and accompanying photographs.