Elston Grove Historic District (Crawfordsville, Indiana)

For the district of the same name in Michigan City, see Elston Grove Historic District (Michigan City, Indiana).
Elston Grove Historic District

Elston Grove Historic District, November 2009
Location Roughly bounded by Green, College and Main Sts. and the Monon RR tracks, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Coordinates 40°2′24″N 86°53′43″W / 40.04000°N 86.89528°W / 40.04000; -86.89528Coordinates: 40°2′24″N 86°53′43″W / 40.04000°N 86.89528°W / 40.04000; -86.89528
Area 36 acres (15 ha)
Built 1835 (1835)
Architect Thurtle, John; Griffith, Thornton
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 92000187[1]
Added to NRHP March 25, 1992

Elston Grove Historic District is a national historic district located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. The district encompasses 138 contributing buildings and 8 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Crawfordsville. It developed between about 1835 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Col. Isaac C. Elston House, Henry S. Lane House, and Gen. Lew Wallace Study. Other notable buildings include the Galey House (1848), Campbell House (1852), T.S. Scott House (c. 1855), Powers House (1862), Blair House (c. 1863), Hadley and Hornaday Houses (1878), Alfrey House (1885), Detchon House (c. 1895), Ashley House (c. 1890), Snyder House (c. 1903), and Voris House (c. 1920).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 Laura Thayer (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elston Grove Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.


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