Mountz House

Mountz House

Mountz House, January 2013
Location 507 E. Houston St., Garrett, Indiana
Coordinates 41°20′53″N 85°7′49″W / 41.34806°N 85.13028°W / 41.34806; -85.13028Coordinates: 41°20′53″N 85°7′49″W / 41.34806°N 85.13028°W / 41.34806; -85.13028
Area less than one acre
Built 1893 (1893)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 79000013[1]
Added to NRHP September 11, 1979

Mountz House is a historic home located at Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1893, and is a two-story, four bay by five bay, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It has a cross gable roof and two-story gabled wing. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has a pitched slate roof. It has narrow clapboard siding and decorative diamond-shaped checkerboard pattern panels. It features a front porch with turned posts and decorative brackets. Also on the property is a contributing barn.[2]:2

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[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 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Pifer Mountz (November 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mountz House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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