Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse

Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse

Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse, October 2011
Location West of Carthage, Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°43′41″N 85°36′48″W / 39.72806°N 85.61333°W / 39.72806; -85.61333Coordinates: 39°43′41″N 85°36′48″W / 39.72806°N 85.61333°W / 39.72806; -85.61333
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1827 (1827), 1866, 1890, 1972, 1976
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 84001616[1]
Added to NRHP March 1, 1984

Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1866, and is a one-story, vernacular Italianate style brick building with a moderately pitched gable roof. It features a projecting octagonal entrance bay added in 1890 at the time of an extensive renovation. The building was remodeled in 1972 and a fellowship room addition constructed in 1976. The Walnut Ridge Meeting was established in 1827.[2]:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[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 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Loyall J. Hunt (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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