Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building

Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building

Blackstone House, December 2011
Location 127 S. Main St., Martinsville, Indiana
Coordinates 39°25′33″N 86°25′41″W / 39.42583°N 86.42806°W / 39.42583; -86.42806Coordinates: 39°25′33″N 86°25′41″W / 39.42583°N 86.42806°W / 39.42583; -86.42806
Area less than one acre
Built 1860 (1860), 1925, 1927
Architect Weesner, Walker
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, central passage
NRHP Reference # 96001540[1]
Added to NRHP January 2, 1997

Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building, also known as Cure and Hensley Mortuary, consists of two historic buildings located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. The buildings were connected in the early 1960s. The house was built in 1860, and is a two-story, Gothic Revival style brick building with a steep cross-gable roof. A Queen Anne style wraparound porch with corner turret was added in 1890. The Martinsville Telephone Company Building was built in 1927, and is a one-story, flat roofed, Tudor Revival style "oriental brick" and limestone building. It features a crenellated parapet. It housed a telephone exchange until 1957.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] It is located in the Martinsville Commercial Historic District.

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 Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (February 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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