Morgantown Historic District (Morgantown, Indiana)


Morgantown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Businesses in the Morgantown Historic District, January 2011
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Location	Approx. 4.5 blks centered on Washington St., bet. Marion St. and E of Church St., Morgantown, Indiana
Coordinates	39°22′24″N 86°15′40″W / 39.37333°N 86.26111°W / 39.37333; -86.26111Coordinates: 39°22′24″N 86°15′40″W / 39.37333°N 86.26111°W / 39.37333; -86.26111
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Architect	Mesker, George L. & Co.; Stockton, Thomas
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, et al.
NRHP Reference #	06000519^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 2006

Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district located at Morgantown, Morgan County, Indiana. The district encompasses 34 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Morgantown. It developed between about 1840 and 1956, and includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Farmer's Cooperative Store / Blanche Crawford Building, First National Bank (1905), Obenshain Hotel (1860), Morgantown Town Hall (1900), Griffitt-Murphy House and Livery Bank (1895), Parkhurst House (1865), Redman's Lodge (1908), Wisby Hotel (1918), Telephone Exchange (1906), and Morgantown Methodist Episcopal Church complex (1923).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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 (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgantown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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