Vigo County Home for Dependent Children

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, May 2010
Location 7140 Wabash Ave. east of Terre Haute, Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°29′16″N 87°18′21″W / 39.48778°N 87.30583°W / 39.48778; -87.30583Coordinates: 39°29′16″N 87°18′21″W / 39.48778°N 87.30583°W / 39.48778; -87.30583
Area less than one acre
Built 1903 (1903)
Architect Miller, Martin
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 00000674[1]
Added to NRHP June 15, 2000

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, also known as the Glenn Home, is a historic orphanage located in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana. The main building was built in 1903, and is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a hipped and gabled roof and features a semi-circular, two-story portico with four Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing former boiler house. The main building is the home of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.[2]:5-6

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Vigo County Home for Dependent Children" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs


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