<p>Hinkle–Garton Farmstead is a historic home and farm located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1892, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It has a cross-gable roof and rests on a stone foundation. Also on the property are the contributing -story gabled ell house , blacksmith shop , garage , a large barn , and grain crib.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>John F. and Malissa Koontz House, also known as the Koontz House and Koontz-Engle House, is a historic home located at Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana. It was built in 1872, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style brick two-thirds I-house. It rests on a hammered limestone foundation and has a side-gable roof. Also on the property is the contributing brick walkway.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.</p><br>
<p>Millen-Chase-McCalla House, also known as the Topolgus Building, is a historic home located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The original section was built in 1844, and now forms the two-story brick rear wing. The two-story, brick main section was added in 1854, to form a two-thirds I-house. The house was remodeled in 1871 in a combination of Greek Revival and Italianate style architecture. It rests on a limestone foundation and has a side-gable roof. The interior has undergone renovation for commercial uses a number of times; in 2011 it was rehabilitated for use as a restaurant.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.</p><br>
<p>Bloomington West Side Historic District is a national historic district located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 394 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in a mixed residential, commercial, and industrial section of Bloomington. It developed between about 1850 and 1946, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Elias Abel House, Cantol Wax Company Building, Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Cochran-Helton-Lindley House, Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot, Johnson&#39;s Creamery, and Second Baptist Church. Other notable contributing resources include the Works Progress Administration constructed wading pool, White Oak Cemetery, Ninth Street Park, Bloomington Wholesale Foods Warehouse , Bloomington Garage, Curry Buick, Banneker School, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Bloomington Frosted Foods.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings in the central business district of Bloomington. It developed between about 1847 and 1936, and includes notable examples of Classical Revival, Beaux Arts and Italianate style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Bloomington City Hall, Monroe County Courthouse, Princess Theatre, and Wicks Building. Other notable buildings include the Federal Building , Masonic Temple, former Faulkner Hotel , Odd Fellows Building , Allen Building , First National Bank Building , Knights of Pythias Building , and Graham Hotel Building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>North Washington Street Historic District is a national historic district located in the city of Bloomington of Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 6 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Bloomington. It developed between roughly 1870 and 1929, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Morgan House. Other notable buildings include the Showers-Graham House , Showers-Myers House , Teter House , and Washington Terrace Apartments .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>Prospect Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 38 contributing buildings and 8 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Bloomington. It developed between about 1840 and 1936, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Blair-Dunning House.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>The Jefferson Grain Warehouse is a historic warehouse in Jefferson Township, Minnesota, United States, built in 1868 on the bank of the Mississippi River. The warehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for having local significance in the themes of commerce and transportation. It was nominated for being a rare surviving reminder of a brief period when wheat was becoming the most important agricultural crop of the Upper Midwest yet steamboats were still the leading form of transportation.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1868 the grain trade in Minnesota was growing, but few railroads existed in the state. Steamboats were the supreme mode of transportation. William Robinson of Allamakee County, Iowa, built a grain warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi to take advantage of the steamboat traffic. Shortly afterward the town of Jefferson was platted. In a few years, however, the railroad came through, and a larger town was platted to the south. The Jefferson Grain Warehouse quickly became obsolete.</p><br>
<p>When William Robinson built his warehouse in Jefferson, the closest shipping points on the Mississippi River were at Brownsville, Minnesota, and Lansing, Iowa, about 13 mi and 10 mi distant, respectively. For farmers in the Iowa–Minnesota border area it was a long trek to either port. Good landing sites were not common in the region. This made the location of the Jefferson Warehouse advantageous. The Jefferson Warehouse became an important storage facility and shipping point for grain harvested in the Portland Prairie area, which was located on both sides of the Iowa–Minnesota border.</p><br>
<p>The warehouse was constructed of wood and limestone and sat about 1 mi north of the Iowa border in Houston County, Minnesota. The rear of the building edged up to the water, making for easy transport. The Jefferson Warehouse was typical of grain warehouses of the time. Riverside warehouses were called "flat tops" to distinguish them from later grain elevators. Like the Jefferson Warehouse, others were usually built on a slope so grain could be received in one end and shipped out the other.</p><br>
<p>In 1869, Robinson and another Allamakee County man, R.P. Spencer, platted the village of Jefferson around the warehouse. A few hotels and houses were built along a single half-mile street. For a short time the village of Jefferson was on the rise, but the railroads were pushing westward. The Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad reached the area of Jefferson in 1871. The railroad company platted New Albin to the south in Iowa. New Albin quickly became a grain trading hub based on railroad transport. A year later, Robinson died. Spencer could see that if the fledgling village of Jefferson were to survive it would have to work with the railroad. In 1872 the village was replatted with the railroad running where the main road had been.</p><br>
<p>It is unknown whether steamboats or the railroad used the Jefferson Warehouse after 1872. In 1876 the building was abandoned, and in 1881 it was sold, along with all the lots east of the railroad. Afterward, Jefferson, like many other "paper towns," ceased to exist. The buildings that remained were demolished in 1940 to make way for Minnesota State Highway 26. The Jefferson Warehouse was the only structure to endure. In the 21st century it is the only remaining riverside grain warehouse in Minnesota. For that reason, and because of its unique moment in history, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Ellettsville Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Ellettsville, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 50 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Ellettsville. It developed between about 1840 and 1953, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Early Commercial, Gothic Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Robert Stimson House , May Presley House , Bradford House , George W. Fletcher House , Wickens House , Capt. Gilbert Perry House , I.O.O.F. Building , Town Hall , Masonic Building , Knights of Pythias Building , First United Methodist Church , and First Baptist Church .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>Stinesville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Stinesville, Monroe County, Indiana. The district consists of five adjoining limestone commercial buildings in the central business district of Stinesville. The buildings were built between 1886 and 1894, and display elements of Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival style architecture. The main building is the two-story, Oolitic Lodge No. 682, I.O.O.F. built in 1894.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>Maple Grove Road Rural Historic District is a national historic district located in Bloomington Township and Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 69 contributing buildings, 7 contributing sites, 8 contributing structures, and 30 contributing objects in a rural area near Bloomington. The district developed between about 1828 and 1950, and include notable examples of Gothic Revival and Greek Revival style architecture. The contributing elements are located on 12 farmsteads. Located in the district is the separately listed Daniel Stout House.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>Lodge Boleslav Jablonsky No. 219 is the meeting hall of a Czech American fraternal society in Poplar Grove Township, Minnesota, United States. The hall was built in 1916 and remains in use as of 2016. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 for its local significance in the themes of European ethnic heritage and social history. It was nominated for being a representative of ethnic history in the last part of Minnesota to be settled by Euro-Americans.</p><br>
<p>It is also been termed Z.C.B.J. Hall Lodge No. 219; it was a member of the Western Fraternal Life Association, also known as Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota or Z.C.B.J.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Czechs who came to Roseau County, Minnesota, beginning in the 1890s were some of the first European Americans to homestead on land in northwest Minnesota. Czech fraternal lodges were created in America by immigrants to promote their welfare, maintain cultural traditions, and satisfy social needs. Lodge Boleslav Jablonsky was one such lodge.</p><br>
<p>Although Czechs are not one of Minnesota&#39;s larger ethnic groups, they were ranked seventh in 1910 with a population of 33,247. Nationwide and also in Minnesota, first- and second-generation Czechs pursued agricultural trades more than any other occupation in 1900. Czechs mainly lived in Le Sueur, Scott, and Rice counties. There were smaller pockets of Czechs elsewhere in the state, however, including Poplar Township of Roseau County.</p><br>
<p>In contrast to the United States as a whole, in Minnesota most Czechs in rural areas were Catholic. However a large number of institutions were created by freethinking Czech Americans. The free-thought movement had its origins in Protestantism but could be best described as agnostic. These institutions promoted free-thought philosophy and maintained Czech language and culture. They also created social venues, benevolent societies, and cemeteries. Politically they supported the cause of Czech independence. The fraternal societies of which the Jablonsky lodge is an example were created to serve the needs of Czech immigrants that were normally met by churches.</p><br>
<p>The Jablonsky lodge was organized in 1914 to obtain life insurance at a reasonable cost and provide a gathering place where Czechs could speak their own language. The lodge was named for Boleslav Jablonský, a priest, poet, and Czech nationalist. Until the lodge hall was built in 1916, meetings were held in members&#39; homes. The hall is a wood-frame structure on a poured concrete foundation with no basement. It is composed of three segments: an 8 ft&sup2; enclosed entrance porch on the south end, a three-bay hall, and a kitchen and stage at the north end.</p><br>
<p>The lodge was not militantly anti-clerical. A number of lodge members belonged to local churches, including St. Joseph&#39;s Catholic church, but that never caused a problem within the membership. The Czech fraternal societies provided benefits to Czechs on a local, national, and international scale. Aid was distributed to institutions in Chicago as well as Oklahoma, Kansas, and California. The lodge also provided support for Czechs in Europe during World War I and the crises of 1938–1939.</p><br>
<p>Lodge members sustained Czech language and culture by subscribing to a number of Czech-American publications. Plays in Czech were hosted at the lodge hall. Lodge meetings were conducted and recorded in Czech until 1960. Czech weddings and dances were also hosted by the lodge. Money for the lodge was earned through dues, concession sales, and facility rentals. The 1940s were the most prosperous decade for the lodge. Several improvements were made to the hall during that time.</p><br>
<p>The Czechs of Poplar Grove Township and their members elsewhere in Roseau County were never a large group of people. They did, however, show remarkable persistence. The lodge had thirty members in 1915 and about the same number in 1938. There were approximately ninety members between 1978 and 1995. The Badger lodge merged with Boleslav Jablonsky in 1996, bringing the total to 155 members.</p><br>
<p>Jablonsky Lodge hall has been in continuous use since 1916. Its main but not exclusive function in the 21st century has been to provide life insurance and related services. While there are about twenty Czech lodges in Minnesota, as of 2016 only two halls survive. The history of Jablonsky lodge provides insight into how one group sustained its identity and met its social, cultural, and recreational needs when no other suitable facilities were available in a remote area.</p><br>
<p>Matthews Stone Company Historic District is a national historic district located in Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, one contributing site, six contributing structures, and two contributing objects associated with the Matthews Brothers Stone Company limestone business, now operated as Bybee Stone Company, Inc. The district developed between about 1862 and 1962, and include notable examples of Second Empire and Tudor Revival style architecture. The contributing resources include the Matthews Mansion , Company Store Building , Primary Mill Building , Drafting Building , Administration Building , and two pump houses .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.</p><br>
<p>The Robert Reed House, also known as the Robert P. Tristram Coffin House, is a historic house at Chop Point Road and Maine State Route 128 in Woolwich, Maine. Built in 1765, it is one of the area&#39;s oldest houses, and a distinct example of two period houses that have been joined. The house is also notable as the home of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert P. Tristram Coffin. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Robert Reed House is set on the west side of Chop Point Road, just south of its junction with SR 128. It consists of three sections: an east-facing -story wood-frame structure, joined at the southwest corner to a south-facing -story structure, with a single-story ell extending further to the west. The taller main block has a gabled roof, central chimney, clapboard siding, and fieldstone foundation. The secondary structure is similarly finished. Both have five-bay facades and central entrances.</p><br>
<p>The main block was built about 1765 by Robert Reed, who proceeded to raise a family of twelve children. The -story Cape has an unknown construction date, but architectural evidence suggests it was built about the same time, and the two structures have been joined since the 18th century. In the 1930s it was acquired by Bowdoin College professor and poet Robert P. Tristram Coffin, who made reference to it in some of his writings.</p><br>
<p>Seminary Square Park, also known as the Seminary Park, is a historic public park located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was established in 1816 by an Act of Congress as the original site of Indiana Seminary, a preparatory school that by 1838 became Indiana University. The first building was erected on the site in 1824, and it remained the school campus until Indiana University moved to its new campus in 1883. The Old College building, built in 1854, remained in use as a school until destroyed by fire in 1967. The site was subsequently established as a public park in 1975.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The Ella R. Hodgkins Intermediate School, also known as the Hodgkins Middle School, is a historic school building at 17 Malta Street in Augusta, Maine, USA. Built in 1958, it is a well-preserved example of a mid-20th century Modern Movement school building. Its construction marked the end of a major push by the city to modernize its facilities. It was used as a school until 2009. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Hodgkins school stands on Augustas predominantly residential east side, occupying a large parcel on the east side of Malta Street. The building is a sprawling U-shaped single-story structure, with a flat roof, brick exterior, and concrete block foundation. It is accessed via a semicircular drive that runs through the interior of the U, with the main entrance at the center of the Us base. Windows are modern aluminum ribbon sash.</p><br>
<p>The school was built in 1958 to a design by the local architectural firm of Bunker & Savage. It was the last of three primary schools built by the city as part of a program by the city to modernize its schools, made in response to a post-World War II population boom. The other two, the Hussey and Buker Schools, have both been substantially altered, and the program&#39;s final element, an annex to the Old Cony High School, has been demolished. This school was used until 2009, when its students were reassigned to the new high school. It is presently used for apartments.</p><br>
<p>Secrest Ferry Bridge is a historic Pennsylvania through truss bridge located in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, Indiana and Wayne Township, Owen County, Indiana. It was built by the Lafayette Engineering Co. and Vincennes Bridge Co. in 1903. It is a single-span bridge of 316 feet in length and spans the West Fork of the White River.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>The Marcell Ranger Station is a historic United States Forest Service ranger station in Marcell Township, Minnesota. It was built from 1934 to 1935 to serve as the headquarters for the Marcell District of Chippewa National Forest. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for having state-level significance in the themes of architecture, conservation, and politics/government. It was nominated for its associations with the expansion and development of Chippewa National Forest during the New Deal, for being a well-preserved example of that era&#39;s Forest Service administrative facilities, and for its fine National Park Service rustic architecture. Marcell Ranger Station was closed in 2001 and the property was converted into a vacation rental known as Marcell Lodge. A 1963 office adjacent to Minnesota State Highway 38 was turned into the Edge of the Wilderness Discovery Center, a visitor center for the Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1902 the Morris Act created the Minnesota Forest Reserve from Ojibwe lands. The timber was to be cut and sold for the benefit of the Ojibwe. A percentage was kept standing and parts of the reserve were protected. Six years later president Theodore Roosevelt made the forest a national reserve. It was later renamed the Chippewa National Forest Reserve. The reserve was meant to protect, conserve, and use the natural resources of the forest. In 1933 it was expanded northward. This created a need for ranger districts. One of them was named the Marcell District.</p><br>
<p>In 1934 the construction of a ranger station to administer the Marcell District began. The station was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The station encompassed 13 acre on the northern shore of Lake Rainier and included several buildings. By the spring of 1935 there were three CCC camps operating in the Marcell District. At times the camps were at full capacity, with a total of 200 men per camp. Many projects were completed at the camps. They included land and timber surveys, stand and roadside improvements, and land acquisitions. Workers also planted trees annually and restocked fish populations. Erosion and fire hazards were monitored as well.</p><br>
<p>The rustic architecture of the Marcell Ranger Station is representative of the design practiced by the National Park Service and the USA Forest Service during the Great Depression era. It sought to achieve harmony with nature, to use materials native to the landscape, and to build the minimal number of structures needed. It was a little-noticed movement in American architecture and unique for government buildings. In 1935 the Park Service published a textbook to train new architects in its building practices.</p><br>
<p>Most of the major buildings that comprise the Marcell Ranger Station were based on a standard plan. Each of them features finely crafted, rustic-style elements. These elements include split stone fireplaces, interior log partition walls, and hand-wrought hardware. Together, the buildings at the Marcell Ranger Station remain fine examples of the high-quality log construction for which northern Minnesota was recognized.</p><br>
<p>For the second half of the 20th century the Marcell Ranger Station served its original purpose. In 2001 it was closed as part of the merging of the National Forest&#39;s administrative offices. In 2006 and 2007 the Chippewa National Forest was granted $20,000 to convert the station into an interpretive center. The station became a rest stop for travelers and a center for educating the public about the environment. It was renamed the Edge of the Wilderness Discovery Center.</p><br>
<p>The Lewiston Mills and Water Power System Historic District encompasses the major 19th-century mill complexes and associated water power systems in Lewiston, Maine. Developed beginning in 1850, Lewiston&#39;s canals and mills were the largest textile mill complex in the state, and one of the best-preserved mature large-scale expressions of the Lowell system of cotton textile manufacturing, perfected at Waltham and Lowell, Massachusetts earlier in the 19th century. The district includes a series power canals and mill complexes developed over a 100-year period, along with mill worker housing and transportation infrastructure. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Lewiston Water Power Company was founded about 1850 by a group of investors from Boston, Massachusetts, seeking to capitalize on the water power of the falls on the Androscoggin River between Lewiston and Auburn. The company built a series of power canals, and built cotton spinning and weaving mills along their banks. To facilitate the work of multiple mill complexes, they also constructed one of the world&#39;s largest bleacheries, and an industrial machine shop for producing parts and service for the mill equipment. The mills were successful and grew despite the start of the American Civil War in 1861, which greatly reduced cotton supplies, by stockpiling large amounts of raw cotton. The mills were able to bring supplies in and ship products out by rail, which had been brought to Lewiston in 1849. The Grand Trunk Station, located on the island formed by the canals, also brought in many French Canadian workers, who were employed by the mills, and came to be known as a local Ellis Island. The mill owners also built worker housing and community halls in proximity to the mills.</p><br>
<p>The historic district is organized with the main, or upper, power canal as its spine. It extends from above the great falls on the river, south to Gully Brook, where it empties back into the river. Parallel and west of this canal lies the lower canal, with three cross canals joining them. At the northern end of the upper canal is one large complex of buildings, where the bleachery and machine shop were located. Mill complexes flanking these canals include the Bates Mill, the Lewiston Mill, the Continental Mill, and the Androscoggin Mill. The district also includes the dam spanning the river at great falls, and the bridge of the Maine Central Railroad.</p><br>
<p>The Architecture of Henry K. Holsman Historic Campus District, also known as the Maharishi International University, is a nationally recognized historic district located in Fairfield, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The buildings were built after the destruction by fire of Ankeny Hall in 1902. Foster Hall , Fairfield Hall , and the Carnegie Library  have elements of the Beaux-Arts style. Barhydt Chapel and the Parsons Bible School were completed in 1912. Parsons Hall was completed in 1915.</p><br>
<p>The Aiken Stand Complex is a historic pair of buildings at the junction of Royalton Turnpike and Sayer Road in rural Barnard, Vermont. Built, they were the centerpiece of a small village that flourished in the first half of the 19th century, when the Turnpike was the principal north–south route through the region. The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Aiken Stand Complex stands in what is now a comparatively remote and rural area of eastern Barnard. At the southeast corner of Royalton Turnpike and Sayer Road stands the main building, a -story wood-frame structure, with a side gable roof, large central chimney, clapboarded exterior, five-bay front facade, and rubblestone foundation. Its interior and exterior are predominantly Federal in their style. Across the turnpike to the west stands a -story Cape style structure, with a similar exterior, but with Greek Revival features, including sidelight windows flanking the entrance.</p><br>
<p>The location was the site of a tavern from at least 1781, when Solomon Aiken was documented to be operating one. His business benefited from the establishment of the Woodstock and Royalton Turnpike, a toll road, in 1800, and he built the main tavern building about 1805 to handle increased business. The Cape was added in 1835 to handle overflow traffic and provide more space for the Aiken family. Notable visitors to the tavern included President James Madison in 1817, and the Marquis de Lafayette in 1824. At its height, the tavern was the center of a small village, with a blacksmith&#39;s shop and school. The turnpike declined in importance after the construction of railroads in the state, and the tavern ended as a business in the 1870s. The buildings were used as private residences until the mid-20th century, and were then abandoned. They underwent restoration in the early 1980s.</p><br>
<p>George Seybold House, also known as the Fred W. Kelley House, is a historic home located at Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1886 and is a three-story, Stick style frame dwelling with a 1½-story rear wing. The building features embellished gable ends with decorative vergeboards, king post trusses, and brackets.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>T.C. Steele Boyhood Home, also known as the T.C. Steele House, is a historic home located at Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built about 1852, and is a -story, three-bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling with a front-gable roof. The house was renovated and enlarged between 1895 and 1902. It was partially restored in 2002. Restoration was completed in 2014 and the home now operates as a privately owned, no cost retreat for artists and historic preservationists. It was the boyhood home of noted Indiana impressionist artist T.C. Steele .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Current programming for the location includes plein air paint outs, annual family reunions, artist mentoring weekends, school field trips, and public tours by appointment.</p><br>
<p>McClelland-Layne House is a historic home located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1869, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Italian Villa style brick dwelling. It has a low-hipped roof and segmental- and round-arched windows. The house features a three-story tower topped by a low-hipped roof. It was built for well known Crawfordsville surgeon Dr. James S. McClelland.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>The Ruth Suckow House was a historic residence located in Earlville, Iowa, United States. It is associated with Iowa-born author Ruth Suckow who lived here in the summers of 1925 and 1926. While in residence she wrote her second novel, The Odyssey of a Nice Girl , and several short stories. The single-story, frame, cottage was built sometime in the early 20th-century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The J.J. Hoag House, also known as The Wheat House, is a historic residence located in Manchester, Iowa, United States. It received its nickname from its association to Hoag who was a grain dealer. The house is a well-preserved example of the mid-19th century Italianate style. The two-story frame structure features a hipped roof capped with a belvedere, bracketed eaves, and ornate window hoods. The front porch and the porte-cochere were added around the turn of the 20th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Coffins Grove Stagecoach House, also known as the Henry Baker House, was a historic building located west of Manchester, Iowa, United States. Coffins Grove was named for Clement Coffin who settled in the area in 1840. His son-in-law Henry Baker joined him the following year. The house was built in 1855 to accommodate the increase in travelers passing through the area. It served as a hotel, post office and the second floor was used for community functions like dances. The two-story Colonial style was unusual for a structure this far west. It is typically found in Ohio. The house featured a foundation of limestone quarried on the property and brick that was kilned here. Across the road from where the house was located are the remnants of barns built in 1849. They were the first frame barns in the Delaware County. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>In 2017, the Stagecoach House was in the process of being dismantled. Lacking financial support from the local community, neither the Delaware County Historical Society nor the Iowa Historical Society were able to take on the expenses related to the upkeep of the landmark property, and no other individual benefactors stepped up to do so. On August 15, 2018, it was delisted from the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Lincoln Elementary School is located in Manchester, Iowa, United States. Its historical significance is derived from its Prairie School style. Cedar Rapids architect Robert R. Mayberry designed the building, which was completed in 1916. The single story structure is composed of brick and clay tile, built on a concrete basement. The school was closed in 1965, but reopened two years later as a first grade school. It was used for special education classes in the 1970s, and became an elementary school again in the 1990s. The school building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>McGee School, also known as Coffin&#39;s Grove Township, District #1, is a one-room schoolhouse located west of Manchester, Iowa, United States. Built in 1868 in a folk-vernacular style, it is a rare example of a brick one-room schoolhouse in Iowa, and the only on left in Delaware County. Also rare is the tall Romanesque arched entryway, which led to a cloakroom on either side. The building is also significant as the only known school associated with Sarah Gillespie Huftalen, a rural school advocate and educator, who taught here from 1883 to 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>Yount&#39;s Woolen Mill and Boarding House is a historic woolen mill and boarding house located in Ripley Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. The boarding house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Late Federal style brick building. It has a gable-on-hip roof and two-story porch on the rear side. The mill was built in 1864, and is a -story brick building on a raised basement with Greek Revival style design elements. Also on the property are the remains of an 1849 frame mill, an 1867 brick building, dam and mill race. The Yount Mill was contracted by the USA Government to manufacture Army uniforms during both the American Civil War and Spanish–American War.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>William Fisher Polygonal Barn, also known as the Fisher-Dykes Barn, is a historic 10-sided barn located in Sugar Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1914, and is a two-story, balloon frame structure on a concrete foundation. Two of the 10 sides are 28 feet wide, while the 8 remaining sides are 16 feet wide. The barn is topped by a sectional two-pitched gambrel roof with flared eaves. Atop the roof is a six-sided cupola.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Bethel AME Church of Crawfordsville is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1892, and is a one-story, gable fronted frame building on a brick foundation. It features a large round-arched window and two-story, square corner tower. Portions of the building are believed to date to 1847. Also on the property is a contributing one-story, Queen Anne style cottage that served as the original parsonage.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>Early Church (1830s-1892)</h2><br>
<p>Black Settlement began in Crawfordsville around the early 1800s. Notable early Black settlers include the Gates (1832) and Jones families.</p><br>
<p>African American settlers in Indiana were commonly denied positions in church congregations, the result being both informal and formal segregation of religious facilities. The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), founded in response to religious exclusion, appealed to many Black communities in Indiana. The AME Indiana Conference&#39;s 1840-45 minutes record twenty members in Crawfordsville AME.</p><br>
<p>Crawfordsville AME constructed their first official church before the winter of 1847. The dimensions of this first church were thirty by twenty-six feet. The trustees were Nelson Patterson, Robert Jones, and Jacob Cousin. Nelson Patterson was the first lay AME preacher. This original building is recorded in an 1878 map of Crawfordsville. In 1860, the congregation built a parsonage on the edge of lot 20 for the pastor and his family.</p><br>
<p>The early congregation was involved alongside known abolitionist John Allen Speed in the Underground Railroad in Indiana. Crawfordsville was a known stop on the way north, following a route through Greencastle and then northward toward the Wabash River. Bethel AME aided Speed, their neighbor at the time, hiding fugitive slaves in their basement.</p><br>
<p>During the Civil War, five members of Bethel AME served in the USA Colored Infantry, including Nelson Patterson, Austen Carpenter, Issac Jones, Harvey Smith, Monroe Vick, and Charles Wickliffe.</p><br>
<p>Church records and city directories confirm that school was held in the church at least into the 1880, only discontinuing due to severe overcrowding. Two Lincoln Schools, built in 1882 and 1924 respectively, took over the role of education.</p><br>
<h2>Modern Church (1892-Present)</h2><br>
<p>The modern structure, constructed in 1892, incorporates structures from the original church. An obituary from 1901 cites Ephraim C. Griffith as the builder. Griffith was also involved in the construction of Crawfordsville&#39;s 1876 courthouse, Elston Bank, and First Methodist Church. Griffith was also listed on the 1881 Church school board. Reverend Lewis Pettiford was assigned to Crawfordsville AME in 1893, building and donating thirty oak pews which are skill in use today.</p><br>
<p>In 1906, Bethel AME obtained their organ in 1906, using S&H Green Stamps to make the purchase. The organ was repaired in 2018 with proceeds from the book Abolitions of the Underground Railroad: Legends from Montgomery County, Indiana (A local history written by Shannon Hudson). Crawfordsville AME adopted the name Bethel in 1910.</p><br>
<p>During the 1920s, Miss Blanche Patterson (1884-1965), longtime member of Bethel AME, became the first Black woman in Montgomery County to attend college.</p><br>
<p>In 1923 Bethel AME hosted the State Convention of Colored Masonic Lodges. AME&#39;s feature on the front page of the Journal and Review newspaper attracted attention from the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan who began harassing the congregation. According to church legend, the congregation drowned out the sounds of harassment with louder singing.</p><br>
<p>The passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and following legislation resulted in a decline in church membership. Many chose to worship in larger cities due to now desegregated facilities.</p><br>
<p>Bethel AME Crawfordsville operates as of 2023 under Reverend Joan Richardson. Service takes place on Sunday at 11:00 AM.</p><br>
<p>Saint Johns Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1837 by an Episcopal congregation, organized through missionary bishop Jackson Kemper, and is a one-story, gable fronted frame building in the Greek Revival style. The original section measures 30 feet by 50 feet; a 30-foot rear addition was built in 1960. Atop the roof is a belfry added about 1950. It is the oldest remaining church building in Crawfordsville and Indianas first Episcopal Church building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Theologian Hans Frei, a longtime Yale Divinity School faculty member and a significant figure in Post-liberal theology, briefly served as rector in the early 1950s.</p><br>
<p>Otto Schlemmer Building is a historic commercial building located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was originally built in 1854, and renovated to its present form in 1889. It is a two-story brick building with wood and pressed metal trim. The front facade features an arcade of six two-story, round-headed brick arches that form a gallery at the second level. The use of the Roman arch, denticulated frieze, bracketing, and a projecting central pediment are reflective of the Victorian Renaissance style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Current Use and Ownership</p><br>
<p>The Otto Schlemmer Building is now owned by Capper Tulley and Reimondo Attorneys at law and has been since the late 1970s. The Building is used as a law office and occupied by highly educated and respected lawyers in Crawfordsville. The current partners of Capper Tulley and Reimondo are John S. Capper and Robert N. Reimondo. The official website is http://capperlaw.info/.</p><br>
<p>Culver Union Hospital is a historic hospital building located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1902 and was named after L.L. Culver who donated $10,000 towards the construction. The building is a four-story, rectangular, Colonial Revival style brick structure. It is 13 bays wide and has a central projecting entry bay and gable roof. It features a two-story, open and circular entry porch supported by Ionic order columns. Additions were made to the original building in 1940–1942, 1966, 1971, and 1977. The building was closed in 1984 due to being unsafe inside the building. In 2016 the building was converted to an apartment complex by Flaherty and Collins Properties. The property is now known as Historic Whitlock Place.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Montgomery County Jail and Sheriffs Residence is a historic jail and sheriffs residence located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1882 in two sections, and is a -story, red brick and limestone building in a combination of Italianate, Gothic Revival, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. The jail is a rotary jail; it is the only example of this type in Indiana and one of two left in the United States. The building houses a local history and prison museum.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2023. It is located in the Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. The district encompasses 105 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Crawfordsville. It developed between about 1836 and 1940, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff&#39;s Residence and Otto Schlemmer Building. Other notable buildings are the Montgomery County Courthouse , Ben Hur Life Building , Hanna-Graham Building, Elston Bank Building , Masonic Temple , Carnegie Library , Commerce Building , Municipal Building , Indiana National Guard Armory , and USA Post Office .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Elston Grove Historic District is a national historic district located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. The district encompasses 138 contributing buildings and 8 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Crawfordsville. It developed between about 1835 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Col. Isaac C. Elston House, Henry S. Lane House, and Gen. Lew Wallace Study. Other notable buildings include the Galey House , Campbell House , T.S. Scott House , Powers House , Blair House , Hadley and Hornaday Houses , Alfrey House , Detchon House , Ashley House , Snyder House , and Voris House .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Normal Hall, also known as Ladoga Normal School, Ladoga High School, and American Legion Post #324, is a historic school building located at Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1878, and is a two-story, three bay by six bay, Greek Revival / Italianate style brick building. It has a hipped roof topped by an open cupola, originally a bell tower added in 1907. It is the only remaining building associated with the Central Indiana Normal School, which relocated in 1878 to Danville, Indiana to become Canterbury College. It housed local schools until 1917, then housed an armory, and an American Legion post after 1944.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>Morgan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. It was built between 1857 and 1859, and is a -story, Italianate style brick and stone building. It has a cruciform plan and features a five-level free-standing campanile. Additions were made in 1956 and 1975–1976. Associated with the courthouse is the original annex or Sheriff&#39;s House. It is a two-story, five bay by two-bay, I-house.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It is located in the Martinsville Commercial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Morgan County Sheriff&#39;s House and Jail is a historic combined jail and residence located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. It was built in 1890, and is a two-story, brick building with Italianate and Queen Anne style design elements. It has a cross-gable roof, arched openings, and terra cotta ornamentation.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>Martinsville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. The district encompasses 75 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Martinsville. It developed between about 1847 and 1947, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Morgan County Courthouse and Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building. Other notable buildings are the Martinsville Public Library , Martinsville City Hall , Martinsville Post Office , Pitkin Building , Barskins Department Store , Indiana Theater , Stevens House / Building , Hale Building , Interurban Station , Union Block , and First Christian Church  and Annex .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>Mooresville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Mooresville. It developed between about 1872 and 1952, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Commercial Style, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Farmer&#39;s State Bank, Nelson and Son Hardware, Mooresville Carnegie Library , Carlisle and Gilbert Building , Pure Oil Service Station, A.H. Scruggs Building, Mooresville Municipal Building, and Mooresville Methodist Episcopal Church complex.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>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 Farmers Cooperative Store / Blanche Crawford Building, First National Bank , Obenshain Hotel , Morgantown Town Hall , Griffitt-Murphy House and Livery Bank , Parkhurst House , Redmans Lodge , Wisby Hotel , Telephone Exchange , and Morgantown Methodist Episcopal Church complex .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>East Washington Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. The district encompasses 64 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 7 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Martinsville. It developed between about 1869 and 1940, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Neely House. Other notable buildings include the Martinsville Presbyterian Church , Sweet House , Gum House , Hubbard-Gano House , Frank Oak Branch House , and Francesconi House .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>Martinsville Northside Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. The district encompasses 96 contributing buildings and 11 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Martinsville. It developed between about 1850 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Brown-Haworth House , William R. Harrison House / Bates House , St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church , Elliott House , Kriner House , and Schofield-Maxwell House . The formerly listed Hite-Finney House was located in the district.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>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.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is located in the Martinsville Commercial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Neely House is a historic home located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. It was built about 1895, and is a two-story, cruciform plan, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features Stick style ornamentation and a wraparound porch. It was restored in 1997.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is located in the East Washington Street Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Martinsville, also known as the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Depot, is a historic train station located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. It was built by the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad in 1911, and is a one-story, rectangular, Bungalow/American Craftsman style brick building. It has a bellcast red clay tile hipped roof and measures 24 feet by 75 feet. Passenger service on the line ended in 1940, and the building was subsequently used as a freight depot. The building faces the Martinsville Sanitarium. The building housed the Martinsville Chamber of Commerce and currently houses the Martinsville Arts Council.</p><br>
<p>It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 (#91000268) as the Martinsville Vandalia Depot.</p><br>
<p>Martinsville High School Gymnasium, also known as the Glenn M. Curtis Memorial Gymnasium, is an historic high school gymnasium located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. It was built in 1923–1924, and is a two-story, rectangular, steel frame building sheathed in brick and limestone with Romanesque Revival style design elements. It measures 180 feet by 210 feet and features angled corners with parapet, a main entrance flanked by square towers, and a mansard roof. It was named for basketball coach Glenn M. Curtis  in 1959.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</p><br>
