Villa North Historic District
Appearance
Villa North Historic District | |
Location | 706-760 and 707-731 N. Main St., Bluffton, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°44′58″N 85°10′08″W / 40.74944°N 85.16889°W |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1891 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 85001192[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1985 |
Villa North Historic District is a national historic district located at Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana. The district encompasses 24 contributing buildings in an exclusively residential section of Bluffton. It developed between about 1891 and 1915 and includes representative examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing houses include the Lent Williamson Residence (Longfields, 1891), Amos King Residence (1894), Peter Beeler Residence (1899), and Wiley Messick Residence (c. 1915).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (November 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Villa North Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016., Site map, and Quad map
Categories:
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Queen Anne architecture in Indiana
- Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana
- Bungalow architecture in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Wells County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Wells County, Indiana
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs