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Indiana - Posey County - Historic Districts
Posey County Indiana (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include New Harmony Historic District, Hovey Lake Archaeological District and New Harmony Historic District, Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District and Thomas, Amon Clarence, House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Caborn-Welborn Phase, Late Mississippian, American and Rural dating back to 1000.

Several famous people are associated with these Posey County historic places including Robert Owen and Robert Owen.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Posey County places including Philip Johnson and F. & Sons Behrick. Prominent architectural styles found in Posey Country are Greek Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late Victorian.

Hovey Lake Archaeological District (added 1985 - - #85002130)
Also known as 12 Po 590,592-598,600-602,615-624
Address Restricted , Hovey Lake
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Caborn-Welborn Phase, Late Mississippian, American,Rural
Period of Significance:
1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000545)
Also known as 129-439-36000
Roughly bounded by Ohio R., 6th & Walnut Sts. & College Av. , Mount Vernon
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Behrick, F. & Sons
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Courthouse, Financial Institution, Library, Park, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Courthouse, Fire Station, Park, Specialty Store
New Harmony Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000669)
Also known as See also: NHL File
Roughly bounded by Third St., Steammill St., Main St., inc. Maple Hill Cem., Arthur St., Atheneum prop. and North St. , New Harmony
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Johnson, Philip, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Owen, Robert, et.al.
Significant Year:
1814, 1825,
Area of Significance:
Social History, Transportation, Education, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private, State, Local, Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Other, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Business, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Garden, Library, Museum, Single Dwelling
New Harmony Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000006)
Also known as New Harmony
Main St. between Granary and Church Sts. , New Harmony
Matthiasb, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Owen,Robert
Significant Year:
1824, 1827, 1815
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Funerary, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Thomas, Amon Clarence, House (added 1995 - - #95001111)
Also known as 129-455-16204
503 West St. , New Harmony
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Classical Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Welborn Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000188)
Also known as 129-439-37000
Roughly bounded by Ninth, Locust and 2nd Sts. and the alley between Walnut and Main Sts. , Mt. Vernon
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Post Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Post Office, Religious Structure, School
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