National Register of Historic Places - Indiana (IN), Fountain County

Fountain County Indiana (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Brady Street Historic District, Attica Downtown Historic District, Attica Main Street Historic District, Hesler, Clinton F., Farm and Old East Historic District.

The famous person Clinton F. Hesler is associated with one of more of the Fountain County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Fountain County places including Louis Johnson, Louis Simon, Norman Brown and Charles Perkins. Prominent architectural styles found in Fountain Country are Late Victorian, Gothic Revival and Mid 19th Century Revival.

Attica Downtown Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000951)

Also known as 045-025-681-06000

Roughly, Perry St. between Jackson and Ferry Sts. and Main and Mill Sts. between Third and Brady Sts. , Attica

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Simon, Louis

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Gothic Revival, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Post Office, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Theater

Attica Main Street Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000581)

Also known as 045--025--08001--041. See also:Milford House

Roughly bounded by Jackson, Brady, Short and Canada Sts. , Attica

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson, Louis, Brown, Norman

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Library, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Brady Street Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001785)

Also known as 045-025/681-07000

Roughly bounded by S. Perry, E. Jackson, S. Council and E. Pike Sts. , Attica

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Other, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Covington Courthouse Square Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000593)

Covington, Covington

Dschwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1850-1974 AD

Covington Residential Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000594)

Covington, Covington

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1974 AD

Hesler, Clinton F., Farm (added 1989 - - #89000770)

Also known as Clearview Farm;045-278-50004

Co. Rd. 450 S. between 200 E. and 300 E. , Veedersburg

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Hesler,Clinton F.

Significant Year:

1896, 1887

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Old East Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001784)

Also known as 045-025-09000

400 block of E. Washington St. and the 400 and 500 blocks of E. Monroe St. , Attica

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Perkins,Charles, Johnson,Louis

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Italianate, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling