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

Spencer County Indiana (Historic Districts) has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance. Significant places include Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln Pioneer Village.

The famous person Abraham Lincoln is associated with one of more of the Spencer County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Spencer County places including Frederick Law Olmstead, Richard E. Bishop, WPA/FERA and George Honig. Prominent architectural styles found in Spencer Country are .

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (added 1966 - - #66000012)

IN 162 , Lincoln City

Eoghanacht, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Olmstead,Frederick Law, Bishop,Richard E.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Lincoln,Abraham

Significant Year:

1962, 1816

Area of Significance:

Art, Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Museum, Park

Lincoln Pioneer Village (added 1998 - - #98000305)

Jct. of 9th St. and Eureka Rd. , Rockport

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949