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LaFontaine Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
14000809

Added to NRHP
  
30 September 2014

Area
  
5 ha

LaFontaine Historic District

Location
  
Roughly Kendall and Branson between Walnut and Gruell Sts., La Fontaine, Indiana

Architectural style
  
Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

LaFontaine Historic District is a national historic district located at La Fontaine, Wabash County, Indiana. It encompasses 56 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of La Fontaine. It developed between about 1848 and 1930, and includes representative examples of Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Matthews Service Station (c. 1915), John Finkenbiner Blacksmith Shop (c. 1885), Criswell House/Masonic Lodge (c. 1890), LaFontaine Methodist Church (1902), O. W. Clark Grocery (c. 1910), I.O.O.F. Hall (1905), Parker Building (1884), Parker House (1848, c. 1910), Parker Carriage House (c. 1850), Original Parker Store (c. 1850, c. 1885), Farmers State Bank (1919), and Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 211/LaFontaine National Bank (1893, 1918).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

References

LaFontaine Historic District Wikipedia