NRHP Reference # 12000184 Year built 1895 | Area 4 ha Added to NRHP 10 April 2012 | |
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Location 400-650 Minnetrista Boulevard, Muncie, Indiana Architect Gibson, Louis Henry; Mahurin, Marshall S.; Kibele, Cuno Architectural style Shingle Style, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival | ||
Minnetrista Boulevard Historic District is a national historic district within the city of Muncie, in Delaware County, East Central Indiana. It is located along the northeast side of Minnetrista Boulevard and the north bank of the White River, about a mile north of downtown Muncie.
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Description
The historic district encompasses five distinguished homes and their associated secondary structures, in a predominantly residential section of Muncie. The district developed between c.1895 and 1910, and includes notable examples of Shingle style, Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
Contributing properties
The principal residences in the district are:
Minnetrista is a cultural center is within the district on three former Ball Brothers properties, with museums, gardens, a sculpture park, and natural areas. It includes the "Oakhurst" mansion and historic gardens, the Lucius and Sarah Ball residence, and the surviving limestone columns of "Minnetrista" in the Colonnade Garden.
The Ball family, founders of the Ball Corporation, purchased most of the land along the north bank of White River between Wheeling and Granville Pikes in 1893. The name chosen by the family for the property was taken from a Sioux word, "mna" (pronounced mini) which means "water," and combined with the English word, "tryst," to form "Minnetrista," or, "a gathering place by the water."