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North Jefferson Street Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
10000123

Added to NRHP
  
31 March 2010

Area
  
130 ha

Architect
  
Elmer E. Dunlap

North Jefferson Street Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by W. Park Dr. and College, Madison, Collins, Oak, Stephen, and Buchanan Sts., Huntington, Indiana

Architectural style
  
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

The North Jefferson Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Indiana. It includes work by Elmer Dunlap. The listing includes approximately seven hundred contributing properties including the separately listed David Alonzo and Elizabeth Purviance House (1892; 809 N. Jefferson) and adjacent Taylor-Zent House (1898; 715 N. Jefferson), which are Chateauesque and Victorian Romanesque in style. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

North Jefferson Street, north of the downtown commercial area, was the premier residential street in Huntington from the 1860s on; large stylish homes were built on both sides of the street. Good examples of Italianate architecture on the street include:

  • Loughridge/Grayson House (1853), 708 N. Jefferson,
  • William McGrew House (1863), 804 N. Jefferson, and
  • John Roche House (1871), 939 N. Jefferson.
  • Jacobethan Revival architecture on the street included:

  • Julius Dick House (1882), 1046 N. Jefferson,
  • Jacob Dick House (1880), 1068 N. Jefferson, and
  • Wesley Hawley House (1895), 1110 N. Jefferson.
  • Eastlake and Queen Anne architecture appears in:

  • Will Ewing House (1890), 850 N. Jefferson and
  • Herman H. Arnold House (1883), 1140 N. Jefferson.
  • Notable also is:

  • Saint Mary's Church (1896), Victorian Romanesque, built of brick and stone masonry, Chateauesque and Victorian Romanesque in style.
  • References

    North Jefferson Street Historic District Wikipedia