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Area
  
13 acres (5.3 ha)

Architect
  
Gaddis, J.W.

NRHP Reference #
  
01000618

Built
  
1917 (1917)

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival

Shadowwood

Location
  
6451 E. Wheatland Rd., east of Vincennes, Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indiana

Shadowwood, also known as the Wharf Estate, is a historic estate located in Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indiana. The main house was built in 1917, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, Colonial Revival style brick dwelling. It has a side gabled tile roof. The south facade features a two-story portico with a second story sleeping porch. Also on the property are the contributing pump house (1917), carriage house (1917), and chicken house (c. 1945). It was built for Col. Eugene C. Wharf and housed the International Headquarters of Sigma Pi Fraternity from 1963 to 2003.

Map of Shadowood, OR 97068, USA

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

Shadowwood Wikipedia