Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 81000026 Added to NRHP 27 April 1981 | Built 1844 (1844)-1845, 1885 Architectural style Victorian architecture | |
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Location 1424 W. Jefferson St., Fort Wayne, Indiana Similar Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Johnny Appleseed Park, Deam Lake State Recreatio, Cathedral of the Immacula | ||
Thomas W. Swinney House, also known as The Swinney Homestead, is a historic home located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1844-1845 as a 1 1/2-story brick and limestone structure. It was enlarged with a 2 1/2-story, square, Late Victorian style brick wing about 1885. It features an Eastlake Movement front porch. It was built by Thomas J. Swinney, a pioneer settler of Allen County and prominent Fort Wayne businessman. The house and land for Swinney Park were passed to the city of Fort Wayne in 1922.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It is located in the Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic District.
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