Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 83000051 Added to NRHP 1 September 1983 | Built c. 1900 (1900) Opened 1900 | |
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Location 1015 Water St., Charlestown, Indiana Architectural styles Colonial Revival architecture, Queen Anne style architecture | ||
The Watson House, also known as the Coombs House, is a historic home located just east of Charlestown, Indiana's town square. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, rectangular frame dwelling with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style design elements. It features a full-width front porch supported by slender columns. Originally located on the site was the James Bigger-built Green Tree Tavern (1812), where Jonathan Jennings, the first governor of Indiana, was given an Inaugural Ball in 1816.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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Watson House (Charlestown, Indiana) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA