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Wysor Heights Historic District

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Built
  
1883 (1883)

NRHP Reference #
  
88001217

Area
  
9 ha

Architect
  
Dallin, Cyrus E.

Opened
  
1883

Added to NRHP
  
1 November 1988

Wysor Heights Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., White River, N. Elm St. and N. Walnut St., Muncie, Indiana

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, Foursquare

Similar
  
Beech Grove Cemetery, Deam Lake State Recreatio, David Owsley Museum, Minnetrista

Wysor Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. It encompasses 61 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Muncie. The district developed between about 1890 and 1930, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the equestrian sculpture and landscape ensemble "Appeal to the Great Spirit" by Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1929), Roy Thomas House (1922-1923), Burt Whiteley House (1892), and the first Delaware County Children's Home building (c. 1890).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Wysor Heights Historic District Wikipedia