New Harmony Historic District
Roughly bounded by Third St., Steammill St., Main St., inc. Maple Hill Cem., Arthur St., Atheneum prop. and North St., New Harmony, Indiana
The expanded New Harmony Historic District
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Photo taken by Jim Allen in Sept 2007
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Coordinates:
+38.12864, -87.9332138°07'43" N, 87°55'60" W
Quadrangle map:New Harmony
Description
This expanded New Harmony Historic District includes the buildings that were a part of the 1966 New Harmony Nation Historic Landmark.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 2000
- Reference number
- 00000669
- Architectural style
- Mid 19th Century Revival: Exotic Revival; et.al.
- Areas of significance
- Social History; Transportation; Education; Architecture; Landscape Architecture; Performing Arts
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; B - Person; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Single dwelling; Business; Meeting hall; Auditorium; Religious structure; Multiple dwelling
- Current functions
- Single dwelling; Business; Museum; Garden; Library; City hall
- Periods of significance
- 1800-1824; 1825-1849; 1850-1874; 1875-1899; 1900-1924; 1925-1949; 1950-1974
- Significant years
- 1814; 1825
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 212
Contributing structures: 6
Contributing sites: 8
Contributing objects: 7
Non-contributing buildings: 60
Non-contributing structures: 10
Non-contributing sites: 3
Non-contributing objects: 16
Update Log
- June 28, 2014: Updated by Jim Allen: Added overview
- February 8, 2013: Updated by Jim Allen: added description
- February 8, 2013: New photos from Jim Allen