New Harmony Historic District
Also known as: New HarmonyMain St. between Granary and Church Sts., New Harmony, Indiana
The original New Harmony Historic District
Photos
Rappite Community House No. 2
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Lester Jones, Photographer May 24, 1940 VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey
View photos at Library of Congress
Map
Coordinates:
+38.12999, -87.9354738°07'48" N, 87°56'08" W
Quadrangle map:New Harmony
Description
This small frame house, built in 1815, was part of the Rappite, later Owenite, Utopian experimental community.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS IN-37)
This was designation a Nation Historic Landmark in 1965.
The buildings are now Included in the expanded New Harmony Historic District listed in 2000.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000006
- Architectural styles
- Mid 19th Century Revival: Exotic Revival; Victorian: Gothic
- Area of significance
- Social History
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; B - Person
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Cemetery; Single dwelling; Civic; Multiple dwelling
- Current function
- Museum
- Periods of significance
- 1800-1824; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1815; 1824; 1827
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 17
Contributing sites: 2
Update Log
- June 28, 2014: Updated by Jim Allen: Added overview
- February 8, 2013: Updated by Jim Allen: expanded description