Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor, also known as the Dearborn County Home, is a historic poor house located in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. It was built in 1882, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, cruciform plan, Late Victorian style brick building. It sits on a dressed limestone foundation and houses 64 rooms. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse. The Asylum closed in 1980.[2]: 5, 7, 11
Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor | |
 Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor, November 2012 | |
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| Location | 11636 County Farm Rd., northwest of Aurora, Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°9′1″N 85°2′3″W / 39.15028°N 85.03417°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1882 |
| Built by | Platt, Seth |
| Architect | Pattison, Alex B. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001143[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 22, 2000 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Barth D. Hendrickson (December 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.