Breezedale Explained

Breezedale
Location:Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.6197°N -79.1564°W
Built:1865-1868
Architecture:Late Victorian, Italianate
Added:March 29, 1979
Refnum:79002238

"Breezedale", also known as Sutton-Elkin House, is an historic home located on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

Built between 1865 and 1868, Breezedale has a two-and-one-half-story, twenty-by-thirty-foot, brick main building, which was designed in a Late Victorian-Italianate-style.

Attached to the main section are a twelve-by-eighteen-foot wood addition and two brick extensions. The home features a classic portico and cupola, and has been used as a dormitory and for classroom space, since becoming a part of the university sometime after 1915.[1]

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it is now home to the Breezedale Alumni Center.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2011-12-04. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000647_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Breezedale]. 2011-12-04. Robert C. Wilburn. PDF. n.d..