Gaskill–Erwin Farm Explained

Gaskill–Erwin Farm
Location:2595 14-B Rd., Tippecanoe Township, Marshall County, Indiana
Coordinates:41.2664°N -86.1064°W
Built:c., 1879, c. 1910, c. 1935
Architecture:Italianate
Added:March 17, 2015
Refnum:15000078[1]

Gaskill–Erwin Farm is a historic home and farm located in Tippecanoe Township, Marshall County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1879, and is a two-story, five-bay, Italianate style frame dwelling. It sits on a granite fieldstone foundation and is sheathed in clapboard siding. It features a front porch with mansard roof and decorative brackets. Also on the property are the contributing original Gaskill House (c. 1860) converted to a storage building about 1910 and the Erwin seed corn drying house (c. 1935).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2015-03-27. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/16/15 through 3/20/15 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gaskill–Erwin Farm. 2016-05-01. Kurt West Garner. PDF. September 2013., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.