Hope Historic District (Hope, Indiana) Explained

Hope Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:39.3011°N -85.7703°W
Architect:Dunlap, Elmer E.
Weisner, L.W.
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate, Hall and parlor
Added:December 19, 1991
Refnum:91001864

Hope Historic District is a 114acres national historic district located at Hope, Bartholomew County, Indiana. It encompasses 205 contributing buildings, four contributing sites and two contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Hope. It was developed between about 1840 and 1940, includes works by architect Elmer E. Dunlap and by L.W. Weisner, and notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Hall and parlor, and other architecture. Notable buildings include the Moravian Church (1875) and old parsonage (1875), City School (1906), Baptist Church, Methodist Episcopal Church (1887), Alfred Sanford Rominger House (c. 1840), Frank Stapp House (c. 1890), Masonic Temple (1910), and E.B. Spaugh Building (1915).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hope Historic District . 2015-07-01. Laura Thayer . PDF. November 1990. and Accompanying photographs.