Welborn Historic District Explained

Welborn Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Ninth, Locust and 2nd Sts. and the alley between Walnut and Main Sts., Mount Vernon, Indiana
Coordinates:37.9342°N -87.8939°W
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Added:March 25, 1992
Refnum:92000188

Welborn Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. The district encompasses 154 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Mount Vernon laid out by Jesse Welborn between 1822 and 1826. It developed between about 1840 and 1942, and includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Gov. Alvin P. Hovey House (c. 1847, 1871), Edward Sullivan House (1860), C.P. Klein House Johnson-Rosenbaum House (1905), St. Matthew's Catholic Church (1880), First Presbyterian Church (1872), Trinity Evangelical Church (1883), St. John's Episcopal Church (1892), Mount Vernon Post Office (1931).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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. 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Welborn Historic District. 2016-06-01. M. Christine Babcock . PDF. n.d.. and site map.