West Wabash Historic District Explained

West Wabash Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Bounded roughly by the Northfolk Southern RR and Union St., Wabash and Miami Sts., Main St., Holliday St., Wabash, Indiana
Coordinates:40.7983°N -85.8244°W
Architect:Wing & Mahurin; Et al.
Architecture:Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Added:April 21, 1988
Refnum:88000447

West Wabash Historic District is a national historic district located at Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana. It encompasses 283 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Wabash. It developed between about 1840 and 1930, and includes representative examples of Federal, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed First Christian Church. Other notable buildings include the Jackson Family House (c. 1850), John and Lucinda Sivey House (late 1850s), Thomas and Hannah Whiteside House (1881), Matlock-Barnhart House (1866–1867), Alexander and Millicent Hill House (1892, by Wing & Mahurin), David and Sadie Cohen House (1909), Bennett E. Davis House (1842), Presbyterian Church (1881), Wabash Carnegie Public Library (1903, by Wing & Mahurin), and Wabash High School (1894, by Wing & Mahurin).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: West Wabash Historic District. 2016-07-01. Mary Ellen Gadski . PDF. March 1987., Site map