Orleans Historic District
Orleans Historic District | |
 Orleans Historic District, November 2011 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Wilson, Franklin, Harrison & 4th Sts., Orleans, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 38°39′42″N 86°27′10″W / 38.66167°N 86.45278°W |
| Area | 63 acres (25 ha) |
| Built | 1837 |
| Architect | Cornelius, Dudley "Cap"; et al. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000761[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 24, 2009 |
Orleans Historic District is a national historic district located at Orleans, Orange County, Indiana. The district encompasses 163 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 10 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Orleans. It developed between about 1837 and 1958, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Cornelius-Osborn Building (1927), Magner-Lindsey Hotel (1872, c. 1901, c. 1909), Roberts Building / Herle's Restaurant (c. 1901), Presbyterian Church (c. 1845), Methodist Episcopal Church (1915), Bowles Building (1889), Hollowell Brothers Building (1897-1898), Orleans Public Library (1915), and Ashland Service Station (1955).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (December 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Orleans Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Queen Anne architecture in Indiana
- Italianate architecture in Indiana
- Second Empire architecture in Indiana
- Gothic Revival architecture in Indiana
- Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana
- Tudor Revival architecture in Indiana
- Neoclassical architecture in Indiana
- Bungalow architecture in Indiana
- Historic districts in Orange County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Indiana
- Southern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs