St. Louis, Besancon, Historic District
St. Louis, Besancon, Historic District | |
 Front and eastern side of the church | |
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| Nearest city | 15529-15535 E. Lincoln Highway, southeast of New Haven, Jefferson Township, Allen County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°3′3″N 84°56′20″W / 41.05083°N 84.93889°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1870-1871, 1893, 1915 |
| Architect | Frank Sallier |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne, Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 95001112[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 22, 1995 |
St. Louis, Besancon, Historic District is a historic Roman Catholic church complex and national historic district located near New Haven in Jefferson Township, Allen County, Indiana. The district encompasses five contributing buildings and one contributing site consisting of the Saint Louis Besancon Roman Catholic Church and its cemetery and rectory. The Gothic Revival style church was built in 1870-71 of brick, fired in a nearby kiln, then covered with cement to give an appearance of stone. It features a steep gable roof and five part projecting square steeple. The rectory was built in 1893, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Queen Anne style brick dwelling. The other contributing resources are the St. Louis Academy (1915), St. Louis Convent House (1915), garage (1940), and Old St. Louis Cemetery.[2] The church was refurbished and painted in 1998.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2015. Note: This includes Phyllis G. Brockmyer and St. Louis Historical Association (July 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Louis, Besancon, Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs and map.
External links
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- St. Louis Besancon Catholic Church
- St. Louis Besancon Academy
- Saint Louis Besancon Cemetery at Find A Grave
- Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1871
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Queen Anne architecture in Indiana
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Allen County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Allen County, Indiana
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs