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Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District

Coordinates: 40°35′35″N 86°37′49″W / 40.59306°N 86.63028°W / 40.59306; -86.63028
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Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District
Mears family farmhouse and springhouse, June 2011
Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District is located in Carroll County, Indiana
Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District
Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District is located in Indiana
Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District
Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District is located in the United States
Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District
LocationSoutheastern corner of Sec. 21, most of Sec. 22, and areas north of Deer Creek, east of Delphi, Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana
Coordinates40°35′35″N 86°37′49″W / 40.59306°N 86.63028°W / 40.59306; -86.63028
Area770 acres (310 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival, et al
NRHP reference No.02001557[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 19, 2002

Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District is a national historic district located in Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It encompasses 44 contributing buildings, 17 contributing sites, and 13 contributing structures on 20 historic properties near Delphi, Indiana. It includes several farmsteads, four cemeteries, two bridges (High Bridge and the separately listed Wilson Bridge), the Monon railroad right of way, the Delphi-Camden Road, and Deerk Creek and its slate bluffs. Notable farmsteads include the Mears Family Farmstead with a two-story Greek Revival style brick farmhouse.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Carolyn Schleif (April 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.