Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse
Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse | |
 Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse, October 2011 | |
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| Location | West of Carthage, Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°43′41″N 85°36′48″W / 39.72806°N 85.61333°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1827, 1866, 1890, 1972, 1976 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001616[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 1984 |
Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1866, and is a one-story, vernacular Italianate style brick building with a moderately pitched gable roof. It features a projecting octagonal entrance bay added in 1890 at the time of an extensive renovation. The building was remodeled in 1972 and a fellowship room addition constructed in 1976. The Walnut Ridge Meeting was established in 1827.[2]: 2–3
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References
- ^ 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 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Loyall J. Hunt (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
Categories:
- Quaker meeting houses in Indiana
- 1827 establishments in Indiana
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Italianate architecture in Indiana
- Churches completed in 1866
- Buildings and structures in Rush County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Rush County, Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs