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Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Coordinates: 39°51′10″N 85°20′29″W / 39.85278°N 85.34139°W / 39.85278; -85.34139
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Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery, May 2011
Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is located in Indiana
Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is located in the United States
Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Location5685 S. 250E, north of Lewisville, Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana
Coordinates39°51′10″N 85°20′29″W / 39.85278°N 85.34139°W / 39.85278; -85.34139
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1832 (1832), 1895
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.06000305[1]
Added to NRHPApril 19, 2006

Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is an historic Quaker meeting house and cemetery located in Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana. The meeting house was built in 1895, and is a one-story, brick building with a two-story Romanesque Revival style corner tower. A concrete block rear addition was built in 1955. It sits on a limestone foundation and has a steep gable roof. The adjacent cemetery was established in 1832 and remain an active burial ground with over 383 marked graves.[2]: 5, 7 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[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 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Donald J. White; Paul Diebold & Amy Walker (July 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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