Col. Isaac C. Elston House
Col. Isaac C. Elston House | |
 Elston House | |
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| Location | 400 E. Pike St., Crawfordsville, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°2′26″N 86°53′40″W / 40.04056°N 86.89444°W |
| Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Built | 1882 |
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake, Eastern Stick |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000025 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1982 |
The Maj. Isaac C. Elston House, also known as Elston Homestead, is a historic home located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. It was the home of Maj. Isaac Compton Elston, who fought in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. When he was 39, he moved to Indiana and became a frontier merchant, banker and financier. The Home was given to Wabash College by his grandson, Isaac Compton Elston, Jr. (1873-1964) and is now used as the President's home.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] It is located in the Elston Grove Historic District.
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 May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Mrs. Remley Herr (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Maj. Isaac C. Elston House" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Houses completed in 1882
- Queen Anne architecture in Indiana
- Houses in Montgomery County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Indiana
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana
- Crawfordsville, Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs