Gene Stratton Porter Cabin (Geneva, Indiana)
Gene Stratton Porter Cabin | |
| File:LimberLost SHS P4020280.jpg Limberlost State Historic Site, April 2001 | |
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| Location | 200 E. 6th St., Geneva, Indiana |
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| Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Built | 1895 |
| Built by | Porter, Gene Stratton |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000027[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 27, 1974 |
Limberlost Cabin is a historic home located in Geneva, Adams County, Indiana. It was built in 1895 and is a two-story, Wisconsin white cedar log dwelling containing 14 rooms. The second story is sheathed in redwood shingles. The front facade features a one-story wraparound porch with log pillars. It was built by noted author Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924). She moved from this home to the Gene Stratton Porter Cabin at Wildflower Woods in Rome City, Indiana in 1914.[2] It is operated as a historic house museum and known as Limberlost State Historic Site.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[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 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Thomas Gross (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gene Stratton Porter Cabin" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
External links
Categories:
- Log houses
- Historic house museums in Indiana
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Houses completed in 1895
- Houses in Adams County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Indiana
- Museums in Adams County, Indiana
- Indiana State Historic Sites
- Literary museums in the United States
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs