Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1
Appearance
Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1 | |
Location | 2902 E. Morgan St., northeast of Martinsville, Washington Township, Morgan County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°26′37″N 86°26′23″W / 39.44361°N 86.43972°W |
Area | 254 acres (103 ha) |
Built | 1936 |
Architect | Cramer, Julian; Cramer, Leonard; Cramer Brothers |
NRHP reference No. | 12000189[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 10, 2012 |
Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1, also known as Ozark Fisheries Shireman Farm, is a historic goldfish hatchery and national historic district located in Washington Township, Morgan County, Indiana. The Grassyfork Office and Display Room building was built in 1936, and is a one-story, rectangular, brick building with a hipped roof. It measures 36 feet by 100 feet. The property includes a variety of buildings, structures, and sites associated with the fish hatchery. Among them are a barn, six wells, two dams, remains of formal landscaping and rock garden, and all goldfish ponds, levees, and associated dirt roads.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/09/12 through 7/13/12. National Park Service. July 20, 2012.
- ^ "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 Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (July 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grassyfork Fisheries Farm No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016..
External links
[edit]- Where We Live: Grassyfork Fisheries: a preservation tale that's no fish story, August 21, 2012
- Osark Fisheries website
Categories:
- Goldfish
- Fish hatcheries in the United States
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Buildings and structures completed in 1936
- Historic districts in Morgan County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Morgan County, Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs