Yount's Woolen Mill and Boarding House
Yount's Woolen Mill and Boarding House | |
![]() Yount's Woolen Mill, HABS Photo, April 1974 | |
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Location | 3729 Old SR 32 West, west of Crawfordsville, Ripley Township, Montgomery County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°1′21″N 86°59′3″W / 40.02250°N 86.98417°WCoordinates: 40°1′21″N 86°59′3″W / 40.02250°N 86.98417°W |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1851 | , 1864
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 88003041[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 4, 1989 |
Yount's Woolen Mill and Boarding House is a historic woolen mill and boarding house located in Ripley Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. The boarding house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped, Late Federal style brick building. It has a gable-on-hip roof and two-story porch on the rear side. The mill was built in 1864, and is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building on a raised basement with Greek Revival style design elements. Also on the property are the remains of an 1849 frame mill, an 1867 brick building, dam and mill race. The Yount Mill was contracted by the U.S. Government to manufacture Army uniforms during both the American Civil War and Spanish–American War.[2]: 2, 10
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 2016-05-01. Note: This includes John E. Hardwick (January 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Yount's Woolen Mill and Boarding House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
External links[]
Media related to Yount's Woolen Mill at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IN-18, "Yount Woolen Mill, State Route 32, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN", 7 photos, 1 photo caption page
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Industrial buildings completed in 1867
- Residential buildings completed in 1851
- Federal architecture in Indiana
- Greek Revival architecture in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Indiana
- 1851 establishments in Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs