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Centerville Historic District (Centerville, Indiana)

Coordinates: 39°49′09″N 85°00′02″W / 39.81917°N 85.00056°W / 39.81917; -85.00056
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Centerville Historic District
Lantz House Inn, August 2011
Centerville Historic District (Centerville, Indiana) is located in Indiana
Centerville Historic District (Centerville, Indiana)
Centerville Historic District (Centerville, Indiana) is located in the United States
Centerville Historic District (Centerville, Indiana)
LocationBounded by the Corporation line, 3rd and South Sts., and Willow Grove Rd., Centerville, Indiana
Coordinates39°49′09″N 85°00′02″W / 39.81917°N 85.00056°W / 39.81917; -85.00056
Area60 acres (24 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal, Italianate
NRHP reference No.71000008[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 26, 1971

Centerville Historic District is a national historic district located at Centerville, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 115 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Centerville. It developed between about 1817 and 1873 and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Federal style architecture. During this period it was county seat of Wayne County. Located in the district is the separately listed Oliver P. Morton House. Other notable contributing buildings include Morton's Row, Lantz' Row, Archway row, Tarkington Homestead (c. 1830), Jacob Julian House (1857), the Mansion House (1837), the Jones House (c. 1830), and the American House (1838–39).[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

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  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 July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Thomas J. Reed (December 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Centerville Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016., Site map, and Accompanying photographs
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