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Lemuel Allen Farm

Coordinates: 38°45′32″N 85°19′04″W / 38.75889°N 85.31778°W / 38.75889; -85.31778
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Lemuel Allen Farm
Lemuel Allen Farm, March 2012
Lemuel Allen Farm is located in Indiana
Lemuel Allen Farm
Lemuel Allen Farm is located in the United States
Lemuel Allen Farm
Location3768 E. Pleasant Ridge Rd., Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana
Coordinates38°45′32″N 85°19′04″W / 38.75889°N 85.31778°W / 38.75889; -85.31778
Area13.1 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.16000334[1]
Added to NRHPJune 7, 2016

Lemuel Allen Farm is a historic home and farm located in Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1877, and is a 1+12-story, central passage plan, vernacular Italianate style brick dwelling. It features a side-gabled roof sheathed in slate shingles with triple-embedded and diamond patterns in red on either side of the front-gable on the façade. Also on the property are the contributing privy and large, transverse-frame basement barn, built around 1877, and a silo, the workshop, the granary, the garage, the feed shed, and a tool shed, all dated to the 1920s.[2]: 4–5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/06/16 through 6/10/16. National Park Service. 2016-06-17.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-09-01. Note: This includes Andrew Smith (November 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lemuel Allen Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.