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Dr. John Arnold Farm

Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 85°21′30″W / 39.63722°N 85.35833°W / 39.63722; -85.35833
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Dr. John Arnold Farm
Dr. John Arnold Farmhouse, November 2012
Dr. John Arnold Farm is located in Indiana
Dr. John Arnold Farm
Dr. John Arnold Farm is located in the United States
Dr. John Arnold Farm
LocationWest of Glenwood and northeast of Rushville, Union Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates39°38′14″N 85°21′30″W / 39.63722°N 85.35833°W / 39.63722; -85.35833
Area160 acres (65 ha)
Builtc. 1820 (1820), 1853
Built bySmith, Tom; Smith, William E.
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Midwest three portal barn
NRHP reference No.89001409[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 14, 1989

Dr. John Arnold Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located in Union Township, Rush County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1853, and is two-story, Gothic Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in clapboard and has a five-gabled roof forming a double crossed "T"-plan. It features a wraparound front porch added about 1900, and a decorative vergeboard. Also on the property are the contributing remains of an early settlement established in the 1820s, including the remains of the original John Arnold cabin, tomb, and cemetery. Other contributing buildings and structures include a smokehouse, milk house, privy, tool shed, buggy shed / garage, chicken house, granary, corn crib / shed, cattle barn, calf shed, and two additional corn cribs.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Katherine M. Jourdan (April 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dr. John Arnold Farm" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.