John K. Gowdy House

Historic house in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


John K. Gowdy House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

John K. Gowdy House, March 2010
39°36′49″N 85°26′37″W / 39.61361°N 85.44361°W / 39.61361; -85.44361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888 (1888), 1905-1908
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	93001414^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1993

John K. Gowdy House, also known as the Rush County Historical Society, is a historic home located at Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1888, and is a two-story, Queen Anne style brick dwelling. It sits on a limestone foundation and has a complex hipped roof with asymmetrically placed gables. It features a wraparound porch and second story porch. Also on the property are the contributing carriage house (1905-1908), summer kitchen (1905-1908), pump, well, and rolled and cast-iron fence. It has housed the Rush County Historical Society since 1940.^[2]^{: 5, 7–9}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[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 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Hugh Smith (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John K. Gowdy House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.