National Register of Historic Places - Indiana (IN), Spencer County

Spencer County Indiana (Historic Districts) has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance. Significant places include Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln Pioneer Village, Rockport Historic District.

The famous person Abraham Lincoln is associated with one of more of the Spencer County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Spencer County places including Richard E. Bishop, Frederick Law Olmstead, George Honig, WPA/FERA, Clifford Shopbell and Elmer Dunlap. Prominent architectural styles found in Spencer Country are Chicago Style, Commercial Style and Other.

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (added 1966 - - #66000012)

IN 162 , Lincoln City

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Olmstead,Frederick Law, Bishop,Richard E.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Lincoln,Abraham

Significant Year:

1962, 1816

Area of Significance:

Art, Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Museum, Park

Lincoln Pioneer Village (added 1998 - - #98000305)

Jct. of 9th St. and Eureka Rd. , Rockport

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Museum

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Rockport Historic District (added 2019 - - #100004359)

Roughly bounded by First St., Seminary St., a line from north to south following Greenwood St., Lincoln Ave. and Eighth St., and William and Pearl Sts., Rockport

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dunlap, Elmer, Shopbell, Clifford

Architectural Style:

Commercial Style, Chicago Style, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1830-1961 AD