Mountz House

Mountz House

Mountz House, January 2013
Location 507 E. Houston St., Garrett, Indiana
Coordinates 41°20′53″N 85°7′49″W / 41.34806°N 85.13028°W / 41.34806; -85.13028Coordinates: 41°20′53″N 85°7′49″W / 41.34806°N 85.13028°W / 41.34806; -85.13028
Area less than one acre
Built 1893 (1893)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 79000013[1]
Added to NRHP September 11, 1979

Mountz House is a historic home located at Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1893, and is a two-story, four bay by five bay, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It has a cross gable roof and two-story gabled wing. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has a pitched slate roof. It has narrow clapboard siding and decorative diamond-shaped checkerboard pattern panels. It features a front porch with turned posts and decorative brackets. Also on the property is a contributing barn.[2]:2

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Pifer Mountz (November 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mountz House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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