Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse

Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse

Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse, October 2011
Location West of Carthage, Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°43′41″N 85°36′48″W / 39.72806°N 85.61333°W / 39.72806; -85.61333Coordinates: 39°43′41″N 85°36′48″W / 39.72806°N 85.61333°W / 39.72806; -85.61333
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1827 (1827), 1866, 1890, 1972, 1976
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 84001616[1]
Added to NRHP March 1, 1984

Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1866, and is a one-story, vernacular Italianate style brick building with a moderately pitched gable roof. It features a projecting octagonal entrance bay added in 1890 at the time of an extensive renovation. The building was remodeled in 1972 and a fellowship room addition constructed in 1976. The Walnut Ridge Meeting was established in 1827.[2]:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[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 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Loyall J. Hunt (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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