Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery | |
Location | 5685 S. 250E, north of Lewisville, Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°51′10″N 85°20′29″W / 39.85278°N 85.34139°W |
Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
Built | 1832 | , 1895
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 06000305[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 19, 2006 |
Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is an historic Quaker meeting house and cemetery located in Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana. The meeting house was built in 1895, and is a one-story, brick building with a two-story Romanesque Revival style corner tower. A concrete block rear addition was built in 1955. It sits on a limestone foundation and has a steep gable roof. The adjacent cemetery was established in 1832 and remain an active burial ground with over 383 marked graves.[2]: 5, 7
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- 1 2 "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 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Donald J. White; Paul Diebold & Amy Walker (July 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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