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Location of Posey County in Indiana

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Posey County, Indiana.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Posey County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]

There are 18 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. Another 2 properties were once listed but have been removed.

Properties and districts located in incorporated areas display the name of the municipality, while properties and districts in unincorporated areas display the name of their civil township. Properties and districts split between multiple jurisdictions display the names of all jurisdictions.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 22, 2024.[2]

Current listings

[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Ashworth Archaeological Site (12 Po 7)
Ashworth Archaeological Site (12 Po 7)
Ashworth Archaeological Site (12 Po 7)
September 12, 1985
(#85002137)
Eastern side of State Road 69, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Hovey Lake[6]
37°51′00″N 87°56′10″W / 37.850000°N 87.936111°W / 37.850000; -87.936111 (Ashworth Archaeological Site (12 Po 7))
Point Township An archaeological site of the Caborn-Welborn variant of the Mississippian culture.
2 George Bentel House
George Bentel House
George Bentel House
September 20, 1984
(#84001224)
Brewery and Granary St.
38°07′50″N 87°55′59″W / 38.130694°N 87.933194°W / 38.130694; -87.933194 (George Bentel House)
New Harmony
3 Bozeman-Waters National Bank
Bozeman-Waters National Bank
Bozeman-Waters National Bank
October 1, 1987
(#87001768)
19 W. Main St.
38°10′12″N 87°47′02″W / 38.170000°N 87.783889°W / 38.170000; -87.783889 (Bozeman-Waters National Bank)
Poseyville
4 James Elliott Farm
James Elliott Farm
James Elliott Farm
December 23, 2003
(#03001312)
Church St. (State Road 66), east of New Harmony
38°07′44″N 87°55′23″W / 38.128889°N 87.923056°W / 38.128889; -87.923056 (James Elliott Farm)
Harmony Township
5 Ludwig Epple House
Ludwig Epple House
Ludwig Epple House
June 21, 1984
(#84001227)
520 Granary St.
38°07′50″N 87°56′03″W / 38.130694°N 87.934056°W / 38.130694; -87.934056 (Ludwig Epple House)
New Harmony
6 William Gonnerman House
William Gonnerman House
William Gonnerman House
December 19, 1985
(#85003192)
521 W. 2nd St.
37°55′44″N 87°54′02″W / 37.928889°N 87.900556°W / 37.928889; -87.900556 (William Gonnerman House)
Mount Vernon
7 Frederick and Augusta Hagemann Farm
Frederick and Augusta Hagemann Farm
Frederick and Augusta Hagemann Farm
March 18, 1993
(#93000180)
Southwestern corner of the junction of State Roads 62 and 69, west of Mount Vernon
37°55′35″N 87°54′37″W / 37.926389°N 87.910278°W / 37.926389; -87.910278 (Frederick and Augusta Hagemann Farm)
Black Township
8 Harmony Way Bridge
Harmony Way Bridge
Harmony Way Bridge
October 3, 2007
(#07001030)
Indiana State Road 66/Illinois Route 14
38°07′52″N 87°56′32″W / 38.131111°N 87.942222°W / 38.131111; -87.942222 (Harmony Way Bridge)
New Harmony Extends into White County, Illinois
9 Hovey Lake Archaeological District
Hovey Lake Archaeological District
Hovey Lake Archaeological District
September 12, 1985
(#85002130)
Address Restricted
Point Township
10 Mann site
Mann site
Mann site
October 1, 1974
(#74000018)
Off Indian Mound Rd., southeast of Mount Vernon[7]
37°54′44″N 87°50′20″W / 37.912361°N 87.838889°W / 37.912361; -87.838889 (Mann site)
Black Township A Hopewell site featuring village areas, geometrical earthworks and mounds.
11 Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District June 22, 2003
(#03000545)
Roughly bounded by the Ohio River, 6th and Walnut Sts., and College Ave.
37°55′51″N 87°53′46″W / 37.930833°N 87.896111°W / 37.930833; -87.896111 (Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District)
Mount Vernon
12 Mount Vernon site
Mount Vernon site
Mount Vernon site
January 11, 1996
(#95001542)
Atop a ridgeline about 100 metres (330 ft) south of County Road 850S, near the entrance to the Mount Vernon General Electric plant and southwest of Mount Vernon[8]
37°54′48″N 87°56′23″W / 37.913333°N 87.939722°W / 37.913333; -87.939722 (Mount Vernon site)
Black Township
13 Murphy Archeological Site
Murphy Archeological Site
Murphy Archeological Site
May 12, 1975
(#75000012)
Northwestern side of Pitcher Lake, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the mouth of the Wabash River and southwest of Mount Vernon[9]
37°48′25″N 88°00′05″W / 37.806944°N 88.001389°W / 37.806944; -88.001389 (Murphy Archeological Site)
Point Township
14 New Harmony Historic District
New Harmony Historic District
New Harmony Historic District
October 15, 1966
(#66000006)
Main St. between Granary and Church Sts.; also roughly bounded by 3rd, Steammill, Main, Arthur, and North Sts., including the Maple Hill Cemetery and the Atheneum
38°07′48″N 87°56′08″W / 38.13°N 87.935556°W / 38.13; -87.935556 (New Harmony Historic District)
Harmony Township and New Harmony Second set of boundaries represents a boundary increase of May 3, 2000
15 Posey County Courthouse Square
Posey County Courthouse Square
Posey County Courthouse Square
January 4, 1989
(#88003042)
300 Main St.
37°55′55″N 87°53′41″W / 37.931944°N 87.894722°W / 37.931944; -87.894722 (Posey County Courthouse Square)
Mount Vernon
16 Mattias Scholle House
Mattias Scholle House
Mattias Scholle House
March 2, 1981
(#81000007)
Tavern and Brewery Sts.
38°07′45″N 87°55′59″W / 38.129167°N 87.933056°W / 38.129167; -87.933056 (Mattias Scholle House)
New Harmony
17 Amon Clarence Thomas House
Amon Clarence Thomas House
Amon Clarence Thomas House
September 14, 1995
(#95001111)
503 West St.
38°07′46″N 87°56′13″W / 38.129583°N 87.936944°W / 38.129583; -87.936944 (Amon Clarence Thomas House)
New Harmony
18 Welborn Historic District
Welborn Historic District
Welborn Historic District
March 25, 1992
(#92000188)
Roughly bounded by 9th, Locust, and 2nd Sts., and the alley between Walnut and Main Sts.
37°56′03″N 87°53′38″W / 37.934167°N 87.893889°W / 37.934167; -87.893889 (Welborn Historic District)
Mount Vernon

Former listings

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 I.O.O.F. and Barker Buildings
I.O.O.F. and Barker Buildings
I.O.O.F. and Barker Buildings
September 12, 1985
(#85002133)
December 25, 2011 402-406 Main St.
37°55′56″N 87°53′44″W / 37.932222°N 87.895556°W / 37.932222; -87.895556 (I.O.O.F. and Barker Buildings)
Mount Vernon
2 Pitcher House (Fullinwider House) February 8, 1980
(#80000031)
September 14, 1989 530 College Ave.
37°55′59″N 87°53′50″W / 37.933055°N 87.897222°W / 37.933055; -87.897222 (Pitcher House (Fullinwider House))
Mount Vernon Damaged by fire on September 2, 1983, and subsequently demolished the next month.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  6. ^ Location derived from Adams, William R. Archaeological Notes on Posey County Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1949, 70. The NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted".
  7. ^ Location derived from Carr, Christopher, and D. Troy Case. Gathering Hopewell: Society, Ritual, and Ritual Interaction. Boston: Birkhäuser, 2005, 555. Accessed 2009-11-16. The NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted"
  8. ^ Location derived from United States v. Gerber, 999 F.2d 1112-1117 (7th Cir. 1993), and from Munson, Cheryl Ann, et al. "The GE Mound: An ARPA Case Study". American Antiquity 60.1 (1995): 131-159, 147 and 157. The NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted".
  9. ^ Location derived from Bone Bank Archaeological Research, Indiana University Department of Anthropology, 2001-08-06. Accessed 2011-07-28. The NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted".
  10. ^ "Fire damages historic home". Evansville Courier & Press. September 3, 1983. p. 13. Retrieved June 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.