General German Protestant Orphans Home


General German Protestant Orphans Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

General German Protestant Orphans Home, July 2011
Show map of Indianapolis Show map of Indiana Show map of the US
Location	1404 S. State St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates	39°44′53″N 86°7′54″W / 39.74806°N 86.13167°W / 39.74806; -86.13167Coordinates: 39°44′53″N 86°7′54″W / 39.74806°N 86.13167°W / 39.74806; -86.13167
Area	9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Built	1871 (1871)
Architect	Bohlen, Dietrich A.
NRHP Reference #	84001129^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 17, 1984

General German Protestant Orphans Home, also known as the Pleasant Run Children's Home , is a historic orphanage located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was designed by noted architect Diedrich A. Bohlen (1827-1890) and built in 1871-1872. It is a 2 1/2-story brick institutional building on a limestone block foundation. It has eclectic German vernacular detailing and varying roof forms.^[2]^:2–5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Ellen Gadski and Mary Toshach (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: General German Protestant Orphans Home" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.

National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis, Indiana

National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Marion: Center Township Marion: Other Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush St. Joseph Scott Shelby Spencer Starke Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Keeper of the Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district Contributing property

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.