McCormick Cabin Site


McCormick Cabin Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

McCormick Cabin Site, February 2011
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Location	White River State Park, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates	39°46′4″N 86°10′23″W / 39.76778°N 86.17306°W / 39.76778; -86.17306Coordinates: 39°46′4″N 86°10′23″W / 39.76778°N 86.17306°W / 39.76778; -86.17306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1820 (1820), 1924
NRHP Reference #	81000028^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1981

McCormick Cabin Site is a historic site located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the site of the cabin John Wesley McCormick (1754–1837) built in 1820. It was at the cabin that commissioners appointed by the Indiana legislature met in June 1820 to select the site for the permanent seat of state government at Indianapolis. The site is commemorated by a granite boulder in White River State Park with plaque erected in 1924.^[2]^:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[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 Tom Krasean (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: McCormick Cabin Site" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs

National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis, Indiana

National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis

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