Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District

	Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	The original Carnegie Library built 1905
Location	Roughly bounded by Ohio R., 6th & Walnut Sts. & College Av., Mount Vernon, Indiana
Coordinates	37°55′51″N 87°53′46″W / 37.93083°N 87.89611°W
Area	21.1 acres (8.5 ha)
Architect	Behrick, F. & Sons; et.al.
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	03000545
Added to NRHP	June 22, 2003

Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Mount Vernon. It developed between about 1850 and 1953, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Posey County Courthouse Square. Other notable contributing resources include the McFadin Cemetery, Sherburne Park, the Armory (1922), the Alexandrian (Carnegie) Library (1905), City Hall (1893), Fogas Building (1880), Eagles Home (1917), Palace Soda Shop, Memorial Coliseum (1925), and the Opera House (1879).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

Eagles Home

Memorial Coliseum

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "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 June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Chris Babcock; Wanda Griess; Stacey Moye; Paul Diebold (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[SHAARD-2] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Chris Babcock; Wanda Griess; Stacey Moye; Paul Diebold (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.

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