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Leesburg Historic District (Leesburg, Indiana)

Coordinates: 41°19′54″N 85°51′00″W / 41.33167°N 85.85000°W / 41.33167; -85.85000
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Leesburg Historic District
West Van Buren Street, January 2013
Leesburg Historic District (Leesburg, Indiana) is located in Indiana
Leesburg Historic District (Leesburg, Indiana)
Leesburg Historic District (Leesburg, Indiana) is located in the United States
Leesburg Historic District (Leesburg, Indiana)
Location100 block of E. and W. Van Buren St., Leesburg, Indiana
Coordinates41°19′54″N 85°51′00″W / 41.33167°N 85.85000°W / 41.33167; -85.85000
Area6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
ArchitectPowell, Cecil; Public Works Administration
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Late Victorian, Italianate
NRHP reference No.93000465[1]
Added to NRHPMay 27, 1993

Leesburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Leesburg, Kosciusko County, Indiana. The district encompasses 21 contributing buildings, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential section of Leesburg. It developed between about 1865 and 1936, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Late Victorian, and Early Commercial style architecture. Notable buildings include the Public Works Administration funded Town Hall (1936), Masonic / IOOF Building (1890), D.K. Brown Building (1890), Wallace House (c. 1890), and Hart Brown House (1900).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Cynthia J. Brubaker (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Leesburg Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016., Site Map, and Accompanying photographs.