Vigo County Home for Dependent Children


Vigo County Home for Dependent Children
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, May 2010
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Location	7140 Wabash Ave. east of Terre Haute, Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana
Coordinates	39°29′16″N 87°18′21″W / 39.48778°N 87.30583°W / 39.48778; -87.30583Coordinates: 39°29′16″N 87°18′21″W / 39.48778°N 87.30583°W / 39.48778; -87.30583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903 (1903)
Architect	Miller, Martin
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	00000674^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 15, 2000

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, also known as the Glenn Home, is a historic orphanage located in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana. The main building was built in 1903, and is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a hipped and gabled roof and features a semi-circular, two-story portico with four Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing former boiler house. The main building is the home of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.^[2]^:5-6

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Vigo County Home for Dependent Children" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs

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