William Whitaker Landscape and House

William Whitaker Landscape and House

William Whitaker House, June 2012
Location 472 S. Main, Crown Point, Indiana
Coordinates 41°24′36″N 87°21′50″W / 41.41000°N 87.36389°W / 41.41000; -87.36389Coordinates: 41°24′36″N 87°21′50″W / 41.41000°N 87.36389°W / 41.41000; -87.36389
Area less than one acre
Built 1926 (1926), 1929
Architect Jensen, Jens; Hess & Greenwood
Architectural style Prairie School, Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference # 99001107[1]
Added to NRHP September 9, 1999

William Whitaker Landscape and House is a historic home and garden located at Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana. The house was built in 1926, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped, Tudor Revival style brick dwelling. It has a steeply pitched cross-gable roof with cross-timbering on the gable ends. A two-story addition was built in 1967. The landscape was designed in the Prairie School style by Jens Jensen and built in 1929.[2]:5

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Christopher Baas (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William Whitaker Landscape and House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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