Riley, James Whitcomb, House
Building in Indianapolis, Indiana, US. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home, one of two homes known as the James Whitcomb Riley House on the National Register of Historic Places, is a historic building in the Lockerbie Square Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1962 for its association with poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), known as the "Hoosier poet".
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 528 Lockerbie St., Indianapolis, IN |
| County | Marion County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000799 |
| Type of place | museum |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 528 Lockerbie St., Indianapolis, IN |
| Website | rileymuseumhome.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 39.77148, -86.13270 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 98 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000799. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.