Vermilyea Inn Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


Vermilyea Inn Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Vermilyea Inn, January 2014
41°00′46″N 85°19′04″W / 41.01278°N 85.31778°W / 41.01278; -85.31778
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1839 (1839)
Built by	Vermilyea, Jeese; et.al.
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	05001365^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 6, 2005

Vermilyea Inn Historic District is a national historic district located near Fort Wayne in Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana. The district encompasses one contributing building, the Jesse Vermilyea House, and three contributing structures. The house was built in 1839, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It has an original two-story, four-bay, gable roofed wing, a 1+1⁄2-story wood and brick garage addition built about 1945, and a 1+1⁄2-story brick addition built about 2000. The other contributing resources are the visible earthworks of the Wabash and Erie Canal and the timber platform of the canal aqueduct. Its builder, Jesse Vermilyea, opened his house as an inn and tavern and operated as such through the 19th century.^[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

^ ^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 July 1, 2015. Note: This includes Angela M. Quinn (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Vermilyea Inn Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs and map.