Past DHPA Involvement: Southeast Region

Abbreviations Used:

• NHL - National Historic Landmark
• HI - Hometown Indiana
• HPF - Historic Preservation Fund
• HTI - Historic Theater Initiative
• NRHP - National Register of Historic Places 
• SR - Indiana State Register
• TC - Rehabilitation Tax Credits
• UGRR - Underground Railroad Initiative
• WRHC - Wabash River Heritage Corridor

Lawrenceburg

Jesse Hunt House (NRHP, HI)
1818 former hotel/restaurant. It is considered the first three story brick building in Indiana. The grant paid for general stabilization, foundation work, masonry work, wood window repair, storefront windows/doors/transom, and tinwork.

Madison

Eleutherian College (NHL, HPF, UGRR)
This three-story building constructed of Indiana limestone between 1854 and 1856 is the only surviving building of Eleutherian College, one of the first desegregated and coeducational facilities in the nation. Initially known as Eleutherian Institute, the school only taught secondary classes but in 1854, with the construction of this chapel and classroom building, the name changed to Eleutherian College and, thus, the school began offering college-level courses. This was the first institution in the state of Indiana to offer advanced educational opportunities to African Americans as well as offering an education equal to those of whites. The grant paid for roof and belltower rehabilitation. This work is just beginning.

Georgetown (part of Madison NHL, UGRR)
African-American neighborhood in Madison that was a free-black settlement. Remarkably intact historic neighborhood and active in the UGRR Initiative.

Former AME Church (NRHP, HPF)
C.1905 African-American church. The grant was used by Historic Madison Inc. to purchase the former church. HMI intends to use the building as an African-American museum/center to interpret Georgetown/UGRR activity in area.

Osgood

Damm Theater (HTI)
Vacant vaudeville/movie theater that has recently been turned over to a non-profit organization from the Damm family. Both the family and the organization have been working with the HTI.

Rising Sun

Clore Plow Works-J.W. Whitlock and Company (NRHP, HPF)
C.1900 industrial complex that manufactured agricultural implements. The grant covered masonry rehabilitation. It is now the Ohio County Historical Society Museum.

Vevay

Musee de Venoge (NRHP, HPF)
C.1815 French-Swiss farmhouse. The grant paid for exterior rehabilitation, roof repairs, and floor repairs. It is under-going a phased rehabilitation.