102 W. Beardsley Ave., Elkhart, Indiana. County/parish: Elkhart.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 22, 2000. NRIS 00000716.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Dr. Havilah Beardsley House is a historic home located at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a medium pitched gable roof, full width front porch with Ionic order fluted columns, rounded openings, and decorative brackets. It has later flanking one-story, flat roofed wings. It was built by Havilah Beardsley, founder of the city of Elkhart. The house is operated as a historic house museum as part of the Ruthmere Mansion complex.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is located in the Beardsley Avenue Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132002949