James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home

James Whitcomb Riley House
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home is located in Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home is located in Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home is located in the United States
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
Location528 Lockerbie Street,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°46′19″N 86°8′52″W / 39.77194°N 86.14778°W / 39.77194; -86.14778
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1872 (1872)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
Visitation5,101[1]
Part ofLockerbie Square Historic District (ID73000038)
NRHP reference No.66000799
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[2]
Designated NHLDecember 29, 1962[3]
Designated CPFebruary 23, 1973

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".[3][4]

  1. ^ "Indianapolis-Area Attractions". Indianapolis Business Journal. November 6, 2020. p. 26C.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "James Whitcomb Riley House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
  4. ^ Joseph S. Mendinghall (August 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: James Whitcomb Riley House / Charles L. Holstein House" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1975 (790 KB)