Gene Stratton Porter Cabin (Geneva, Indiana)


Gene Stratton Porter Cabin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Limberlost State Historic Site, April 2001
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Location	200 E. 6th St., Geneva, Indiana
Coordinates	40°35′13″N 84°57′36″W / 40.58694°N 84.96000°W / 40.58694; -84.96000Coordinates: 40°35′13″N 84°57′36″W / 40.58694°N 84.96000°W / 40.58694; -84.96000
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1895 (1895)
Built by	Porter, Gene Stratton
NRHP Reference #	74000027^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 27, 1974

Limberlost Cabin is a historic home located in Geneva, Adams County, Indiana. It was built in 1895 and is a two-story, Wisconsin white cedar log dwelling containing 14 rooms. The second story is sheathed in redwood shingles. The front facade features a one-story wraparound porch with log pillars. It was built by noted author Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924). She moved from this home to the Gene Stratton Porter Cabin at Wildflower Woods in Rome City, Indiana in 1914.^[2] It is operated as a historic house museum and known as Limberlost State Historic Site.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Thomas Gross (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gene Stratton Porter Cabin" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs

External links

Limberlost State Historic Site

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Indiana

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