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Pipe Creek Falls Resort

Coordinates: 40°43′36″N 86°13′2″W / 40.72667°N 86.21722°W / 40.72667; -86.21722
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Pipe Creek Falls Resort
Pipe Creek Falls Resort, January 2012
Pipe Creek Falls Resort is located in Cass County, Indiana
Pipe Creek Falls Resort
Pipe Creek Falls Resort is located in Indiana
Pipe Creek Falls Resort
Pipe Creek Falls Resort is located in the United States
Pipe Creek Falls Resort
LocationJunction of County Roads 850E and 275S at Pipe Creek, north of Walton, Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana
Coordinates40°43′36″N 86°13′2″W / 40.72667°N 86.21722°W / 40.72667; -86.21722
Area7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
Built byBowyer, Charles Lewis
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.95001105[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 14, 1995

Pipe Creek Falls Resort is a national historic district located at Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures associated with a recreational site and campground on a wooded site overlooking Pipe Creek. It developed between about 1888 and 1940 and includes notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the Pipe Creek Grist Mill (1914), generator shed (1914), bath house (1914), storage shed (1940), restroom (1940), concession stand (1940), the foundation of a carousel, and rock shelters.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Harry Dishon and Suzanne Fischer (May 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pipe Creek Falls Resort" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.