Mary Birdsall House, Richmond

Name: Mary Birdsall House
Address: Richmond, United States

#17 among attractions in Richmond

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The Mary Birdsall House is known as the Lauramoore Guest House & Retreat Center and is located in Richmond, Indiana. It was built in 1859 for Thomas and Mary Birdsall, a leading woman's suffragist in Indiana. The Italianate brick-built house is a two-story structure standing at the corner of Northwest Fifth Street and Richmond Avenue. In 1927, the Whitewater Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends converted the building to a retirement home, adding on a two-story addition on the west and north sides of the building. Later, the property was given to Earlham College, and it now serves as a guest house and retreat center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ()

Built: 1859 (165 years ago)Coordinates: 39°50'5"N, 84°54'31"W

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Mary Birdsall House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Richmond Art Museum, Earlham College Observatory, Depot District Market, Old Richmond Historic District.

0.9 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Richmond Art Museum, Richmond
23 min walk • The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana. Artist John Elwood Bundy and author and attorney William Dudley Foulke were instrumental in the founding.
0.8 miS
Observatories and planetariums
Earlham College Observatory, Richmond
20 min walk • Earlham College Observatory is a historic observatory building located on the campus of Earlham College at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1861, and is a one-story, brick building with a hipped roof.
1 miE
39°50'5"N • 84°53'22"W
Depot District Market, Richmond
26 min walk • Market, Cafe
1.2 miSE
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Old Richmond Historic District, Richmond
31 min walk • The Old Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood of historic residential and commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
1.1 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Richmond
29 min walk • Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church is an architecturally significant building located at 11th and North "A" Streets in Richmond, Indiana. Designed by the Cleveland, Ohio architectural partnership of Sidney Badgley and William H. Nicklas the building was begun in 1904 and dedicated on May 13, 1906.
0.7 miSE
Romanesque architecture
Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond
20 min walk • The Wayne County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built during the period 1890–93, and is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building was designed by Cincinnati, Ohio, architect James W.
1 miE
Museum
Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richmond
26 min walk • The Indiana Football Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in Richmond, Indiana. It honors persons associated with high school, college and professional American football in Indiana.
0.8 miS
39°49'26"N • 84°54'45"W
Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History, Richmond
20 min walk • History museum, Museum
1 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond
25 min walk • Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
1.1 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Murray Theater, Richmond
29 min walk • Murray Theater, also known as the Richmond Civic Theater-Norbert Silbiger Theater, is a historic theatre building located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1909, and is a three-story, steel frame and brick building with Chicago School and Beaux-Arts style design influences.
1 miE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Andrew F. Scott House, Richmond
27 min walk • Andrew F. Scott House is a historic home located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, cubic, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof topped by a cupola and kitchen wing. It features a projecting pedimented central entrance bay flanked by one-story verandahs with decorated posts.

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Nearby attractions include Earlham School of Religion, Richmond (15 min walk), Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond (16 min walk), Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond (20 min walk), Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History, Richmond (20 min walk).