Old Richmond Historic District, Richmond

Name: Old Richmond Historic District
Address: Richmond, United States

#4 among attractions in Richmond

Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture, Greek Revival architecture

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The Old Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood of historic residential and commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 212 contributing buildings located just east of the East Fork of the Whitewater River, comprising some of the earliest extant buildings in Richmond. It developed between about 1816 and 1925 and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Gothic Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Bethel A.M.E. Church. Other notable contributing buildings include the William Paul Quinn House, Elijah Coffin House, Henry Davis House, Rankempf Cottage, Hall Town House, Edward Frauman House, and Lydia Pierce Cottage. ()

Coordinates: 39°49'21"N, 84°53'32"W

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Richmond United States

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Old Richmond Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Richmond Art Museum, Earlham College Observatory, Depot District Market, Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church.

0.5 miW
Museum, Art museum
Richmond Art Museum, Richmond
13 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.
1.2 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Earlham College Observatory, Richmond
30 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.
0.9 miN
39°50'5"N • 84°53'22"W
Depot District Market, Richmond
22 min walk • Market, Cafe
0.6 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Richmond
16 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.
0.5 miNW
Romanesque architecture
Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond
13 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.
0.5 miN
Museum
Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richmond
14 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.
1.1 miW
39°49'26"N • 84°54'45"W
Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History, Richmond
28 min walk • History museum, Museum
~1390 ftNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond
7 min walk • Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
0.5 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Murray Theater, Richmond
13 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.
0.6 miN
Neo-renaissance architecture
Andrew F. Scott House, Richmond
17 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.
0.8 miNE
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Starr Historic District, Richmond
21 min walk • The Starr Historic District is a neighborhood of historic buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 102 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Richmond.

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Which popular attractions are close to Old Richmond Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond (7 min walk), Richmond Downtown Historic District, Richmond (12 min walk), Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond (13 min walk), Murray Theater, Richmond (13 min walk).