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Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor, November 2012
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Location	11636 County Farm Rd., northwest of Aurora, Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
Coordinates	39°9′1″N 85°2′3″W / 39.15028°N 85.03417°W / 39.15028; -85.03417
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1882 (1882)
Built by	Platt, Seth
Architect	Pattison, Alex B.
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	00001143
Added to NRHP	September 22, 2000

Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor, also known as the Dearborn County Home, is a historic poor house located in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. It was built in 1882, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, cruciform plan, Late Victorian style brick building. It sits on a dressed limestone foundation and houses 64 rooms. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse. The Asylum closed in 1980.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

References

1. ^ "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 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Barth D. Hendrickson (December 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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