The Ellis Mansion - Vincennes Historic District ~ Vincennes, IN
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N 38° 40.830 W 087° 31.860
16S E 453813 N 4281456
Number Three on the NRHP nomination form
Waymark Code: WMN4K9
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2014
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County of structure: Knox County
location of structure: Busseron St. & 2nd St., Vincennes
Built: 1838
Number 3 on the NRHP District nomination form
Text on the form: The Ellis mansion, 111 North Second Street: (c. 1830) Classic Revival Architecture. Roman Doric stone columns support the entablature of stone with a semicircle window in the Roman tradition. The building is maintained and in excellent condition and the present home of the Harmony Society.
Historic marker on site:
Marker erected by: Vincennes Business and Professional Women's Club; Historical and Antiquarian Society
Text:
Registered Historic Landmark No. 2
ELLIS MANSION
--- *** ---Abner Turner Ellis, a Borough President, Probate Judge, and State Senator, promoted the charter of Ohio & Miss. R.R. (later a part of B&O)and was its first president. His stately home was built by John Moore about 1838. Abraham Lincoln visited this home during Henry Clay's campaign in 1844.