David Enoch Beem House

Historic house in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


David Enoch Beem House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

David Enoch Beem House, October 2010
39°17′25″N 86°46′9″W / 39.29028°N 86.76917°W / 39.29028; -86.76917
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1874 (1874)
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	89000771^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 13, 1989

David Enoch Beem House, also known as the "Beem Mansion" and "The Hill", is a historic home located in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana. Built in 1874, the large, two-story, Italianate-style residence is named after its original owner, David Enoch Beem, a local lawyer and banker, and his family. The T-plan, brick dwelling rests on a rusticated Indiana limestone foundation and arched openings framed in limestone. It features a three-story, central tower at the entrance with a steeply pitched mansard roof.^[2]^[3] The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Harriet O'Connor (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: David Enoch Beem House" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
^ "About David Enoch Beem". INPerspective. 23 (5). Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society: 5. September 2017. See also: Blanchard, Charles, ed. (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company. OCLC 8652274.