Thomas W. Swinney House

Historic house in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


Thomas W. Swinney House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Thomas W. Swinney House
41°4′24″N 85°9′27″W / 41.07333°N 85.15750°W / 41.07333; -85.15750
Area	less than one acre
Built	1844 (1844)-1845, 1885
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Eastlake porch
NRHP reference No.	81000026^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 27, 1981

Thomas W. Swinney House, also known as The Swinney Homestead, is a historic home located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1844-1845 as a 1+1⁄2-story brick and limestone structure. It was enlarged with a 2+1⁄2-story, square, Late Victorian style brick wing about 1885. It features an Eastlake movement front porch. It was built by Thomas J. Swinney, a pioneer settler of Allen County and prominent Fort Wayne businessman. The house and land for Swinney Park were passed to the city of Fort Wayne in 1922.^[2]^: 2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1] It is located in the Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic District.

Side view

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 July 1, 2015. Note: This includes Raon Meitz; Bett McDermott; Lois Snouffer & Helen Robinson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas W. Swinney House" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.

External links

Media related to Thomas W. Swinney House at Wikimedia Commons
Swinney Park
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IN-24-6, "Swinney House, Swinney Park & Jefferson Street, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN", 3 photos, 11 measured drawings, 3 data pages