Support for Nominations

Our Partners in Preservation program provides matching funds to hire professional consultants to complete nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.

In Seymour, we’re partnering with Seymour Main Street to nominate the North Walnut Street Historic District to the National Register. The neighborhood just north of downtown developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an upscale residential area and includes many of the city’s finest residences from that period. Former Governor Edgar Whitcomb lived in one of the most noteworthy structures, a 1915 Tudor Revival home at 636 North Poplar designed by noted Indianapolis architect Frank Hunter.

Edgar Whitcomb, who served as Indiana’s governor from 1969 to 1973, lived in this house in Seymour’s North Walnut Street neighborhood.

The Clarksville Historic Preservation Commission is using a PIP grant to list the Lincoln Heights neighborhood. Platted in 1929 adjacent to an interurban line, the neighborhood took shape over the next two decades, with homes in array of twentieth-century styles, from bungalows and English cottages to mid-century ranch houses. The neighborhood remains one of Clarksville’s most desirable, with a distinct character enhanced by large lots, mature trees and original concrete streets.

Clarksville’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood.

Once the districts have been listed – a process that usually takes about two years – owners of contributing-rated properties will be eligible to take advantage of the state’s residential historic rehabilitation tax credit. They’ll also enjoy the prestige that comes with National Register status.

To find out more about listing a property or neighborhood in the National Register, contact our Southern Regional Office, 812-284-4534, south@indianalandmarks.org.