Rose Hill Farmstead
Rose Hill Farmstead | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | Old Louisville Rd, 0.25 miles north of its junction with Old Wheatland Rd., and east of Vincennes, Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indiana |
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Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1827 |
Architectural style | Federal, I-House |
NRHP reference No. | 95000202[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 3, 1995 |
Removed from NRHP | June 15, 2012[2] |
Rose Hill Farmstead, also known as the Rose—Wise—Patterson Farm, was a historic home and farm located near
The property was originally part of 400 acres that was granted to Jean Baptiste St. Aubin by the
After the death of Rose the property passed to his son Matthias in 1828. Unfortunately, Matthias died in 1834 and the house and a portion of the property was sold to his sister Malinda and her husband, Henry K. Wise.
Marion lived in the house until her death in 1988. She bequeathed the house and many of the family's belongings to the fraternity.[4] In 1992, the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation bought the property from the fraternity and established a memorial to the Patterson family on it. The foundation planned to move its offices to the building and establish an alumni center on the property.[4]
The property could be seen from nearby Shadowwood, which served as the fraternity's headquarters from 1963 to 2003.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and delisted in 2012.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/11/12 through 6/15/12. National Park Service. June 22, 2012.
- ^ a b Carmichael, Richard (Summer 1972). "History of Sigma Pi Seen In Vincennes' Houses" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 59, no. 2. p. 13.
- ^ a b c d e "Sigma Pi and Historic Preservation" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 86, no. 1. Winter 2000. pp. 7–10.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Jim Corridan (May 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rose Hill Farmstead" (PDF). Retrieved September 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
- ^ "Rose Hill" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 77, no. 2. Fall 1990. pp. 3–5.