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This list of museums in Indiana is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, USA. It encompasses 22 contributing buildings in the central business district of Geneva. were built between about 1882 and 1930, and include notable examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style commercial architecture ...
Geneva is a town in Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana. The population was 1,293 at the time of the 2010 census . Geneva is the location of the Limberlost Cabin , the home of writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter from 1895-1913.
Her residences in the area became the laboratories for her research. They are preserved today as the Limberlost Cabin, the Limberlost State Historic Site in Geneva, and the Cabin at Wildflower Woods. The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites operates Stratton-Porter's former homes as state historic sites, which are open to the public. [7] [8]
Indiana State Road 116 runs west–east across the county, from Bluffton southeast to Linn Grove, south to Perryville, then east to a terminus at U.S. Route 27 in Geneva. [47] Indiana State Road 218 runs west–east across the southern end of the county, passing through Berne.
Folk art museums and galleries in Indiana (2 P) Pages in category "Art museums and galleries in Indiana" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Geneva, Shelby County, Indiana facing south on Vandalia Road. Geneva was platted in 1853. [3] The community took its name after Geneva, in Switzerland. [4] An old variant name of the community was called Sulphur Hill. [5] A post office was established under the name Sulphur Hill in 1836, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in ...
In 1912, after the Limberlost Swamp was drained and developed for commercial purposes, Gene Stratton-Porter, a noted Indiana author, naturalist, and nature photographer, made the decision to move from her Limberlost Cabin in Geneva, Indiana, to a new location for inspiration for her writing projects.