John W. Boehne House
John W. Boehne House | |
 John W. Boehne House, September 2011 | |
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| Location | 1119 Lincoln Ave., Evansville, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 37°58′12″N 87°32′40″W / 37.97000°N 87.54444°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architect | Shopbell, Clifford & Company; Bippus, Jacob & Sons |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000105[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 17, 1983 |
John W. Boehne House, also known as the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House, is a historic home located at Evansville, Indiana. It was designed by the architecture firm Clifford Shopbell & Co. and built in 1912. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, Colonial Revival style stone sheathed dwelling. It features a monumental front pedimented portico. It was originally built for Congressman John W. Boehne (1856-1946) and has housed the Tau Kappa Epsilon since 1965.[2]: 2–3 Tau Kappa Epsilon is no longer housed on the premises.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 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 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Joan Marchand (November 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John W. Boehne House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
