Matthews Stone Company Historic District

Coordinates: 39°14′42″N 86°37′10″W / 39.24500°N 86.61944°W / 39.24500; -86.61944
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Matthews Stone Company Historic District
Matthews Mansion April 2012
Matthews Stone Company Historic District is located in Indiana
Matthews Stone Company Historic District
Matthews Stone Company Historic District is located in the United States
Matthews Stone Company Historic District
Location6293 N. Matthews Dr. and 6445 W. Maple Grove Rd., north of Ellettsville, Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Coordinates39°14′42″N 86°37′10″W / 39.24500°N 86.61944°W / 39.24500; -86.61944
Area45.61 acres (18.46 ha)
ArchitectNichols, John L.
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.13000725[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 2013

Matthews Stone Company Historic District is a national historic district located in Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, one contributing site, six contributing structures, and two contributing objects associated with the Matthews Brothers Stone Company limestone business, now operated as Bybee Stone Company, Inc. The district developed between about 1862 and 1962, and include notable examples of Second Empire and Tudor Revival style architecture. The contributing resources include the Matthews Mansion (aka Graymont, 1880), Company Store Building (c. 1874), Primary Mill Building (1908), Drafting Building (1920), Administration Building (c. 1931), and two pump houses (c. 1935, c. 1955).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/16/13 through 9/20/13. National Park Service. September 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Danielle Bachant-Bell (January 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Matthews Stone Company Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.

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