National Register of Historic Places
Roann Historic District
Roann, Wabash County, Indiana
The record
- Listed
- March 20, 2013
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Roughly bounded by IN 16, West, Ohio & Beamer Sts., Roann
- County
- Wabash
- State
- Indiana
- Contributing resources
- 117 buildings, 1 structure, 2 sites
- Coordinates
- 40.91360, -85.92360
- Reference number
- 13000093
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The story
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The Roann Historic District is a historic district in Roann, Wabash County, Indiana, roughly bounded by Indiana 16 and West, Ohio and Beamer Streets. It was listed in the National Register in 2013, with styles including Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne and Craftsman.
Why it's listed
The district was listed with local-level significance in architecture, exploration and settlement, and community planning and development. Its period of significance runs from 1853, when Joseph Beckner platted the town, to 1961.
Physical character
Walls are brick, wood clapboard or weatherboard siding, or rusticated limestone, on fieldstone, limestone or brick foundations, with slate or asphalt shingle roofs. Some buildings have jerkin head or concave rooflines; the First Brethren Church's west side was added in 1957 while the bank was rebuilt in 1901.
Historical context
John Anderson and the Jacob Bryan family settled in the area in 1835. Beckner sold most of his land to Cornelius Halderman in 1853; Halderman extended the town's south side in 1872, 1881 and 1883, and Samuel Butterbaugh added new sections in 1871 and 1875. Daniel Van Buskirk built a bank in 1885 that was rebuilt after fire in 1901, and the town added a water works in 1913 and a Carnegie Library in 1915. Floods washed away the town's first two bridges in 1842 and 1845; the present double Howe Truss bridge, built in 1877, was rebuilt in 1992 after a 1990 arson.