Minnetrista Boulevard Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


Minnetrista Boulevard Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

"Nebosham" — Edmund and Bertha Ball House.
40°12′13″N 85°23′30″W / 40.20361°N 85.39167°W / 40.20361; -85.39167
Area	9.1 acres (3.7 ha)
Built	1895 (1895)
Architect	Gibson, Louis Henry; Mahurin, Marshall S.; Kibele, Cuno
Architectural style	Shingle Style, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	12000184^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 10, 2012

Minnetrista Boulevard Historic District is a national historic district in the city of Muncie, in Delaware County, East Central Indiana. It is located along the northeast side of Minnetrista Boulevard and the north bank of the White River, about a mile north of downtown Muncie.

Description

The historic district encompasses five distinguished homes and their associated secondary structures, in a predominantly residential section of Muncie. The district developed between c.1895 and 1910, and includes notable examples of Shingle style, Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

Contributing properties

The principal residences in the district are:^[2]

"Nebosham" — Edmund and Bertha Ball House, 1907 Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival style residence designed by Wing & Mahurin, part of present-day Ball State University facility.
"Maplewood" — William and Emma Ball House, 1899 Georgian Revival style residence with Greek Revival portico, and present day guesthouse for the Ball Corporation, with its first floor a historic house museum of the Minnetrista cultural complex.
"Oakhurst" — George and Frances Ball House, 1895 Shingle style residence designed by Louis Gibson.
Lucius and Sarah Ball House — c. 1875 farmhouse, remodeled/enlarged in Colonial Revival style by Balls in 1908, present day orientation center for the Minnetrista cultural complex.
Mary Lincoln Cottage — 1907 Late Victorian style house.
"Minnetrista" (residence site) — former Frank and Elizabeth Ball House, 1894 mansion designed by Louis Gibson and destroyed by fire in 1967. Present day site of the 1988 Center Building housing the Minnetrista Heritage Collection.

Minnetrista

Minnetrista is a cultural center is within the district on three former Ball Brothers properties, with museums, gardens, a sculpture park, and natural areas. It includes the "Oakhurst" mansion and historic gardens, the Lucius and Sarah Ball residence, and the surviving limestone columns of "Minnetrista" in the Colonnade Garden.

The Ball family, founders of the Ball Corporation, purchased most of the land along the north bank of White River between Wheeling and Granville Pikes in 1893. The name chosen by the family for the property was taken from a Sioux word, "mna" (pronounced mini) which means "water," and combined with the English word, "tryst," to form "Minnetrista," or, "a gathering place by the water."^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/09/12 through 4/13/12. National Park Service. April 20, 2012.
^ "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 Jennifer Brewer and Susan Langford (September 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Minnetrista Boulevard Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
^ Minnetrista.net; History