Wysor Heights Historic District

Historic district in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


Wysor Heights Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Wysor Heights in Muncie, January 2012
40°12′18″N 85°23′01″W / 40.20500°N 85.38361°W / 40.20500; -85.38361
Area	23 acres (9.3 ha)
Built	1883 (1883)
Architect	Dallin, Cyrus E.
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, Foursquare
NRHP reference No.	88001217^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 1, 1988

Wysor Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. It encompasses 61 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Muncie. The district developed between about 1890 and 1930, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, American Foursquare, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the equestrian sculpture and landscape ensemble "Appeal to the Great Spirit" by Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1929), Roy Thomas House (1922-1923), Burt Whiteley House (1892), and the first Delaware County Children's Home building (c. 1890).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^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 August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Paul C. Diebiold (February 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wysor Heights Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.