National Register of Historic Places

Cotton-Ropkey House

Indianapolis, Indiana
Listed
September 21, 2017
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84001086

About this property

Cotton–Ropkey House, also known as the Ropkey House, is a historic home located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay-by-four-bay, transitional Italianate / Greek Revival style timber frame dwelling. It has a hipped roof and is sheathed in clapboard siding. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and was delisted in 2017. National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Indiana Media related to Cotton–Ropkey House at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana
39.89634, -86.27325
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Cotton-Ropkey House listed on the National Register?

Cotton-Ropkey House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 2017.

What type of historic resource is Cotton-Ropkey House?

Cotton-Ropkey House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cotton-Ropkey House?

The period of significance for Cotton-Ropkey House is recorded as the industrial era.

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