National Register of Historic Places

Mount Vernon Site

Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana
Listed
January 11, 1996
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
95001542

About this property

The Mount Vernon Site, also known as the GE Mound, is a Hopewell site near Mount Vernon in southwest Indiana. The site was discovered and mostly destroyed in 1988 during road construction at a General Electric plastic manufacturing facility. The mound was partially leveled, used for road fill, and subject to widespread looting shortly after its discovery, resulting in a contentious and precedent-setting prosecution under the Archeological Resources Protection Act. It was one of the five largest recorded Hopewell mounds before its destruction. The depth and breadth of artifacts recovered from the site are some of the most significant of all Hopewell sites and even in its degraded condition it is one of the most significant Hopewell mounds yet discovered.

Location

Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana

Categories

PREHISTORIC
Sources

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

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Questions about this property

When was Mount Vernon Site listed on the National Register?

Mount Vernon Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1996.

What type of historic resource is Mount Vernon Site?

Mount Vernon Site is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Mount Vernon Site?

The period of significance for Mount Vernon Site is recorded as the listed era.

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