Salmon Turrell Farmstead is a historic home and farm located in
Whitewater Township,
Franklin County, Indiana
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. The house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, four bay,
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style brick
I-house
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. It has a -story brick ell. Also on the property is a contributing
bank barn built about 1830. A series of additions have been made to the barn starting about 1845.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2009.
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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Federal architecture in Indiana
Houses completed in 1830
Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Indiana
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