Nester House

300 Water St., Troy, Indiana. County/parish: Perry.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 11, 1990. NRIS 90001486.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Family Grocerie
  • Riverplace
  • Union Hotel

From Wikipedia:

Nester House (Troy, Indiana)

Nester House, also known as the Family Grocerie, Union Hotel, and Riverplace, is a historic hotel located at Troy, Perry County, Indiana. It was built about 1863, and is a 2+12-story, sandstone block building, with a late 1870s or mid 1880s rear addition. It features a two tiered, full facade porch. Also on the property is a contributing one story, rectangular brick building that is believed to have been a bathhouse for the hotel. The building housed a hotel that served salesmen and other river travelers of late-19th and early-20th century. It ceased to be used as a hotel in the 1930s.: 2, 4, 8 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004448

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