Birdsall, Mary, House

504 North West Fifth St., Richmond, Indiana. County/parish: Wayne.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 23, 1999. NRIS 99001155.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Lauramoore Friends House

From Wikipedia:

Mary Birdsall House

The Mary Birdsall House is known as the Lauramoore Guest House & Retreat Center and is located in Richmond, Indiana. It was built in 1859 for Thomas and Mary Birdsall, a leading woman's suffragist in Indiana. The Italianate brick-built house is a two-story structure standing at the corner of Northwest Fifth Street and Richmond Avenue. In 1927, the Whitewater Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends converted the building to a retirement home, adding on a two-story addition on the west and north sides of the building. Later, the property was given to Earlham College, and it now serves as a guest house and retreat center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132005159

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