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Historic house in Indiana, United States United States historic place
Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House, July 2012
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Location7147 W. State Road 250 at Lancaster, Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana
Coordinates38°49′56″N 85°31′14″W / 38.83222°N 85.52056°W / 38.83222; -85.52056
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.03000977
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 2003

Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House is a historic home in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It is owned by the non-profit group, Historic Eleutherian College Incorporated. Built about 1850, the two-story, rectangular, limestone dwelling has Greek Revival-style design elements. Its front facade has gable roof and a deep-set wooden entry door.

The house is believed to have been an active stop on the Underground Railroad in Indiana from Madison, Indiana on the Ohio River to Indianapolis, Indiana. Lyman Hoyt, along with other local abolitionists and Reverend Thomas Craven, was also a founder of Eleutherian Institute in 1848. The present-day Hoyt home is private residence and is not open to the public. The Hoyt house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Beth Narayanan (March 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House" (PDF). pp. 5, 7–8. Retrieved 2016-04-01. and accompanying photographs.
  3. "Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House". Aboard the Underground Railroad. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. Robert M. Taylor Jr., Errol Wayne Stevens, Mary Ann Ponder, and Paul Brockman (1989). Indiana: A New Historical Guide. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. p. 137. ISBN 0-87195-048-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Yael Ksander (November 20, 2006). "Eleutherian College". Moment of Indiana History. Indiana Public Media. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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