Browne-Rafert House, also known as the Rafert-Anderson House and Browne House, is a historic home located in Fortville,

Hancock County, Indiana Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States Census recorded a population of 79,840. The county seat is Greenfield. Hancock County is included in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical ...

. It was built in 1914, and is a two-story, Arts and Crafts movement inspired dwelling constructed of Indiana

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. It has a hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves. Also on the property are the contributing

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...

, small utility building originally used as an office, and perimeter fence, gate, and garden features. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying plans and photographs. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2015.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Arts and Crafts architecture in the United States Houses completed in 1914 Buildings and structures in Hancock County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Indiana {{HancockCountyIN-NRHP-stub