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Christian Ridge Historic District is a national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at Frankfort,
Clinton County, Indiana Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 33,224. The county seat is Frankfort. History Clinton County officially came into existence on March 1, 1830, and was named in honor of DeWitt Cli ...
. The district encompasses 430 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Frankfort. The district developed between about 1832 and 1952, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne,
Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...
, and
Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...
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American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...
style residential architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed
Old Frankfort Stone High School Old Frankfort Stone High School, also known as ''Old Stoney'', is a historic high school building in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. It was built in 1892, and is a -story, Richardsonian Romanesque style sandstone building on a raised basemen ...
. ''Note:'' This includes and and Accompanying photographs. It was added to 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 2003.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Queen Anne architecture in Indiana Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana Historic districts in Clinton County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Indiana {{ClintonCountyIN-NRHP-stub