John Hamilton House, also known as the Hamilton House, is a historic home located at Shelbyville,

Shelby County, Indiana Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 44,436. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Shelbyville. History After the American Revolutionary War established US sov ...

. It was built in 1853, and is a -story, rectangular,

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

style brick dwelling. It has a

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

roof and sits on a

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

block foundation. The front facade features segmental arched windows, and two two-story projecting polygonal bays flanking a semi-circular one-story porch supported by

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

columns added about 1910. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 1979. It is located in the West Side Historic District.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Houses completed in 1853 Buildings and structures in Shelby County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Indiana Historic district contributing properties in Indiana {{ShelbyCountyIN-NRHP-stub