__NOTOC__ The John Linsey (Lindsay) Rand House is a historic home located at

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, United States. It is owned by the

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for use as their national headquarters and offices. It was added to the

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in 1994.

Style

It was built between 1875 and 1878, and is a two-story, "L"-plan,

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style brick dwelling. It consists of a roughly square hip roofed main block with a one-story rear kitchen wing. The Italianate style was popularized in the United States by

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in the 1840s as an alternative to

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styles. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs.

Builder and later owners

The original property was owned by Thomas Wilson (1784–1874) and was part of an estate with several hundred acres. After his death, his land was divided amongst 3 heirs, including his daughter Elizabeth Ellen (Wilson) and her husband John L Rand. John L Rand began construction of the house in 1875. The family, which included 1 boy and 2 girls, moved into the house in 1878. Within the next few years, the property was improved by the addition of a well house (far right in old photo), 3-story barn (just right of the house), granary (just right of the barn) and chicken house (far left).Isola Elizabeth (Rand) Keith, The Rand Home, Muzzle Blast Magazine, The

, Vol, XXVIII, Number 1, September 1966 The oil portrait to the left was commissioned in about 1880 from the original black-and-white photo and illustrates the original color scheme of the home and out buildings. On March 28, 1903, John L Rand sold all of his

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property to John Paul and his son James, and moved to a farm in

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. Ironically, his next home also carries his name and is listed on the

, the Nicholson-Rand House.

References

External links

Isola Elizabeth (Rand) Keith, The Rand Home, Muzzle Blast Magazine, The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, Vol, XXVIII, Number 1, September 1966, pps 7 & 8
{{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Houses in Ripley County, Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Houses completed in 1878 Muzzleloading National Register of Historic Places in Ripley County, Indiana

Style

Builder and later owners

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