Matthews Stone Company 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 in Richland Township,

Monroe County, Indiana Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 137,974 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Bloomin ...

. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, one contributing site, six contributing structures, and two contributing objects associated with the Matthews Brothers Stone Company

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 ...

business, now operated as Bybee Stone Company, Inc. The district developed between about 1862 and 1962, and include notable examples of

Second Empire Second Empire may refer to: * Second British Empire, used by some historians to describe the British Empire after 1783 * Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396) * Second French Empire (1852–1870) ** Second Empire architecture, an architectural styl ...

and

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

style architecture. The contributing resources include the Matthews Mansion (aka Graymont, 1880), Company Store Building (c. 1874), Primary Mill Building (1908), Drafting Building (1920), Administration Building (c. 1931), and two pump houses (c. 1935, c. 1955). ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying 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 2013.

References

External links

Bybee Stone Company, Inc. website
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Second Empire architecture in Indiana Tudor Revival architecture in Indiana Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Indiana Historic districts in Monroe County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana Limestone industry {{MonroeCountyIN-NRHP-stub