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Original Newburgh 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 Newburgh,
Warrick County, Indiana Warrick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 63,898. The county seat is Boonville. It was organized in 1813 and was named for Captain Jacob Warrick, an Indiana militia company commander killed ...
. It encompasses 27 contributing buildings in the
central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of Newburgh. It developed between about 1850 and 1930, and includes representative examples of
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 ...
,
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
, and
Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed
Old Warrick County Jail Old Warrick County Jail is a historic jail located in Boonville, Indiana. It was built in 1877, and is a two-story, Italianate style red brick building. It consists of the hipped roof former sheriff's residence at the front with the -story ja ...
. Other notable buildings include the Evansville, Suburban, and Newburgh Railway Depot (1912); I.O.O.F. Building; Carnegie Library (1919); and Newburgh Bank (1902, 1918). ''Note:'' This includes
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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 1983.


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Greek Revival architecture in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Historic districts in Warrick County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Warrick County, Indiana {{WarrickCountyIN-NRHP-stub