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Sullivan County Poor Home, also known as Lakeview Home, is a historic poorhouse located in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was designed by the architecture firm Wing & Mahurin and built in 1896–1897. It is a -story, asymmetrical, Romanesque Revival style brick building, consisting of a central section with flanking wings. It features a projecting central tower with arched openings and a pyramidal roof and an octagonal tower. Also on the property is a contributing one-story, two-room cottage. The home was named Lakeview Home in 1947, and remained in operation until 1998. ''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 2000.


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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Queen Anne architecture in Indiana Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1896 Buildings and structures in Sullivan County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, Indiana {{SullivanCountyIN-NRHP-stub