Thomas R. Marshall House, also known as the Whitley County Historical Museum, is a historic home located at Columbia City,

Whitley County, Indiana Whitley County is a rural county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 34,191. Whitley County is the 49th largest county in Indiana. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Columbia City. T ...

. It was built in 1874, and is a two-story, "L"-plan, frame dwelling. It was remodeled in 1895. It features a nearly full-with front porch supported by paired

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 c ...

columns and a projecting two-story bay. It was the home of Indiana Governor and U.S. Vice President

Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall (March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925) was an American politician who served as the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an acti ...

. ''Note:'' This includes an 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 ...

in 1983.

References

External links

Whitley County Historical Museum website
History museums in Indiana Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Houses completed in 1874 National Register of Historic Places in Whitley County, Indiana Museums in Whitley County, Indiana Historic house museums in Indiana Governor of Indiana {{WhitleyCountyIN-NRHP-stub