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Melville F. McHaffie Farm

Coordinates: 39°37′47″N 86°39′38″W / 39.62972°N 86.66056°W / 39.62972; -86.66056
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Melville F. McHaffie Farm
Melville F. McHaffie Farmhouse, October 2011
Melville F. McHaffie Farm is located in Indiana
Melville F. McHaffie Farm
Melville F. McHaffie Farm is located in the United States
Melville F. McHaffie Farm
LocationU.S. Route 40, southwest of Stilesville, Jefferson Township, Putnam County, Indiana
Coordinates39°37′47″N 86°39′38″W / 39.62972°N 86.66056°W / 39.62972; -86.66056
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1870 (1870)-1872
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.83003600[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1983

Melville F. McHaffie Farm, also known as the Schuyler Arnold Seed Farm, is a historic home and farm located in Jefferson Township, Putnam County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built between 1870 and 1872, and is a two-story, five bay by three bay, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof and recess arched entrance. Also on the property is a contributing two-story frame barn with a large round-arched opening.[2]: 2 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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The image shows a large brick barn with a large arched front door and arched windows around two sides of the building.
A photo of the Horse barn adjacent to the Melville McHaffie House on the National Road near Stilesville, Indiana.
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes W.L. Prosser (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Melville F. McHaffie Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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