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TITLE:
Rappite Tavern, Church Street, New Harmony, Posey County, IN

CALL NUMBER:
HABS IND,65-NEHAR,10-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3  (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 2   (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 3 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Rapp, George
The Harmony Society

NOTE:
Survey number HABS IN-39

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-25).

Building/structure dates: 1823 initial construction

National Register Number: 66000006

Significance: This three-story brick structure, built in 1823, was part of the Utopian communities of George Rapp and Robert Owen. // In 1823 the Harmony Society designed and constructed this building which was their third dormitory. Between 1826-1827, this dormitory was converted to a tavern. The stone foundation, solid brick walls, wood timber floors and joists comprise the basic structure. Only the foundation and the four outside walls at present are original. It is now owned by the State of Indiana.

SUBJECTS:
INDIANA--Posey County--New Harmony
taverns (inns)

OTHER TITLE:
Rappite Community House No. 3

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.in0078

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. Historic American Buildings Survey J. Waring Doane, Photographer December 1958 NORTH (FRONT) ELEVATION
2. Historic American Buildings Survey J. Waring Doane, Photographer September 1959 NORTH (FRONT) ELEVATION

CONTROL #:
IN0078

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