Yenowine-Nichols-Collins House

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location= Georgetown, Indiana
lat_degrees = 38 | lat_minutes = 17 | lat_seconds = 25.91 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 85 | long_minutes = 54 | long_seconds = 58.4 | long_direction = W
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built =1832
architect= Yenowine family
architecture= Greek Revival, Federal
added = May 12, 1975
governing_body = Private
refnum=75000017 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Yenowine-Nichols-Collins House was once on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgetown, Indiana. A fire took place on October 31, 2005, due to Halloween arson.http://www.historiclandmarks.org/news/2005releases/release120705.html] The First Harrison Bank has plans to renovate the building into a new bank branch, assuming zoning approval. The house exterior will be returned to original appearance, but the rear will be modernized to serve for banking purposes.

The last of the descendants of the builders, Mabelle Collins, in 1983 created a "preservation easement" that required that the house be kept in historical condition. This has stopped the owners since 1994, Charles and Lynda Meyer, in their attempts to use or sell the building as they wished.

The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana is helping with the recovery. This, after taking measures in 2004 to stop the moving of the building. [ [http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/bin/rb_jan2004minutes.pdf Microsoft Word - 012804DraftMinutes.doc ] ] HLFI has offered $10,000 for the arrest of the arsonist, but the Meyers have refused HLFI's demands that they add to the offer; the arson occurred two months after HLFI successfully sued the Meyers to use their own money to restore the house. At the time of the fire, the Meyers still had not done anything to restore the house, despite the ruling. The Meyers have stated they want the House to be considered a total loss.

In December 2007, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana announced that it had reached an agreement with First Harrison Bank that will guarantee the reconstruction of the Yenowine-Nichols-Collins House. The bank will purchase the structure (which is damaged beyond repair), salvage the bricks and other material and rebuild the home to its original appearance as part of a new bank branch. [ [http://www.news-tribune.net/floydcounty/local_story_345093140.html The News and Tribune - First Harrison Bank to save Georgetown's Collins House ] ]

On March 6, 2008, the House was removed from the National Register, as it had been torn down. [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20080314.HTM National Register of Historic Places Listings ] ]

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ee also

*George B. Yenowine House (Middletown, KY)
*Yenowine-Kennedy House (Jeffersontown, KY)

References

* [http://www.news-tribune.net/local/local_story_335191356.html Embattled Floyd County historic home to get new owner] "NewsandTribune.com", December 01, 2006. Accessed May 12, 2007.