Breezedale
Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
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"Breezedale", also known as Sutton-Elkin House, is an historic home located on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
Breezedale | |
Breezedale, July 2008 | |
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| Location | Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus, Indiana, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°37′11″N 79°9′23″W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1865-1868 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002238[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 29, 1979 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
History and architectural features
Built between 1865 and 1868, by John Sutton, a local businessman, Breezedale has a two-and-one-half-story, twenty-by-thirty-foot, brick main building, which was designed in a Late Victorian-Italianate-style.
Attached to the main section are a twelve-by-eighteen-foot wood addition and two brick extensions. The home features a classic portico and cupola.
After the Suttons, the house was occupied by John Pratt Elkin, a lawyer and politician who ended his career as a justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, hence its alternate name, the "Sutton-Elkin House".[2]
Since becoming a part of the university sometime after 1915 the house has been used as a dormitory and for classroom space.[3]
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979,[1] it is now home to the Breezedale Alumni Center.