Westleigh Farms is a historic home and farm located in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana. The farmhouse, known as the Porter-Cole House, was built about 1913, It is an asymmetrical two-story, brick dwelling in the Classical Revival style. The other main building is an imposing gambrel roof traverse frame barn over a basement (c. 1913). Also on the property are the contributing power house / garage, calving barn / shop, brick tenant's house, and summer kitchen.[2]: 5
Westleigh Farms | |
 Westleigh Farms barn, January 2011 | |
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| Location | 2107 S. Frances Slocum Trail, east of Peru, Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′06″N 86°00′18″W / 40.73500°N 86.00500°W |
| Area | 17 acres (6.9 ha) |
| Built | c. 1913 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000976[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 28, 2003 |
Westleigh Farms was the childhood home of composer and songwriter Cole Porter.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Andrew M. Stalter and Suzanne Stanis (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Westleigh Farms" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.