Veraestau | |
Location: | 1 mile south of Aurora on State Road 56, Center Township, Dearborn County, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 39.0425°N -84.8956°W |
Architect: | Hamilton, James Montgomery; Deeken, Henri |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | April 11, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73000013 |
Veraestau is a historic home located in Center Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. It was built in 1838, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style brick and frame dwelling. It incorporates an earlier brick extension to the original 1810 log cabin that burned in 1838. A two-story addition was built in 1913, and a three-room brick addition to it in 1937. Also on the property are the contributing stable and carriage house (1937), Indian mound, family cemetery, and the remains of a kiln. The original house was built by Jesse Lynch Holman (1784-1842). Veraestau was also the birthplace of his son Congressman William S. Holman (1822-1897) and home of his son-in-law Allen Hamilton (1798–1864), who built the 1838 house.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Veraestau is owned by Indiana Landmarks and serves as their Southeast field office. It is available for rental.