Lusk Home and Mill Site is nineteenth century house and industrial site in Turkey Run State Park in the American state of Indiana. The Federal style brick residence is open seasonally. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1826/00/00 | Samuel Lusk Sr | Builder | Salmon Lusk builds a 2.5 story frame mill (lost) with three run of burrs and a saw. The most visible remains of the mill are the holes carved in the rock for the footings and a unique race, 8.5 ft deep, 8 ft wide and 50 ft long carved into the sandstone. | |||
| 1841/00/00 | Samuel Lusk Sr | Builder, Home | Salmon Lusk, with the help of his sons, builds a two story brick dwelling above Sugar Creek. They erected the Federal style residence of bricks burned on the site and laid in common bond on a foundation of native Mansfield sandstone quarried nearby. | |||
| 1843/00/00 | Salmon Lusk Jr | Home | Mary Beard Lusk, wife of Salmon Lusk, gives birth to a son, Salmon Lusk. | |||
| 1847/01/01 | The New Year's Freshet of 1847 washes out Lusk mill, store and packinghouse. All that remains of these structures are the holes carved in the sandstone to support the footings. | |||||
| 1882/00/00 | J A Britton | Builder | J A Britton builds a burr truss covered bridge over the narrows of Sugar Creek. The bridge is the third bridge built at this site. |
| Particulars for Lusk Home and Mill Site: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Area of Significance | Conservation |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Museum Type | Historical Museum |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Historic Use | Road-related |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Sight Category | Site |
| Owner | State |
| Historic Use | Storage |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
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