Macluria Log House, New Harmony, IN (2) by Tim Stewart Via Flickr: **New Harmony Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000006, date listed 10/15/1966 Main St. between Granary and Church Sts. New Harmony, IN (Posey County) A National Historic Landmark (www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nh...). New Harmony is a small rural Indiana town, 27 miles northwest of Evansville, with an agricultural economic base. The community was founded in 1814 by George Rappand his German pietist followers who moved there from Harmony, Pennsylvania. At the time of auction in 1825, the community contained some 180 brick, frame and log structures. Robert Owen, an English industrialist and philanthropist, bought the property and began a social community which lasted only two years, though the importance of the community lasted up to the Civil War. After this period, the community, whose population has not greatly increased from this early period shifted into a typical midwestern town and a number of the older buildings were lost and a majority greatly altered. Today there are only about 35 of the original Rappite-Owenite buildings standing scattered throughout New Harmony. A concentration of these buildings are located between West Street and a few feet of Brewary Street. (1) Macluria Log House, 324 North Street, contributing (part of existing NHL designation) 1775 hewn log, one-and-one-half story dogtrot residence. This building currently has concrete chinking, central breezeway passage with plank decking, end gable wood shingle roof, stone wall chimneys, 6 over 6 replacement windows, two batten wood door entries off passage, rear shed roof porch with log supports and plank decking raised on stone. (pg 7) (2) References (1) NRHP Nomination Form catalog.archives.gov/id/132002419 (2) npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/66000006.pdf
