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White County Asylum near Monticello
White County Asylum near Monticello

White County Asylum, also known as the Lakeview Home, was a historic county home located at Union Township, White County, Indiana. The main building was built in 1907–1908, and was a large four-level, Richardsonian Romanesque style brick building with limestone and brick trim. It consisted of a central administrative section flanked by residential wings. The building featured a high hipped roof. Also on the property is a contributing gable roofed barn (1908). The property is a contributing site.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The building was demolished in 2017, and it was delisted in 2019.

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White County Asylum
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Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain
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