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from WikipediaRead it all ↗The County Line Bridge, Maurice W. Manche Farmstead, and Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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National Register of Historic Places
3 historic places in Ripley
3 places in Ripley are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Indianaby listings · most towns there have none
3places listed2 buildings · 1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
5historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1984first listedWalnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse · newest: Mount Pleasant Beech Church and Beech Cemetery, 2018
Where they are
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Architectural styles
From each listing’s National Archives record · 2 of 3 name a style
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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Listed 1984Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse
Listed 1989Maurice W. Manche FarmsteadListed 2018Mount Pleasant Beech Church and Beech CemeteryNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
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Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.