John and Isabel Burnham House Long Beach, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places Data
John and Isabel Burnham House has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 13000085
- Date Listed
- August 1, 2013
- Name
- Burnham, John and Isabel, House
- Other Names
- The Pagoda House
- Part of
- John Lloyd Wright in Northwest Indiana MPS (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- 2602 Lake Shore Dr.
- City/Town
- Long Beach
- County
- La Porte
- State
- Indiana
- Category
- building
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- ARCHITECTURE
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
The John and Isabel Burnham House is eligible under National Register Criterion C. Architecturally the house represents the work of an accomplished and nationally known architect, John Lloyd Wright. It retains its architectural design features and integrity and its association with John Lloyd Wright qualifies it for Criterion C. The house derives its importance under Architecture as an exceptional example of Wright's unique blending of the Prairie and International Styles. Its vertical organization and pent roofs earned this unusual house the popular name the Pagoda House. The property meets the associative and physical qualities specified in the registration requirements of the John Lloyd Wright in Northwest Indiana Multiple Properties Documentation Form.
