Isaac Kinsey House & Farm, 502 East Sarver Road, Milton, Wayne County, IN

Significance: The Kinsey house and farm complex were constructed during 1871-73, and designed by Richmond architect Joel Stover, his only known extant work in Indiana. The two-story High Victorian Italianate residence is distinguished by polygonal side bays, and an ornamental entry porch - delicately detailed in wrought-iron - with a main doorway completely framed by a veussoir arch of square stone blocks with beveled edges and embossed panels. Articulating the hip roof is a deep denticulated cornice braced with elaborate decorative brackets. A rectangular cupola trimmed at the eaves with sheet-metal brackets and cresting crowns the main roof. The house is adjoined by a dairy house and smoke house, and 11 additional outbuildings stand on the property. Isaac Kinsey was a prosperous farmer and industrialist in Wayne County during the latter half of the 19th century.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-65
Survey number: HABS IN-109
Building/structure dates: 1871-1873 Initial Construction