Nester House (Troy, Indiana)

Nester House, also known as the Family Grocerie, Union Hotel, and Riverplace, is a historic hotel located at Troy, Perry County, Indiana. It was built about 1863, and is a 2 1/2-story, sandstone block building, with a late 1870s or mid 1880s rear addition. It features a two tiered, full facade porch. Also on the property is a contributing one story, rectangular brick building that is believed to have been a bathhouse for the hotel. The building housed a hotel that served salesmen and other river travelers of late-19th and early-20th century. It ceased to be used as a hotel in the 1930s.[2]^{:2, 4, 8}

Nester House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nester House, July 2011
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Location	300 Water St., Troy, Indiana
Coordinates	37°59′40″N 86°48′19″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1863 (1863)
Architect	Bengle, J.J.
NRHP reference No.	90001486[1]
Added to NRHP	October 11, 1990

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes James and Joy Efinger (July 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nester House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.