Henry French House
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The Henry French House, also known as the Salmon-French House, is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana
, within the Port Fulton
area. It was next door to the Civil War Hospital in Port Fulton/Jeffersonville. It was built in Federal/Colonial Revival, and was added in 1989 to the National Register of Historic Places
due to its architecture and place in maritime history. It is a few blocks from another house on the National Register, the Howard Steamboat Museum
. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IN/Clark/state.html
Henry French (born December 19, 1812 in Philadelphia - May 4, 1878 http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buchroeder&id=I85819598&ti=5538) was one of the first steamboat builders in the area. Between himself, his father Daniel French
, and his brothers William and George, twenty steamboats were built at Port Fulton. Eventually, his business was swallowed by the larger Howard enterprise.
It is a private residence, and the current occupants have renovated it in a fashion similar to its original state.
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...
, within the Port Fulton
Port Fulton, Indiana
Port Fulton was a town located two miles up the river from Louisville, within present-day Jeffersonville, Indiana. At its height it stretched from the Ohio River to modern-day 10th Street, and from Crestview to Jefferson/Main Streets....
area. It was next door to the Civil War Hospital in Port Fulton/Jeffersonville. It was built in Federal/Colonial Revival, and was added in 1989 to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
due to its architecture and place in maritime history. It is a few blocks from another house on the National Register, the Howard Steamboat Museum
Howard Steamboat Museum
The Howard Steamboat Museum is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky. Based in the old Howard home, it features items related to steamboat history....
. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IN/Clark/state.html
Henry French (born December 19, 1812 in Philadelphia - May 4, 1878 http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buchroeder&id=I85819598&ti=5538) was one of the first steamboat builders in the area. Between himself, his father Daniel French
Daniel French (inventor)
Daniel French , a "Yankee" inventor, was born in Berlin, Connecticut. From an early age French strove to become a "mechanician," an artisan trained in the theory of mechanics and skilled in the working of metals at increasing levels of precision...
, and his brothers William and George, twenty steamboats were built at Port Fulton. Eventually, his business was swallowed by the larger Howard enterprise.
It is a private residence, and the current occupants have renovated it in a fashion similar to its original state.