National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Skinner, DeForest, House
a.k.a. Skinner Homestead; 127-642-32069
208 Washington St, Valparaiso, IN Local significance of the building: Architecture; Commerce
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The first public school system in the United States was established in Indiana in 1852. The state was also home to the first kindergarten in the United States, which was founded in 1873 by a German immigrant named Margarethe Schurz.