The Old Republic Traditional Cache
teacherphyll: Property was sold and new owners are wanting privacy.
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History of the Old Republic
The Jeremiah Service House, commonly known as the Old Republic, was built in 1860 in the Italianate style for one of the most prominent families in New Carlisle. The two-story brick home on the hill included surrounding farmland of over 100 acres at one time.
The Italianate style was popular in the United States between 1850 and 1880 and is characterized by a square box-shape; central cupola; low pitched roof; tall narrow windows; and widely overhanging eaves with decorative scroll-sawn brackets beneath. A small number of Italianate houses incorporated oriental elements. The Jeremiah Service House is one of these, featuring a Turkish-style, onion-shaped dome that tops the cupola. The house is unique in that few residential buildings in the United States survive today which represent architectural motifs borrowed from the Far East. The house has the honor of being designated as a single-site historic district by the New Carlisle Historic Review Board as well as being listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as an official project of the Save America’s Treasures Program.
The cache is hidden near the parking lot. Please return as you found it.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qba'g sbetrg gb cbfg n 'fubeg ybt' sbe guvf bar jura lbh svaq vg.