U.S. 40 Cross Section of the United States of America (Chapter 29: Farm on the National Road )

That was then (1953).  

This 1865 photo of the construction of the National Road looks like it might be the same house.

Credit:  Hendricks County Museum Collections

From chapter 29:

Near Belleville, some twenty miles west of Indianapolis, the old house and the newer barns of the Blue Ribbon Farm stand on a little rise to the south.

 According to Wikipedia:

Belleville was laid out in 1829. The community experienced growth soon after by the building of the National Road through it, but declined in the 1850s when the new railroad missed it by more than a mile.

This is now.  And about 20 miles west of Indianapolis.  The house and outbuildings are nowhere to be seen.

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Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)

Related post:

Chapter 1:  Beginnings.  (7/19/2024)

Chapter 2:  Coastal Plain.  (7/20/2024)

Chapter 5.  Six-Lane Highway.  (8/4/2024)

Chapter 6.  Bush River.  (8/5/2024)

Chapter 7:  Baltimore rows.  (8/6/2024)

Chapter 8:  Ellicott City.  (8/7/2024)

Chapter 9.  Frederick.  (8/8/2024)

Chapter 11.  Horrible example.  (8/16/2024)

Chapter 12.  Mount Prospect.  (8/17/2024)

Chapter 13:  Ridge and Valley.  (8/18/2024)

Chapter 14:  The Narrows.  (8/19/2024)

Chapter 15:  From Little Savage Mountain.  (8/27/2024)

Chapter 16:  Mason-Dixon Line.  (8/28/2024)

Chapter 17:  Fort Necessity (8/29/2024)

Chapter 18:  Braddock's Grave, (8/30/2024)

Chapter 19:  Toll House.  (9/2/2024)

Chapter 20.  Coal Mine.  (9/5/2024)

Chapter 21:  Wheeling.  (9/6/2024)

Chapter 22:  Cambridge, Ohio.  (9/9/2024)

Chapter 23:  S-bridge.  (9/10/2024)

Chapter 24:  Highway and tree.  (9/11/2024)

Chapter 25:  Mileposts.  (9/12/2024)

Chapter 26.  Tavern.  (9/13/2024)

Chapter 27:  Taylorsville Dam.  (9/14/2024)

Chapter 28:  In full glory.  (9/16/2024)