page_title: John Linsey Rand House
section_title: Builder and later owners
hierarchical_section_title: John Linsey Rand House / Builder and later owners
caption_attribution_description: English: JL Rand oil portrait This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 94000582
context_page_description: The John Linsey Rand House is a historic home located at Friendship in Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana. It is owned by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association for use as their national headquarters and offices.
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
context_section_description: The original property was owned by Thomas Wilson (1784–1874) and was part of an estate with several hundred acres. After his death, his land was divided amongst 3 heirs, including his daughter Elizabeth Ellen (Wilson) and her husband John L Rand.
  John L Rand began construction of the house in 1875. The family, which included 1 boy and 2 girls, moved into the house in 1878. Within the next few years, the property was improved by the addition of a well house (far right in old photo), 3-story barn (just right of the house), granary (just right of the barn) and chicken house (far left).
  The oil portrait to the left was commissioned in about 1880 from the original black-and-white photo and illustrates the original color scheme of the home and out buildings.
  On March 28, 1903, John L Rand sold all of his Ripley County, Indiana property to John Paul and his son James, and moved to a farm in Marion County, Indiana. Ironically, his next home also carries his name and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Nicholson-Rand House.
caption: Oil Portrait from photo circa 1880
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