Historic Mansion Row, New Albany, Indiana
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East Main Street East Main Street , 917 as well as many other private and public buildings in the City. the in buildings public and private other many as well as 917 , House , 600; and the the and 600; , the 518; , James & Angelina Collins Collins Angelina & James House Sloan-Bicknell-Paris House , 517; the the 517; , Montgomery-Cannon Montgomery-Cannon Bragdon House Bragdon 5 Cobb-Danforth House (1857) 13 Newburger-Collins House (1900) 19 century. Mr. Smith was also the architect for the the for architect the also was Smith Mr. century. Joshua Joshua th 514 East Main Street 620 East Main Street some of New Albany’s elite and most wealthy lived during the the during lived wealthy most and elite Albany’s New of some Greek Revival Queen Anne of Upper High Street, the original name of the street, where where street, the of name original the Street, High Upper of This brick home marked the beginning of the residential section section residential the of beginning the marked home brick This This brick townhouse was built in 1857. Noah Cobb, wholesale The Samuel W. Newburger family were the first residents of and master builder in New Albany, for his personal residence. residence. personal his for Albany, New in builder master and grocer in downtown New Albany, was the first resident of the this house. Mr. Newburger was founder of the prestigious, S. Built between 1848 and 1853 by Isaac P. Smith, an architect architect an Smith, P. Isaac by 1853 and 1848 between Built home. Thomas and Adeline Danforth purchased the property W. Newburger & Company’s White House Department Store, in 1864. Mr. Danforth was secretary of the New Albany in downtown New Albany. The institution was a Pearl Street Federal/Greek Revival Federal/Greek Insurance Co. located on Main Street in the downtown. In mainstay for 97 years. Mr. Newburger died suddenly at his 513 East Main Street Main East 513 1882, Dr. Elijah Newland purchased the home and presented store in March 1908. Leah, his widow, remained in the home 4 Isaac P. Smith House (1848-53) House Smith P. Isaac 4 it to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for use as its parsonage. At the until 1915, when she relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah to live time, St. Paul’s was located on the north side of East Main in the 600 block. with her daughter. There were several other tenants until the Collins family purchased the property in door hoods, were added at a later date. The three-story, rear addition was constructed in 1892. 1892. in constructed was addition rear three-story, The date. later a at added were hoods, door 1921. Mr. Collins had a freight transfer and storage company along with high-explosive and blasting supplies at 510–520 Pearl Street in downtown New Albany. Mrs. Collins died in the home in 1935. Albany. The Italianate features of the house, the window and and window the house, the of features Italianate The Albany. Mr. Collins remained active in business and civic affairs of the city until his death in 1956. Pearl between Main and Market Streets in downtown New New downtown in Streets Market and Main between Pearl 6 Joshua Bragdon House (1856) a dealer in leather findings with a store on the west side of of side west the on store a with findings leather in dealer a 517 East Main Street home and the family remained until 1879. Mr. Crane was was Crane Mr. 1879. until remained family the and home Greek Revival/Italianate 14 Lewis R. Stoy House (1883) Sale in 1849. By 1853, David Crane had purchased the the purchased had Crane David 1853, By 1849. in Sale 619 East Main Street Woodfill was a river boatman. He lost the property to Sheriff Sheriff to property the lost He boatman. river a was Woodfill This frame house was built for Joshua Bragdon in 1856. Mr. Queen Anne John Woodfill had this townhouse built around 1845. Mr. Mr. 1845. around built townhouse this had Woodfill John Bragdon was owner of the New Albany Rolling Mill where rails for railroads were manufactured. By 1907, Charles Originally constructed as a single-story, gabled-ell dwelling Federal/Italianate and Elizabeth Hassenmiller had purchased the structure. Mr. for the Lewis R. Stoy family in 1883, the home saw a 420 East Main Street Main East 420 Hassenmiller was a New Albany dry goods merchant. During major renovation take place in 1895, when the house was th 3 Woodfill-Crane House (ca 1845) (ca House Woodfill-Crane 3 the mid 20 Century, the house was home to the Judge Paul transformed from a single-story structure into the two and a half Tegart family. story house that appears today. Mr. Stoy and his father, Peter, were proprietors of the New Albany concern, by the Biel family. family. Biel the by Peter R. Stoy & Sons; dealers in hardware, sash, doors, blinds, December 1943, ending over 55 of ownership of the home home the of ownership of 55 over ending 1943, December 7 Montgomery-Cannon House (1850) window glass, iron & wagon material and guns & revolvers, located in the downtown. in 1928. Mrs. Biel remained in the house until selling it in in it selling until house the in remained Biel Mrs. 1928. in 518 East Main Street April 1905 from William Biel. Edward was a painter and died died and painter a was Edward Biel. William from 1905 April Italianate property until Edward and Mary Biel purchased the home in in home the purchased Biel Mary and Edward until property 15 Culbertson Widows’ Home (1873) of cottage constructed of brick. The structure was used as rental rental as used was structure The brick. of constructed cottage of Built for riverboat pilot, Samuel Montgomery in 1850, this 704 East Main Street Italianate Biel family of New Albany. It is very unusual to have this type type this have to unusual very is It Albany. New of family Biel home’s New Orleans-style ironwork, reflects the travels of This brick shotgun house was built sometime after 1886 by the the by 1886 after sometime built was house shotgun brick This Captain Montgomery. Prominent merchant in wholesale fancy goods and notions, Greensbury C. Cannon, purchased the This large brick structure was built by architects/builders, Shotgun property in 1869. He, along with business partner, James A. William and James Banes, in 1873 for Mr. Wm. S. Culbertson for the widowed indigent of the City. The cost of construction 415 East Main Street Main East 415 Hughes, had their business house on Pearl Street in downtown New Albany. was $25,000. He also left an endowment of $150,000 for its 2 Biel Cottage (ca 1887) (ca Cottage Biel 2 operation. The Widows’ Home operated until 1971 and the 8 Benjamin E. Rowe House (1912) property was sold two years later to a family for use as their private residence. The Culbertson endowment is still working 519 East Main Street in the New Albany community today, helping the disadvantaged of the City. Mr. Culbertson also built nationally known composer of religious music. religious of composer known nationally American Foursquare an orphans’ home on Ekin Avenue because of his philanthropic nature. Clokey, Jr. was born here on August 28, 1890. He became a a became He 1890. 28, August on here born was Jr. Clokey, Lee, when it won the Great Steamboat Race of 1870. Joseph Joseph 1870. of Race Steamboat Great the won it when Lee, The Hassenmillers, residents of 517, owned this vacant lot Conner, a pilot on the New Albany steamboat, the Robt. E. E. Robt. the steamboat, Albany New the on pilot a Conner, until they had prominent New Albany builders, Stephen Day & 16 Nunemacher-Hangary House (1853) This townhouse was constructed about 1850 for James Wesley Wesley James for 1850 about constructed was townhouse This Son, design and build this home. They sold the new house for 709 East Main Street $5,500 to Benjamin E. Rowe, president of the Rowe-Fawcett Gothic Revival Federal/Greek Revival Federal/Greek Co., wholesale grocers, located at 128-130 West Main Street Fashioned in the Gothic Revival style of architecture, this home 412 East Main Street Main East 412 in the downtown. has had only three owners since its construction in 1853. The 1 Conner-Clokey House (ca 1850) (ca House Conner-Clokey 1 first two owners were John R. Nunemacher, owner of the City Bookstore on East Main Street in the downtown, and Jacob 9 Sloan-Bicknell-Paris House (1854) Hangary, one of the founders of the Merchants National Mansion Row Map Row Mansion 600 East Main Street East Main Street Main East Bank. The house has a raised first floor and delicate iron Italianate ornamentation. Built in 1854 for Dr. John Sloan, the 6th Street side door entered into the doctor’s office, located in the northwest corner 17 Conner-Mann House (ca 1845) of the house. After Dr. Sloan’s death, his daughter Ann and her 710 East Main Street husband, the Rear Admiral George A. Bicknell, occupied the Italianate WALKING TOUR NO. 2 home until their deaths, Ann’s being the last in the late 1920s. By 1937, Judge John Paris and his family moved into the home Built around 1845 for William C. Conner, partner in the dry and the house was occupied by a Paris, Miss Lucille Paris, goods concern of Conner & Reineking, this brick residence did This brochure was produced for Develop New Albany, Inc. and Main Street Preservation Association Dean of Girls at New Albany High School, being the last in mid 1996.