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MODERNIST MECCA NUMBERS TELL the STORY Preservation Conference New Study Proves Value Heads to Columbus of Historic Districts from the PRESIDENT STARTERS MARCH/APRIL 2018 EXPLORING THE FAMOUS ARCHITECT’S LEGACY IN INDIANA MODERNIST MECCA NUMBERS TELL THE STORY Preservation Conference New study proves value heads to Columbus of historic districts FROM THE PRESIDENT STARTERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Gregory S. Fehribach Indianapolis Hon. Randall T. Shepard Read the sign, please Honorary Chairman William R. Goins Rushville James P. Fadely, Ph.D. aoli kicked off 2018 by Chairman Tracy Haddad Columbus celebrating the reopening Wright in Indy Carl A. Cook Past Chairman David A. Haist of the 1880 Gospel Street Culver P WHEN WE THINK OF Frank Lloyd Wright in Indiana, naturally Parker Beauchamp Bridge over Lick Creek follow- Vice Chairman Judith A. Kanne we think of his architectural output of seven surviving houses Rensselaer ing a two-year rehabilitation. Marsh Davis designed between 1906 and 1954. But there’s also the story of President Christine H. Keck A semi-truck driver drove onto Evansville Wright, the person, in Indiana and the impressions he left. Like Sara Edgerton the bridge, ignoring the posted Secretary/Assistant Treasurer Matthew R. Mayol, AIA the buildings he designed, his physical presence left a slender but Indianapolis weight limit sign, on Christmas Thomas H. Engle vibrant thread in our state’s architectural narrative. Assistant Secretary Sharon Negele Day in 2015. The iron twisted and Attica Wright’s most famous visit to Indiana was his last. In November Brett D. McKamey the structure collapsed. When Treasurer Cheryl Griffith Nichols Little Rock, AR the insurer suggested a cheaper of 1957, at age 90, the oddly endearing curmudgeon presented a lec- Judy A. O’Bannon ture at the John Herron Museum of Art in Indianapolis. Accounts Secretary Emerita Martin E. Rahe replacement, local officials and Cincinnati, OH our affiliate Saving Historic of this event attest to Wright’s wry humor and lack of reserve in DIRECTORS James W. Renne Newburgh Orange County successfully lob- expressing his opinions. Hilary Barnes Indianapolis George A. Rogge bied to keep and repair the origi- The director of the John Herron Art Museum, the renowned Gary Elaine E. Bedel nal, a charming historic entry to Wilbur Peat, dispatched his 25-year-old son David (who had a nicer Indianapolis Sallie W. Rowland Indianapolis Paoli’s downtown. Three cheers! car than his father) to convey the legendary architect from Weir Edward D. Clere New Albany Doris Anne Sadler GREG SEKULA Cook Airport to the museum where he was to present a lecture on Indianapolis Cheri Dick his recent architectural designs. David recalls a theatrically formal Zionsville Matthew G. Stegall Richmond Wright, donned in black cape and pork pie hat, observing with dis- Julie Donnell Fort Wayne Brad Toothaker South Bend pleasure the landscape between the airport and downtown. When Jeremy D. Efroymson they passed the Marion County General Hospital, Wright opined Indianapolis Charlitta Winston Indianapolis LANDMARK LEXICON “Look at that. What an ugly building.” (David, less than endeared, declined to attend Wright’s lecture that evening.) OFFICES & HISTORIC SITES SpRInGer Spring & Springer During the lecture, Wright declared downtown Indianapolis Headquarters Southeast Field Office Indiana Landmarks Center Aurora “doomed.” Promise, he prophesied, lay in the suburbs. He described SPRING MARKS THE START OF NEW growth 1201 Central Avenue 812 926 0983 the World War Memorial as a “grey mass,” and he extolled the Indianapolis, IN 46202 Southwest Field Office rising from the earth. Also signaling upward [email protected] Evansville virtues of the J. C. Penney Building on Monument Circle, which he 317 639 4534 momentum in architecture, the spring is the 812 423 2988 observed must have been designed “by some out of town man.” 800 450 4534 Western Regional Office starting point from which an arch rises from Northwest Field Office Terre Haute These and other of Wright’s observations on that chronicled Gary its support, and a springer is the first wedge- 812 232 4534 occasion still stimulate thought provoking conversation. That, in 219 947 2657 Huddleston Farmhouse shaped piece in a masonry arch or vault. In Central Regional Office Cambridge City itself, testifies to the lasting impact of Wright in honest discussions Indianapolis Winamac, limestone springers abut carved 765 478 3172 of Indiana’s architecture, gleefully complementing the tangible 317 639 4534 Morris-Butler House faces with floral ornament at the base of the Eastern Regional Office Indianapolis legacy of Indiana’s seven Wright-designed houses that, likewise, Cambridge City Pulaski County Courthouse entry. 317 639 4534 SpRInG continue to stimulate and inspire. 765 478 3172 Veraestau Northern Regional Office Aurora South Bend 812 926 0983 574 232 4534 French Lick and West Northeast Field Office Baden Springs tours Wabash 866 571 8687 (toll free) 800 450 4534 Marsh Davis, President 812 936 5870 Southern Regional Office Jeffersonville Frank Lloyd Wright- 812 284 4534 designed homes still For the Davis home in Marion, Frank Lloyd Wright drew on the On the ©2018, Indiana Landmarks; ISSN#: 0737-8602 stand in Indiana Midwest setting as well as a design he had created for a Lake Indiana Landmarks publishes Indiana Preservation bimonthly Cover Tahoe resort. PHOTO BY DAVELANDWEB.COM for members. To join and learn other membership benefits, See p. 8 for the complete story LEE LEWELLEN visit indianalandmarks.org or contact memberships@ (PHOTO BY JOHN CLOUSE) indianalandmarks.org, 317-639-4534 or 800-450-4534. To offer suggestions forIndiana Preservation, contact editor@ indianalandmarks.org. 2 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 3 PRESERVATION CONFERENCE 2018 examining how historic building own- ers can deal with water infiltration, a common enemy of landmarks of every vintage. The preservation conference showcases Columbus’s Modernist landmarks on tours and as the venues for sessions exploring The Columbus Way, conserving Modernist land- scapes, and how to preserve and celebrate landmarks of the Mad Men era and later. For example, on April 18, a field session led by RATIO Architects at Cummins’ headquar- ters explores how the firm plans to update and improve the 1983 build- ing designed by architect Kevin Roche while respecting its original design and restoring iconic elements. ABOVE: Along with Other sessions cover dealing with abandoned properties and Cleo Rogers Memorial Library— education sessions creative placemaking, a timely subject as Columbus celebrates and networking the Bartholomew County Public opportunities, you the success of last year’s Exhibit Columbus, a three-month Library’s flagship, designed by I.M. can sign up for design exhibition that drew over 50,000 visitors. Landmark Pei in 1969—also hosts sessions. Two tours of Columbus’s Columbus shares its experiences organizing the event, while meals take place at The Commons, famous land- the Gary Decay Devils offer lessons they’ve learned restoring marks, including adapted from Cesar Pelli’s design, the former Irwin beauty and pride to such neglected landmarks as the city’s 1910 with the kinetic sculpture Chaos I by Union Bank, now a Union Station, a ruin transformed into a parklike area with a Learning from Columbus Jean Tinguely. The historic barn at the conference center, garden, murals, and benches. Henry Breeding Farm is the venue designed by Eero Keynote speaker Donovan Rypkema of PlaceEconomics Saarinen in 1954. FOR ARCHITECTURE AFICIONADOS, COLUMBUS Eliel and Eero America’s first modern religious build- for a buffet dinner. Tour-goers can PHOTO BY HADLEY FRUITS in Washington, DC, will outline his firm’s findings in is a must-visit destination, with seven Modernist National Saarinen’s First ings. The simple statement-making also sign up for a special conference a just-completed study of preservation’s economic and Christian Church, LEFT: Two con- Historic Landmarks. It’s a place where within a few city blocks built in 1942 is design spans a city block, a rectangular tour of the J. Irwin and Xenia Miller ference meals quality-of-life impact in Indianapolis (see more on follow- you can find masterpieces by Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Harry the oldest of structure with a main façade of grid- House, a National Historic Landmark take place in The ing page). Other speakers address the topic of sustainability Columbus’s seven Commons, adapted Weese, I.M. Pei, Cesar Pelli, and Richard Meier sharing the ded limestone squares and a 160-foot designed by Eero Saarinen in 1953, from different angles. James Lindberg, senior directorTOMMY KLECKNER of the streetscape with nineteenth-century commercial blocks and Modernist National bell tower. with original interiors by Alexander from Cesar Pelli’s National Trust’s Preservation Green Lab, explores the green Historic Landmarks. original design, homes. If you attend Preserving Historic Places: Indiana’s The church hosts Like other buildings of its era, First Girard and a landscape by Dan Kiley. where you’ll be qualities of historic buildings. Jonathan Spodek of Ball State Statewide Preservation Conference in Columbus on April the statewide pres- Christian shows its age, with water fascinated by the University discusses the role of preservation in addressing 17-20, you’ll get to experience landmarks of both eras. ervation conference infiltration threatening the sanctuary kinetic sculpture climate change. While the conference covers a host of topics and issues, this April 17-20 and pro- skylight, the subject of a $160,000 Chaos 1 by Jean A partnership stages the conference: Indiana Department vides a case study Tinguely. year’s agenda emphasizes saving and reviving Mid-Century for an education repair campaign by Friends of First PHOTO BY RICHARD GAYNOR of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Modern buildings—the source of Columbus’s international session. Christian Church Architecture, a Archaeology, Indiana Landmarks, and Indiana University, with recognition. Columbus earned the moniker “Athens of the PHOTO BY LEE LEWELLEN group working to rehabilitate the support from the National Park Service and Columbus Area Prairie” in the 1960s for its world-class architecture and landmark church in cooperation Visitors Center.
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