Historic Landscapes Beautiful and Challenging from the PRESIDENT STARTERS

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017

PRESERVATION WINNERS Servaas Award & Williamson Prize EXPLORERS ALERT Check out historic places on tours

Historic Landscapes Beautiful and challenging FROM THE PRESIDENT STARTERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Eli Lilly (1885-1977), Founder

OFFICERS Cheri Dick Zionsville Hon. Randall T. Shepard Honorary Chairman Julie Donnell Fort Wayne World’s Fair James P. Fadely Chairman Jeremy D. Efroymson IN MIDDLEBURY, GIANT TOADSTOOLS and a miniature windmill Saving the Spectacular Indianapolis Carl A. Cook adorn an unusual landscape. You might be thinking kitschy ‘70s putt- Past Chairman Gregory S. Fehribach AMONG MY SUMMER READING was Lost Mansions of Indianapolis Parker Beauchamp putt course, but the garden dates back more than 84 years. Krider Mississippi (Mary Carol Miller, University of Mississippi Press, Vice Chairman Sanford E. Garner Nurseries was a thriving mail order business in 1933 when Vernon Indianapolis 1996). It’s a sad tale from page one as the title forewarns. All of Marsh Davis President Judith A. Kanne Krider spotted a golden marketing opportunity in the Century of Rensselaer the splendid landmarks in this book are gone, victims of fire, Sara Edgerton Progress International Exposition, a.k.a. the Chicago World’s Fair. He Secretary/Assistant Treasurer Christine H. Keck flood, Civil War, and just plain neglect. Evansville installed an elaborate garden at the fair and netted around 200,000 Thomas H. Engle Remarkably, some of these mansions survived until recent Assistant Secretary Matthew R. Mayol, AIA new mail-order customers. When the expo closed in 1934, he moved Indianapolis years only to be lost, not to disasters but to abandonment and Brett D. McKamey and rebuilt the garden back in Middlebury where today it is a park Treasurer Sharon Negele Attica disinvestment. As I read, I could not help wondering how in H. Roll McLaughlin, FAIA beloved by locals and connoisseurs of distinctive places. The Krider Chairman Emeritus Cheryl Griffith Nichols Shop for modern times such places were allowed to disintegrate. Where Little Rock, AR “World’s Fair” Garden is just one of many hidden gems featured an Judy A. O’Bannon were the laws and strategies and techniques advanced by Secretary Emerita Martin E. Rahe upcoming book by Indiana Landmarks and IU Press. a Cause Cincinnati, OH historic preservation advocates at the time these Mississippi J. Reid Williamson, Jr. President Emeritus James W. Renne ooking for the mansions were lost? It didn’t take much reflection to realize Newburgh perfect gift for DIRECTORS George A. Rogge this problem is not unique to Mississippi. Gary family or friend? Hilary Barnes Consider the challenges we face in Indiana. Our 2017 10 Most Indianapolis Eric Rowland LSoon you’ll be able to Indianapolis Endangered list includes two spectacular mansions—Newkirk Katrina Basile Indianapolis Doris Anne Sadler shop online for a mix and Speakman. They stand in desperate need of preservation Indianapolis Elaine E. Bedel of the vintage-inspired and embody the complicated stew Indiana Landmarks faces Indianapolis Matthew G. Stegall Richmond products you’ll find in Steven Campbell daily in striving to save such places. That stew’s ingredients Indianapolis Brad Toothaker South Bend our brick-and-mortar include soft real estate markets, private property concerns, Edward D. Clere New Albany Jane T. Walker Landmarks Emporium property valuations, foreclosures, and—of course—the costs Indianapolis shops in the French of rehabilitation. Lick and West Baden OFFICES & HISTORIC SITES Tough challenges, indeed. But I am confident, with your Springs hotels. Bonus: support and the dedication of Indiana Landmarks, that we can Headquarters Southeast Field Office when you shop, your find viable solutions. 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HAND expanded its presence on ABOVE, CENTER: She recalls the Circle Theatre designation as a challenge. the block, tackling a late-nineteenth Hamilton County “We had to convince decision-makers that the building could Honoring Heritage Defenders Area Neighborhood century building across the street that Development won a have a positive impact and a new use. Believe it or not, it was NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO, FOUNTAIN COUNTY ABOVE, LEFT: 2016, adding more field trips to local had been vacant 10 years. The awards the Servaas Award threatened,” she says of the jewel-like theater that became the Landmarks figured that the future of Attica’s historic places Inspired by landmarks. “Attica’s citizens, young panel applauded HAND’s restora- in the nonprofit or- home of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Fountain County would eventually depend on those who were in elementary and old, are more appreciative of the tion standards and its commitment ganization category “The difference between then and now? How about Landmarks’ educa- for utilizing historic school at the time. They created a program to introduce tion programs, led community’s past, and better prepared to combining low-income hous- buildings in its mis- night and day?,” Rowland laughs. “People wanted to tear students to Attica’s history and landmarks. Fountain County by Carolyn Carlson to preserve it, because of this pro- ing, preservation, and community sion to provide down historic buildings in favor of new buildings or even Landmarks will receive Indiana Landmarks’ 2017 Servaas (second from left gram,” says Carolyn Carlson, a senti- revitalization. low-income hous- just surface parking lots. Folks who favored preservation and Lee Bauerband Memorial Award for its youth-serving program—still go- ment echoed by two former mayors Preservation and community ing. The group has were viewed as obstructionists and anti-progress. I tried to (second from right), transformed three ing strong—during our annual meeting on September 10 in Attica students and the school superintendent. revitalization have driven the winner nineteenth-century be calm and methodical and talk about advantages. Now Indianapolis. play an active role The Servaas Memorial Award in of the 2017 Williamson Prize for indi- commercial build- people see the value in saving and repurposing historic All Attica fourth graders take a tour that leads them to in their commu- the nonprofit organization category, vidual leadership for 40 years. As head ings in Noblesville places,” she notes. nity (left to right: into apartments, Cottrell Village, a museum complex with a restored church, Dalton DeSutter, which comes with a $2,000 prize, will of Rowland Design, an architecture reviving a blighted “Sallie played a major role in that transformation,” accord- houses, an outhouse, smokehouse and garden. “All the kids do Kate Van Hyfte, be presented to Hamilton County and interior design firm from which area. ing to Indiana Landmarks President Marsh Davis, “in part by the tour in fourth grade, learning Attica’s history and seeing Drew Mandeville, Area Neighborhood Development she is now retired, Sallie Rowland di- injecting joy into the process of preserving historic places.” and Hayden ABOVE, RIGHT: how everything was done in the old days and the effort it took Nichols). Parent Jill (HAND). The organization creates rected high-profile restoration projects Leading by She has remained active as a leader in preservation, steering to make things,” says 10 year-old Hayden Nichols. In the fol- Mandeville (center) housing for low-income people in the across the state. example, 2017 the successful initiative to create downtown design guidelines lowing two years, elementary student council members become is helping to ex- wealthiest county in the state—a steep She led the Indianapolis Historic Williamson Prize when Reid Williamson retired after 30 years as president of docents at Cottrell Village. pand the program challenge when census data sends Preservation Commission beginning winner Sallie Indiana Landmarks in 2005; she served six years on Indiana for high school kids. Rowland was the Dalton Desutter, now a high school senior, took the tour PHOTO BY TINA CONNOR grant funds elsewhere. in the late 1970s, a turbulent period first to restore a Landmarks’ board, and co-chaired our successful 2010-15 in fourth grade, was a docent in fifth and sixth grades, and HAND has provided decent when local designation of historic commercial build- capital campaign. participated in a summer ArchiCamp. “We learned to appreci- places to live for vulnerable people by districts caused such high emotion ing in Indianapolis’s Randall Shepard, Indiana Landmarks’ Honorary Chairman ate where we come from,” he says. For example, he and Drew restoring three historic buildings and that public hearings required security. Lockerbie Square, and head of our awards panel, credited her gutsiness 40 years and played an Mandeville, age 11, love Attica’s historic Devon Theatre, and reviving a blighted area in down- Rowland relied on fairness and calm important role in ago, and commended her steadfast commitment and leadership Drew would love to see the old hotel downtown restored. “It’s town Noblesville. The Roper Lofts rationality to steer the commission’s gaining acceptance in the decades since. empty now, but it could be anything,” he declares, a budding occupy two formerly deteriorated designation of landmarks and historic for preservation as “Her positive, intentional and pragmatic vision for preserva- a positive, main- preservationist touting adaptive use. vacant buildings, 304 and 347 South districts, including Circle Theatre, stream movement. tion has made an extraordinary difference,” he declares. For Attica’s Sesquicentennial, retired teachers and Fountain Eighth Street, built c.1870 and c.1898 Union Station, Chatham-Arch, PHOTOS BY EVAN HALE Congratulations, and thanks, to all three of our 2017 winners! County Landmarks volunteers Lee Bauerband and Carolyn respectively. Fletcher Place, Wholesale District, Carlson created a more intensive new curriculum in 2015 and and the Old Northside.

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Ford in Focus DURING THE 1915 Indianapolis Automobile Show, the city celebrated the debut of Ford Motor Company’s new assembly plant, opened late in the fall of 1914. The plant supplied 350 Model Ts to chauf- feur dignitaries, joined by 200 other cars, in a two-mile-long parade from Our Indiana a day using parts shipped from Detroit. The Great Depression the Chamber of Commerce, a block Automotive affinity halted assembly, and after 1932 the building served as a parts group recruited Ford Raising the Profile of an Urban Oasis north of Monument Circle, to tour Motor Company service and automotive sales branch. the facility at 1315 East Washington Historian Robert In recent decades, the building served as a warehouse for Street. Seattle architect John Graham Kreipke to lecture on Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), a dwindling use as the SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS, You can pick your house will be open on both the 90-min- designed the reinforced-concrete Ford’s Indianapolis school system shrank. The 10 Most Endangered listing did legacy on November the 126-acre urban oasis of Garfield Park and the surrounding preferred mode ute walking and 3-hour bike tours. factory as part of Ford’s expanded, just what we hoped it would. IPS moved to sell the plant, of sightseeing on 9, focusing on the neighborhood deserve a higher profile. Indiana Landmarks Indiana Landmarks’ The bike tour also stops at Big de-centralized distribution network. company’s assembly selecting a proposal from TWG Development, whose plan offers two opportunities to explore the city’s oldest park, cre- guided tours of Car’s Tube Factory Artspace, and When Indiana Landmarks listed plant on Washington to transform the site into offices, retail, and apartments ated in the 1870s, and its historic environs on a walking tour Indianapolis’s passes by the brick bungalow at 902 the vacant plant on our 10 Most Street (above in the includes reopening all those bricked-in windows to recover 1930s), followed on September 14 and a bike tour on September 16. Garfield Park neigh- East Garfield Drive, built in 1925 Endangered list in 2016, the immense the elegant historic appearance. borhood—walk on on November 11 by The Garfield area saw a building boom after the 1895 arrival September 14 or by “Cannon Ball” Baker, winner industrial windows that once flooded a “before” tour of On November 11, Indiana Landmarks’ Indiana of the streetcar line. Well into the 1930s, a mix of immigrants bike on September of the first motorcycle race at the the interior with natural light—a the plant (below), Automotive affinity group stages a “before” tour of the vacant 16. Both tours scheduled to be and second-generation Americans, including an especially large Indianapolis Motor Speedway in necessity in 1915—had been bricked adapted by TWG plant. The Ford Factory tour is free for Indiana Automotive contingent of German-Americans, bought brick and frame include a stop at 1909. Baker, whose record-setting in, giving the derelict place a forbid- members, $10 for everyone else. a private historic Development. PHOTOS: ABOVE, © FORD bungalows on the pedestrian-friendly streets that radiate from home on the south transcontinental trips earned him ding look. MOTOR COMPANY ARCHIVES; For more insight into Ford’s local legacy, come to Indiana side of the park. BELOW-LEFT, HADLEY FRUITS; the park. spots in the Motorsports Hall of Fame By the 1920s, the expanded facto- BELOW-RIGHT, CHAD LETHIG Landmarks Center on Thursday evening, November 9, to PHOTO BY GREG WAGONER, Their kids grew up in the park, which features a historic TCDRIVER.SMUGMUG.COM and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, ry’s employees assembled 300 vehicles hear Ford Motor Company’s Historian Robert Kreipke talk sunken garden centered on a fountain illuminated by colored loved the park and neighborhood about the plant and Ford’s lights, botanical conservatory, bandstand, amphitheater, tennis where he lived until his death in 1960. early presence in Indiana. The courts, pool, and walking paths, all of which remain today. Historic Urban Neighborhoods talk and tour are sponsored Now, a new generation of buyers is discovering the family- of Indianapolis, Garfield Park by Indiana Automotive, an friendly neighborhood, attracted to the charming bungalows, Neighborhood Association, and affinity group of Indiana Four Squares, and Tudor Revival-style houses, the refurbished Friends of Garfield Park join us in Landmarks, which will hold park, and the Pleasant Run Trail. sponsoring the tours that will high- a brief annual meeting prior In 2004, Page and Russ Clemens figured it would take a light history, architecture, and aver- to the talk. See the calendar decade to renovate the 1865 house they bought at 869 Southern age sale prices. Both tours are timed on p. 19 for details and buy Avenue, the park’s southern boundary. They’re still working on entry and require a ticket in tickets for both events at it—an example of “homeowner’s math” according to Page—with- advance. Buy tickets online at indianalandmarksevents. out regret, loving the views of their gardens, beehives, chicken indianalandmarksevents.eventbrite. eventbrite.com or by calling coop, and park from their wrapping porches and balcony. The com, or call 317-639-4534. 317-639-4534.

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A STATE PARK WITH ROLLING HILLS. Meg Storrow, a landscape architect A country estate with manicured at Storrow Kinsella Associates and lawns, flowers, and fountains. The city chair of Indiana Landmarks’ Cultural cemetery or golf course. Battlefields. Landscapes Committee. “They help us Gridded tracts of farmland. A neighbor- understand our place in the world.” hood laid out to create beautiful vistas or protect natural features. All these A FEW DEFINITIONS represent land consciously shaped by The Cultural Landscape Foundation humans to create beauty, to make a liv- (TCLF) and the National Park Service ing, to tell a story, to create art. When (NPS) denote four main types of cul- such landscapes are significant, and tural landscapes: designed landscapes, strengthen our understanding of his- ethnographic landscapes, historic sites, toric events, people, and patterns of and vernacular landscapes. Since a American history, they rise to the status particular place may fall into several of cultural landscapes. Cultural landscapes illustrate how man shaped the natural world. “Landscapes reflect our cultural heritage and create a sense of place unique to a particular setting,” notes

Untamed growth and deterioration had diminished the walled garden at Columbus’s 1864 Irwin House, designed in 1910 by Arthur Shurcliff. Chris and Jessica Stevens, who oper- ate the property as the Inn at Irwin Gardens, took cues from the original design in their multi-year rehabilitation.

8 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 9 categories, we’ll offer examples that the Tippecanoe Battlefield, a National help illuminate the definitions. Historic Landmark in Battle Ground People like landscape architects, northeast of Lafayette commemorating master gardeners, architects, and the battle in 1811 between William horticulturists create designed land- Henry Harrison and Shawnee warriors scapes. This category includes the led by Tecumseh in Battle Ground. Prairie-style landscapes of Jens Jensen People who worked the land in a at the Allison Mansion in Indianapolis particular way created what we recog- and Dan Kiley’s Modernist land- nize as vernacular landscapes. Historic scapes in Columbus and Fort Wayne. family farms fall into this category, as It also includes park and parkways ABOVE: Neglect, and, well as areas defined by farmland and their natural features, such systems planned by George Kessler occasionally, disas- as the Traders Point Rural Historic District in Boone County. ters and accidents in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Terre threaten cultural Haute, and South Bend, and pasto- landscapes. A motor- LANDSCAPES THREATENED ral cemeteries in Terre Haute, South ist careened into the AND GONE Bend, Indianapolis, and Aurora. Havilah Beardsley Many of the same forces that endanger brick-and-mortar Monument in Elkhart, Ethnographic landscapes include damaging an Italian landmarks threaten cultural landscapes—neglect, lack of sites with various natural and cultural marble bench, a awareness or ignorance about its significance, inappropriate heritage resources. Picture the dry restoration challenge development, the ravages of time, and disasters and accidents. for the city. stone walls lining Monroe County’s PHOTO BY JENNIFER JOHNS In the accident category, a motorist fleeing police careened Maple Grove Road that are rooted in into Elkhart’s Havilah Beardsley Monument, damaging an the Irish heritage of the area’s early set- BELOW: Time and de- Italian marble bench surrounding the 1913 fountain and velopment endanger tlers or the historic grottos in Jasper, designed land- statue of the city’s founder. Chicago-trained architect and local Munster, and South Bend that reflect scapes. In Lafayette, resident Enock Hill Turnock designed the 1913 monument. the European religious traditions Glen Vick is restor- The city is still studying how to best repair it. imported by early residents. ing the Peirce House In Lafayette, Indiana architect William Mann designed the lises, bricked walkways, and a small pool. Today, remnants of In 1924, Huntington footbridges, staircases, pools, field- (left), but most of Historic sites may be defined by Oliver and Catherine Webster Peirce, Jr. House in the Lingle the ornate grounds remain, but most of the features were lost turned an aban- stone walls, winding walkways, and a the estate’s ornate doned quarry their association with a historic event, grounds (right) were Heights neighborhood. The house, built in 1912 in a mix of in the late 1940s postwar housing shortage, when the lot was into a storybook Japanese pergola. Lack of funding in activity, or person, such as the author lost to post-World Prairie and Renaissance Revival styles, qualified as a country subdivided. Glen Vick is rehabbing the house, a local historic setting, a sunken subsequent years led to the gardens’ Gene Stratton-Porter’s Cabin at War II development. estate. Occupying a city block, it sat amid elaborate gardens, landmark being nominated to the National Register with the garden with pools deterioration, reversed in a 1960s PHOTOS COURTESY GLEN VICK Wildflower Woods in Rome City or manicured lawns edged with ornamental planters and trel- help of an Indiana Landmarks Partners in Preservation grant, and footbridges. renovation by the City. In 2009, the The renovated site but most of the landscape elements are irrecoverable. remains a popular gardens got another boost when a fed- Widening roadways poses a more common threat to the spot for proposals eral historic preservation grant funded park and boulevard systems created during the City Beautiful and weddings. rehabilitation of footbridges, masonry PHOTO © HUNTINGTON movement that began in the 1890s. In Indianapolis, for ex- COUNTY VISITOR BUREAU staircases, and a retaining wall. The ample, widening travel lanes on Fall Creek Parkway threatens picturesque spot remains a popular the historic Beaux Arts bridges and original tree rows of the setting for proposals and weddings. National Register-listed system created by George Kessler. On Fifth Street in downtown Columbus, a formal garden occupies LANDSCAPES RECLAIMED an acre enclosed by the wrought iron Like historic buildings, landscapes require ongoing mainte- and brick fence surrounding the 1864 nance and care. In fact, because landscapes incorporate living Irwin House. When the house was features, they are perhaps even more susceptible to damage enlarged in 1910 by Massachusetts from inattention and the elements. architect Henry Phillips, he collabo- In 1924, Huntington residents took lemons and made rated with landscape designer Arthur lemonade, adapting an abandoned quarry into a storybook- Shurcliff on the garden added east of like setting, raising money to hire the Chicago Landscaping the house, modeling the design on Company to design truly sunken gardens that incorporate Casa degli Innamorati, a Pompeiian

10 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 11 plans to guide rehabilitation of the In April, Indiana Tech proposed fountain, limestone benches, brick building a softball stadium, track and walkways, ornamental flower beds, and field facilities, and other athletic build- the 1931 bronze statue titled Eve by ings in Fort Wayne’s Memorial Park. Indianapolis sculptor Robert Davidson, The plan would have removed a World a feature that figured prominently in War I memorial grove of trees planted nursing ceremonies—and pranks by in the 1920s, relocated two historic previous generations of students. monuments, and flattened some of the park’s character-defining hills. A LANDSCAPES cultural resources report that docu- PROTECTED mented the park’s historic assets helped Indiana Landmarks’ cultural land- bolster the case made by local preserva- garden. Slate, stone, and brick walkways bisect the multi- ABOVE: The scapes committee seeks to sustain tion group ARCH and Friends of the level garden, dotted with sculpture, raised planters, trees, Olmsted Brothers significant landscapes by raising Parks of Allen County for the facilities. firm designed and wisteria-covered pergolas. On the east end, an elevated the Ball Nurses’ awareness, educating the public, Listening to the concerns, Indiana Tech summer house with Roman accents overlooks the garden and Sunken Garden advocating for threatened sites, and withdrew their proposal for the site. house, connected to the sunken main level by stairs bordering in Indianapolis, a supporting an ongoing project to In a similar situation last year, a multi-tiered fountain. therapeutic space survey extant landscapes. the City of Bloomington had agreed Created in 1929 the Roses” improvements in the historic rose garden. Since 2015, for Riley Hospital pa- Chris and Jessica Stevens bought the house in 2009 and The survey started by Ball State to lease land in the historic Upper as the Great volunteers have removed weeds and replanted the garden, which tients and the back- Depression opened it as the Inn at Irwin Gardens, a bed-and-breakfast. drop for IU School of University has documented hundreds Cascades Park for a cell phone tower. deepened, Brown once contained over 700 rose bushes but had fallen to a fraction Their multi-year rehabilitation of the garden continues. Nursing ceremonies. of designed landscapes around the Residents protested the tower’s proxim- County State of that number in recent years. Untrimmed hedges crowded the walkways, and cracks in the The restored garden state, including historic parks, golf ity to a nearby neighborhood and its Park benefitted In another cultural landscape initiative, Indiana Landmarks is reopened last year. from the Civilian basins silenced the fountains. When a retaining wall collapsed, PHOTO BY PAIGE WASSEL courses, cemeteries, gardens, estates, negative impact on the setting. Plans nominating Brown County State Park to the National Register Conservation Corps the Stevenses and gardener Andrew Pauli re-examined the and neighborhoods. The university for the tower were suspended. The situ- workers who cre- of Historic Places, a designation that will allow the Indiana BELOW: Changes to design. “It started to feel like it was enclosed too much,” says South Bend’s Leeper and cultural landscapes committee are ation provided an opening for Indiana ated shelters and Department of Natural Resources to take advantage of fund- Pauli. “The design had outgrown the space.” Park, a locally desig- determining the best way to continue Landmarks to discuss with residents lookout towers, ing opportunities for repair of some of the park’s landmarks. They decided to take the garden back to its original design, nated landmark, re- expanding the survey to document and officials how local landmark des- planted trees, and forged trails. Established in 1929 at the onset of the Great Depression, the keeping the walkways and other built features in place but remov- quire approval by the more sites, make the information avail- ignation could protect the character of park was shaped by the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Historic Preservation Indiana Landmarks ing some of the ivy-covered hedges and shrubbery added during Commission of able to the public, and use the survey the park, which dates to the 1920s. is nominating the Corps. The CCC left behind a legacy of landmarks in shelter a mid-century redesign. They also planted more colorful flowers South Bend and St. to monitor and raise the landscapes’ With local designation, a historic park to the National houses, the saddle barn, gatehouses, and west lookout tower, as Joseph County, such Register of Historic and shrubs in keeping with the spirit of Shurcliff’s and Phillips’ public profile. preservation commission must review Places, a designa- well as paved roads through the park and a million trees. plans. The Stevenses continue the Irwin and Miller families’ tradi- as the recent addi- “By knowing what’s out there, and approve changes made to signifi- tion of a lavender tion that will make tion of opening the gardens to the public periodically in warmer labyrinth garden. we’re better equipped to raise the cant landscapes. In South Bend, local it eligible for grants EXPLORING CULTURAL to repair the CCC’s months, while also renting the space for events and weddings. PHOTO BY DEBRA PURCELL alarm when important cultural land- designation of Leeper Park gives the LANDSCAPES legacy. Last year, Indianapolis saw an element of landscape scapes are threatened,” Storrow notes. Historic Preservation Commission of PHOTO BY PAIGE WASSEL “Cultural landscapes are ephemeral and can disappear in heritage reclaimed with the restoration of the Ball Nurses’ South Bend and St. Joseph County a a heartbeat, which is why raising awareness is so important,” Sunken Garden on the Indiana University-Purdue University protective role. Established in 1900, adds Storrow. Indianapolis campus. Named for Muncie’s Ball family, who Leeper Park grew in the 1910s and To help raise the profile, The Cultural Landscape Foundation had funded construction of a nearby home for nurses at Riley ‘20s according to George Kessler’s (TCLF) stages What’s Out There Weekends across the coun- Hospital, the garden provided a therapeutic environment for master plan for the city’s parks and try. On October 6-8, Indiana Landmarks’ Cultural Landscape nurses and patients alike, and later served as the setting for IU boulevards. The commission’s role has Committee joins the Indiana chapter of the American Society School of Nursing ceremonies. helped guide modern improvements of Landscape Architects in coordinating a “What’s Out There Olmsted Brothers, a firm established by father of American to the park, including a new lavender Weekend Indianapolis,” a smorgasbord of free tours led by ex- landscape architecture Frederick Law Olmsted, designed the labyrinth garden in keeping with the pert guides. The menu includes walking tours of places like the landscape beginning in 1929. Alumni from the Nursing School’s formal garden that existed in Leeper Indiana War Memorial Plaza and less traditional options, such Class of 1959 led the drive to reclaim the rare surviving Olmsted Park in the early twentieth century. The as canoe tour down Fall Creek highlighting Kessler-designed Brothers therapeutic garden, with university architect Jerry Stuff commission, working with the parks bridges and floodwalls. Look for details in the coming months and Rundell Ernstberger Associates using the firm’s original department, also approved “Resurrect at tclf.org/whats-out-there-weekend-indianapolis.

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Indiana Landmarks even more time. Now, he’s regularly found at our headquarters greeting and directing event attendees or stuffing envelopes for mailings to members. A natural-born storyteller, Manterfield particularly enjoys leading Indiana Landmarks’ walking tours of Neaman the Circle City. He loves fielding ques- tions about the original use of “the Hotel catacombs” and why there’s a dirigible 506 Second Street, Aurora on the Lacy Building when he leads C.1850 former railroad hotel is our weekly tours of the City Market the perfect place to start a new catacombs and Monument Circle. business in downtown. Property In addition to doing research for the includes 3 rooms downstairs, 12 scripts used by our volunteers, he as- smaller rooms upstairs that could sists in training new guides. serve a variety of uses. Recent A self-proclaimed wanderer, work includes new roof, repaired Manterfield takes his three Miniature masonry, exterior painting. Schnauzers on road trips around Indiana. Perhaps not surprising for $58,000 a retired attorney, he makes a point Jarrad Holbrook 812-926-0983 in his travels of checking out county [email protected] courthouses. He also soaks up local Our Human history when he visits his four children and their families in McCordsville, St. Retirement Benefit Louis, and Savannah. “I support Indiana Landmarks as WHEN HE COMMITS, ERIC MANTERFIELD Eric Manterfield a way of paying back the blessings I doesn’t mess around. A retired attorney, Manterfield wore out retired from his have and hope to inspire others to career as an es- two engraved name tags in his first 18 months as a volunteer at tate attorney and get involved,” says Manterfield. We our Indianapolis headquarters. threw himself into love his deep dive into single-organi- “Indiana Landmarks is my main hobby,” jokes Manterfield, volunteering for zation volunteering! adding more seriously, “I only volunteer here so as not to Indiana Landmarks. He does research, spread myself thin.” We’re lucky, because his in-depth approach leads tours, greets led him to contribute 358 hours in 2016. visitors at Indiana Williams House 12004 Eden Glen Drive General Shanks House Landmarks Center 20024 N. State Road 450, Carmel 606 E. Walnut St., Portland After moving to Indiana from New York for a new job in Like what you’ve read? Martin County in a variety of 1970, Manterfield got to know Indiana Landmarks in its infan- Help Indiana Landmarks Mid-Century Modern gem on Brown Victorian gem built in 1860 by Civil roles, even happily Located 33 miles south of Bloomington, County-like lot. Pristinely maintained War officer features over 3,200 cy, attending a dinner at the newly rehabilitated Morris-Butler achieve even more by: stuffs envelopes— c.1850 frame house on 40 acres in- home retains its original character, with square feet; 3 floors, each with full House, our first restoration, saved when it was threatened by a tremendous • renewing your membership cludes 3,000 square feet on two floors. lots of natural light, gorgeous views, bath. Boasts original wooden doors, construction of Interstate 65 in the ‘60s. “I was very impressed contribution. Four rooms flank a center hall on each and custom built-ins. Almost 4,800 transoms, windows, multiple covered PHOTO BY EVAN HALE • making a donation in with the history of the place and how it was lovingly restored,” floor, each with a fireplace with original square feet. Originally designed by porches, see-through fireplace with addition to membership mantels and wide board poplar flooring. says Manterfield. “It left an impression.” Jack Munson who studied under Mies original wooden mantels, and updated • including Indiana Landmarks Van der Rohe. kitchen. Move-in ready! He has assisted us with service to our development com- $240,000 in your estate plans mittee through the years, providing feedback on such topics Greg Sekula $570,000 $122,000 For more information talk to 812-284-4534 George Verrusio, The McMillan Group/ Kyle Cook as planned giving and bequests. After retiring from his law [email protected] Sharon Gamble, 800-450-4534 Keller Williams Realty 765-760-2335 career at Krieg DeVault, he attended an Indiana Landmarks 317-590-6811 [email protected] or visit indianalandmarks.org volunteer recruitment event in 2015 and decided to give [email protected]

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the house is large enough to accom- Vacancy, vandal- They’ve heard about how William Squibb used to play the modate the Smiths’ living quarters ism and foreclosure organ with the doors open to entertain passers-by. Nancy, who took their toll on and Bill’s business, NBSEnterprises, Acorn Hall (shown works as a flight attendant on the weekends, discovered that a a logistics company that coordinates above in before co-worker’s great-grandfather, another whiskey distiller, built truck freight traffic in Indiana and and current views), the house next door. The Smiths hope to compile and display nearby states. leaving roof leaks, articles and photos they’ve collected about the house and the collapsed ceilings, Though the Smiths have never buckling floors, Squibb family. owned a historic home, they do have cracked windows, For now, their focus is on the interior restoration. Holbrook plenty of DIY know-how, having and stolen mantels. assisted the Smiths in their application for a historic renovation built their current residence. Indiana After putting on grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. a new roof, the Landmarks’ Southeast Field Office Smiths are repairing Grants from the program provide up to 65 percent of the costs Director Jarrad Holbrook advises on the original features of exterior rehabilitation up to $100,000 for landmarks that to-do list priorities and provides old and searching for have a commercial use. They’ll learn in October if their proposal the right furniture house rehab direction. makes the cut in the competitive program. In the meantime, Bringing Back Acorn Hall and fixtures. The Smiths’ work at the prop- PHOTOS: LEFT & CENTER, they’re investigating heating and air conditioning systems, and MARSH DAVIS; RIGHT, WHEN INDIANA LANDMARKS INCLUDED ACORN Built in 1883 for damage, we couldn’t let a house like erty draws attention from towns- JARRAD HOLBROOK visiting flea markets for furniture that will suit Acorn Hall. Hall in our 2002 coffee table book 99 Historic Homes of Lawrenceburg that go,” says Nancy. folk concerned about the future of “We’re going to bring this back and do it right,” says Bill. distiller William Indiana, the Victorian house in Greendale looked pristine, in- Squibb, Acorn Hall Vacancy and vandalism had left Acorn Hall, many with stories to tell. “It’s going to be a thrill ride to see.” side and out. Last year, our board wrestled in several meetings looks impressive their marks on the interior—holes with how we could free the house from foreclosure hostage and even in decline. chiseled in the floor, mantels stolen, accelerating decline. Indiana Landmarks holds a preservation Indiana Landmarks graffiti on the walls, and windows intervened to un- easement on the property, so we were especially motivated to tangle the prop- cracked or missing altogether. A leak- find a solution. erty’s complicated ing roof caused ceiling collapses and William Squibb, a distiller, and his wife Mary built Acorn foreclosure and re- buckling floors. Raccoons made a Hall in 1883. Renovated in the ‘80s as a bed-and-breakfast, joiced when Nancy, home in the box gutters. MEMBERS TAKE NOTE: AT INDIANA to the board of directors, submit your nomination in writing Sarah, and Bill Landmarks’ Annual Meeting on 10 days in advance of the Annual Meeting to James Fadely, Acorn Hall fell in recent years into dilapidation and mortgage Smith bought the The Smiths spotted the house September 10 in Indianapolis, each Chairman of the Board, Indiana Landmarks, 1201 Central foreclosure limbo. Indiana Landmarks helped iron out the legal house at auction going up for auction through a member may vote to elect the direc- Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, 46202. this year. They’re tors. Board members serve three-year tangles so the house could go on the market. Facebook post by a local radio sta- INDIANA LANDMARKS THANKS Destiny Jones, an Indiana rehabbing Acorn terms, with one-third being elected Second Empire and Italianate features, combined with a tion, asking “Would you live in this University-Purdue University Indianapolis student who in- Hall as their home each year. According to Indiana terned at our Morris-Butler House this summer. central tower, made the house impressive, even in decline. Bill and business. house?” They bought Acorn Hall at Landmarks’ by-laws, members may PHOTO BY JARRAD BRIEFLY and Nancy Smith admired the property every time they visited HOLBROOK an auction in March and immediately vote for candidates proposed by the WE’VE CHANGED OUR DATABASE. Please take a moment to a bank located in the historic house next door. When Acorn re-roofed it and started cleaning up NOTED Governance Committee of the board, review your mailing information and let us know of any correc- Hall finally came up for auction earlier this year, the Smiths the overgrown yard and failing trees. or by at least 10 voting members. To tions. Contact Jennifer Hawk at [email protected] nominate a candidate for election snapped it up. “Even though it turned your stomach to see the At 8,400 square feet with 24 rooms, or 317-822-7922.

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MONUMENT First Friday CIRCLE TOUR For details on events and to RSVP for Indiana Landmarks Center, free tours or buy tickets: Indianapolis WINE DOWN Indianapolis May-October IndianaLandmarksEvents.eventbrite.com Each month through December Fridays & or call 800-450-4534 ON THE FARM (except July), our Rapp Family Gallery Saturdays, 10 a.m. hosts free art shows, with tours of our Free Sept. 22, Cambridge City restored headquarters. 6-9 p.m. CITY MARKET Memorial Awards. Reception at 2:30 p.m. followed by ndiana Landmarks and the Richmond Art SEPT. 1 Flava Fresh 14! group show CATACOMBS program at 3 p.m. Free for members; we’d be very grateful Museum host an evening of plein air art, TOUR for your RSVP OCT. 6 Jeremy Price and Paul Perkins wine, music, and a locally sourced harvest Indianapolis Ispread on the grounds of the Huddleston NOV. 3 Samuel Vazquez group show May-October Heritage Talk Farmhouse in Cambridge City. 6-9 p.m. $35/ 1st and 3rd Sept. 12, Elkhart Saturdays plus member, $50/general public Annual Meeting Saturday, Oct. 28 Indiana Landmarks and Ruthmere sponsor a talk exploring LEE LEWELLEN Sept. 10, Indianapolis 11 & 11:30 a.m., noon, how Indiana scenic byways and heritage tourism can help save Hear stories from the year in pres- 12:30 and 1 p.m. historic places. 6-7:30 p.m. at Havilah Beardsley House, 102 ervation, vote for new officers and Advance ticket W. Beardsley Ave. $5/member, $10/general public Landmark Look: FRENCH LICK & Automotive Talk directors, and applaud the winners required. Tuckaway WEST BADEN Nov. 9, Indianapolis $10/member, $12/ SPRINGS of the Williamson Prize and Servaas Garfield Neighborhood Tours Oct 22, Indianapolis Ford Motor Company Corporate Historian and Creative general public. Daily through Sept. 14 & 16, Indianapolis Experienced old-house realtor Joe December Manager Robert Kreipke’s talk, “Ford Model T & A Walking tours on September 14 and bike tours on September Everhart and restorer Ken Ramsay West Baden Production and Assembly Branches,” highlights the formerly 16 showcase Indianapolis’s oldest park and the surrounding bought the time-capsule bungalow in Springs Hotel endangered assembly branch plant in Indianapolis and others south side neighborhood, with stops in a private home. Staged the Meridian Park Historic District, 10 a.m., 2 & 4 p.m. in the U.S. that turned out Model Ts and Model As. Light by Indiana Landmarks, Historic Urban Neighborhoods of committed to making themselves French Lick refreshments at 5:30 p.m., Indiana Landmarks Center ; 6 Springs Hotel Indianapolis, Garfield Park Neighborhood Association, and fit the storied house rather than the Noon p.m. brief highlights from Indiana Automotive and election Friends of Garfield Park, Inc., the guided, timed-entry tours other way around. (See back cover.) Tours depart from of affinity group directors; 6:15-7:15 p.m. Robert Kreipke’s highlight the area’s history and development, architectural Have a look at their progress so far, our Landmarks talk and Q&A. Free for Indiana Landmarks and Indiana styles, and range of housing prices. Walking tour $8/member, 3-5 p.m. Members only. Bonus: free Emporium in Automotive members; $10/general public $10/general public; bike tour $15/member, $20/general public for members with ticket reservation each historic hotel on IN 56 made by Sept. 15. After Sept. 15, in southern Ford Plant “Before” Tour Century of Progress Experience $15/person. Advance ticket required; Indiana. Combo Nov. 11, Indianapolis Oct. 15, Beverly Shores sell-out expected ticket available. See the 1914 assembly plant on Washington Street, a 2016 en- Reservations A morning of illustrated talks on the 1933 Century of Progress recommended: try on our 10 Most Endangered list, in its “before” state prior World’s Fair and its design and housing innovations by a fair Frightful: A Silent 866-571-8687. to its conversion to apartments, offices, and retail by TWG historian, architects, and preservationists precedes lunch and Halloween Closed only on Development. 10 a.m.-noon Free for Indiana Landmarks/ Christmas Day & EVAN HALE EVAN a tour of the five Century of Progress houses moved after the Oct. 27, Indianapolis Indiana Automotive members; $10/general public fair to the Indiana Dunes—four restored as private homes and Eerie lighting effects and organ music Monday-Tuesday in January & a “before” tour of the House of Tomorrow, with access to areas by award-winning theater organist February. National Expert’s Perspective Twilight Tour not normally open on the public tours, including the observa- Mark Herman accompany spooky si- Nov. 30, Indianapolis Sept. 16, West Baden Springs Hotel tion decks at the Florida Tropical House, Armco Ferro House lent films in the Grand Hall at Indiana Donovan Rypkema of PlaceEconomics in Washington, DC and Rostone House. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (CST) in the Indiana Landmarks Center. Come in costume presents “The Value and Values of Preservation,” discussing Meet costumed characters depicting Dunes National Lakeshore. $50/member, $65/general public to compete for cash prizes. Doors open how historic buildings and neighborhoods contribute to prop- famous guests who stayed at West Baden 6:45 p.m.; film at 7:30. Cash bar. Buy erty, economic, cultural and business values, including insights Springs during its heyday in the ‘teens and tickets in advance or at the door. $13/ from his firm’s analysis, underway now, of historic preserva- ‘20s. 7 p.m. $14/member; $15/general pub- member; $15/general public tion’s economic impact in Indianapolis. Free. 5:30 p.m. cash lic; $10/child age 13 and under bar; 6:00 p.m. talk and Q&A

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Experienced old- house rehabbers Joe Everhart and Ken Ramsay intend to honor the unique personality of Tuckaway. See their work in progress at our Landmark Look for members on October 22. Reservation required! PHOTO BY EVAN HALE Take a Look FOR OVER A CENTURY, A HISTORIC BUNGALOW sought Indiana Landmarks’ help in charting a future that has attracted attention despite its name, Tuckaway, and tree- would preserve Tuckaway. sheltered site in Indianapolis’s Meridian Park neighborhood. No worries. Old-house restoration experts Joe Everhart and Beginning in 1910, its nationally renowned owners, fashion Ken Ramsay bought it, committed to “make us fit Tuckaway designer George Philip Meier and palmist Nellie Simmons rather than the other way around,” says Everhart. They invite Meier, welcomed movie, political, and business celebrities for fellow Indiana Landmarks members to see their progress so readings and parties. far at Landmark Look: Tuckaway from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, In 1972, Ken Keene bought and recreated it as it was in the October 22. Tickets are free to members before September 15, Meiers’ heyday, following their tradition of sparkling parties. but attendance is limited. Reserve your spot for this members When Ken died in 2015, his friend and heir Jan Kilpatrick, only event now at looktuckaway.eventbrite.com.

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