A guide to 200 years of residential architecture in Indiana

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 FROM THE PRESIDENT STARTERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS Gregory S. Fehribach The More Indianapolis Hon. Randall T. Shepard Honorary Chairman Tracy Haddad Columbus Parker Beauchamp You Know Chairman David A. Haist Respect for the Rural Culver POPULAR IN INDIANA James P. Fadely, Ph.D. Past Chairman Judith A. Kanne from 1860 to 1885, Second BACK IN THE 1980S, HISTORIC preservation was widely Rensselaer Sara Edgerton Empire style was often perceived as an urban movement. Indiana Landmarks recog- Vice Chairman Christine H. Keck Evansville associated with “new nized the need to expand our relevance in rural Indiana, so Marsh Davis President Matthew R. Mayol, AIA money,” as the nouveau Indianapolis we embarked on a crash course in rural heritage preservation. Doris Anne Sadler Secretary/Assistant Treasurer Sharon Negele riche sought to emulate To lead us, we turned to an esteemed authority on rural life in Attica Thomas H. Engle the sophistication associ- Indiana, Eleanor Arnold of Rush County. Assistant Secretary Cheryl Griffith Nichols Little Rock, AR ated with nineteenth-cen- In those days, most of us couldn’t tell a smokehouse from an Brett D. McKamey Treasurer Martin E. Rahe tury Paris. John Morris, See-Worthy Cincinnati, OH outhouse. But under Eleanor’s tutelage, we learned to under- Judy A. O’Bannon Secretary Emerita James W. Renne o admire Dearborn County’s newest National Register- stand elements of the historic rural landscape, and we gained Newburgh listed landmark, you might need to develop sea legs. an appreciation for the perspective of Indiana’s farmers who DIRECTORS George A. Rogge Gary The Elizabeth Lea, a towboat constructed in 1939, are, after all, the stewards of so much of our rural heritage. Hilary Barnes Indianapolis Sallie W. Rowland T recently earned listing on the merit of its engineering attri- Eleanor helped us establish a Rural Preservation Council Indianapolis Edward D. Clere butes and contribution to maritime history. Built in Minnesota New Albany Peter J. Sacopulos to connect us to key institutions, such as Purdue Extension Terre Haute Ellen Swisher Crabb and originally called Joseph Throckmorton, the 42-foot- and Indiana Farm Bureau, and initiate such programs as Indianapolis Robert L. Santa Bloomington long tug once dredged the upper Mississippi, providing a Barn Again! in Indiana and the John Arnold Award for Rural Cheri Dick Zionsville Charlitta Winston deeper riverbed channel for commerce and transportation. Preservation that continue after more than 25 years. Indianapolis Olon F. Dotson Indiana’s Richardson family—Aaron, Karen, Lily, Paul and Indiana Landmarks created the Arnold Award in memory Muncie John D. Zeglis Culver Renee—acquired the tug in 2004 and embarked on a 10-year Jeremy D. Efroymson of Eleanor’s son, John, who was killed in a tragic farm accident Indianapolis Beau F. Zoeller restoration, with plans to use the Elizabeth Lea as a traveling Indianapolis in 1991. The award honors farmers who, like the Arnold family, museum boat, conducting educational tours at special events embrace preservation in the context of modern agriculture. in river towns in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Read more The 2019 winners, the Mears Family of Carroll County (see pp. OFFICES & HISTORIC SITES about the boat on our website, indianalandmarks.org/news.

6-7), set an inspiring example. Headquarters Southeast Field Office PHOTO © RICHARDSON FAMILY © RICHARDSON PHOTO This year Eleanor celebrated her 90th birthday. To the Indiana Landmarks Center Aurora 1201 Central Avenue 812 926 0983 extent that Indiana Landmarks has been effective in our work Indianapolis, IN 46202 Southwest Field Office in rural Indiana, much is due to Eleanor Arnold, a living testi- [email protected] Evansville builder of Indiana 317 639 4534 812 423 2988 800 450 4534 Landmarks’ Second mony to the positive impact one person can have on an organi- Western Regional Office Northwest Field Office Terre Haute Empire-style Morris-Butler zation and, indeed, an entire state. Gary 812 232 4534 219 947 2657 House in Indianapolis, Huddleston Farmhouse Central Regional Office Cambridge City only occupied the home Indianapolis 765 478 3172 317 639 4534 13 years before declaring Morris-Butler House Eastern Regional Office Indianapolis bankruptcy. Ironically, he Cambridge City 317 639 4534 765 478 3172 sold the house to Noble Marsh Davis, President Veraestau years Indianapolis’s four- Northern Regional Office Aurora Chase Butler, a bankruptcy South Bend 812 926 0983 574 232 4534 attorney. Learn more about generation Bohlen archi- French Lick and West Northeast Field Office Baden Springs tours residential architectural tectural firm operated Wabash 866 571 8687 (toll free) styles (and other intrigu- in Indiana, designing a 800 450 4534 812 936 5870 Southern Regional Office ing conversational tidbits) multitude of buildings New Albany Fancy yourself a house style expert or want to become one? A new 812 284 4534 on pp. 8-13 and in the that remain in service guide on our website will help you hone your architecture acu- new Historic House Styles today. Learn more about On the men, aided by Indiana examples including Attica’s Rohlfing House ©2019, Indiana Landmarks; ISSN#: 0737-8602 guide on our website, the family’s legacy at a talk Cover (cover), an Italianate that underwent a Neoclassical remodel in the Indiana Landmarks publishes Indiana Preservation bimonthly PHOTO BY PAIGE WASSEL PAIGE BY PHOTO indianalandmarks.org. in Indianapolis on October 3. early 1900s. Learn more on pp. 8-13. PHOTO BY CORY PHILLIPS for members. To join and learn other membership benefits, visit indianalandmarks.org or contact memberships@ See p. 15. Indianapolis City Market indianalandmarks.org, 317-639-4534 or 800-450-4534. To PHOTO BY LEE LEWELLEN offer suggestions forIndiana Preservation, contact editor@ indianalandmarks.org. 2 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 3 RURAL PRESERVATION

Maintaining the farms’ heritage is a family priority, so following Sherry’s and Lois’s deaths, their children and grand- children took steps to make sure both properties remain in the family. John and Mary inherited the 80-acre farm and purchased part of the homestead where John grew up, while their son Benjamin and daughter-in-law Taylor acquired the homestead’s farmhouse and its immediate outbuildings. John’s brother Martin and his wife Nancy own the homestead farm’s woods and tillable farmland. John, who is also a postal worker, leads farming operations at both properties, assisted by his Leading by barns and their construction during children and brother. example, the Mears an ArchiCamp organized by Indiana open their farms for Today, Mears Farms primarily produces cash crops, storing events that teach Landmarks and Delphi Preservation farming equipment in mid-twentieth-century buildings, while others about the Society. The Mears hosted a Barn the historic barns house smaller equipment and supplies, hay, value of preserv- Again! workshop in 2012 and and John and Mary’s horses, as well as an antique springboard ing rural heritage, recruited extended family members including hosting wagon and buggy. Tools and small equipment are stored in an ArchiCamp to open their historic barns for a tour, the corn crib and poultry sheds. As the family stopped raising where kids learned demonstrating how such structures as much livestock, they converted the concrete block building about historic barns can be used in modern farming opera- into a semi-rustic space fondly called The Blockhouse for fam- (above). John and tions and be repurposed. Mary Mears live ily gatherings, receptions, and small events. in a nineteenth- “We feel like if we don’t preserve Ongoing maintenance ensures the preservation of their century farmhouse these buildings, they’re not going to landmark buildings. The family recently repaired masonry on (left), while their be saved. There are too many that son Benjamin and the Sweitzer barn’s fieldstone foundation and constructed a daughter-in-law are torn down,” says Mary Mears. new earthen ramp with concrete retaining walls leading to the Taylor occupy an “We’ve really been blessed to have west threshing bay, ensuring full access to the barn. They plan 1852 Greek Revival so many structures on both of the to have the white frame barn repainted this year. farmhouse (right) farms that we can work with and on the homestead. The Mears family leads by example, not only preserv- PHOTOS BY TOMMY renovate for more modern uses. We Preserving Historic Farms Is a Family Affair ing their historic farms but using them to champion rural KLECKNER wanted our children to grow up with heritage in Carroll County and beyond. When the nearby the same priority to save them, and I FOR THE MEARS FAMILY OF CARROLL COUNTY, Three generations “My mother played a big role in Wilson Bridge over Deer Creek was threatened with replace- think they have.” the operation and stewardship of not just one, but two his- of the Mears fam- saving the historic barn and making ment in the early 2000s, the Mears built critical local support See more photos of the Mears Farms ily maintain Mears indianalandmarks. toric farms near Delphi is an enterprise spanning decades and Farms in Carroll sure it was preserved along with the for rehabbing the c.1898 span. In 2009, the farms provided on our website, generations. Recognizing their extraordinary commitment, County, encom- house,” says John Mears. “We’ve all a dynamic setting for kids ages 8-12 to learn about historic org/news. Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Farm Bureau presented the passing two historic followed in those footsteps.” Mears family with the 2019 John Arnold Award for Rural farms and several In 1966, Sherry and Lois bought vintage agricultural Preservation on August 15 at the Indiana State Fair. buildings, including the 80-acre historic Royster Farm just The Mears Farms are in the Deer Creek Valley, a natural area a c.1880 Sweitzer down the road across Deer Creek, where and rural historic district known for its scenic beauty, where barn. The family’s their son John and daughter-in-law shale bluffs, woods, creeks, and rolling terrain blend with his- stewardship and Mary made their home and raised their commitment to toric farms, bridges, cemeteries, and other rural features. the county’s rural children in the nineteenth-century farm- Sherry and Lois Mears purchased the 275-acre family heritage earned our house. A c.1880 English barn, 1920s homestead, the historic McCain Farm, in 1949 as relative 2019 John Arnold poultry shed, and c.1950 concrete block Award for Rural newlyweds. Over the next more than 60 years, they raised six Preservation. equipment building dot the property. children there, along with cattle, hogs, and chickens, and corn, PHOTO BY TOMMY The wealth of historic agricultural KLECKNER soybeans, wheat, hay, and tomatoes. The family lived in the structures on both farms played a role in farm’s picturesque 1852 Greek Revival farmhouse and used the their listing in the National Register of c.1880 Sweitzer barn and an early twentieth-century poultry Historic Places as part of the Deer Creek house, garage, and corn crib in farming operations. Valley Rural Historic District in 2002.

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to figure out how to equip the house with self-guiding tour technology. “It’s really the type of architecture that appeals to children of all ages,” notes Dr. Heidi Strobel, curator at the house. “For the elementary students, it’s on their scale. For students head- ing to college who are environmentally engaged and like the idea of leaving a small footprint, it resonates with them and rehabilitation at its annual Quality Richmond house at 209 North 10th and making repairs before selling it to as well.” of Place Conference each September, Columbian a preservation-minded buyer. Just down the street, RCP used its Properties earned Richmond Columbian Properties tackling important topics including a Servaas Award influence to convince a local bank to forgive a loan on a historic (RCP) earned the 2019 Servaas blight elimination and preservation’s for its preser- duplex and donate the property to Indiana Landmarks, which par- Memorial Award in the nonprofit economic impact. Recordings of vation work in tially rehabbed the property before putting it back on the market. category for its work in Richmond’s the talks are available on the group’s Richmond’s Starr “We’ve tried to put preservation in the mainstream of commu- Historic District, Starr Historic District. website, which also includes histories including the nity planning and be an example by preserving and protecting one Since 2012, RCP has hosted discus- of Richmond’s National Register-listed rescue and sale of of the most important buildings in the Starr Historic District,” Work Worth Celebrating sions about preservation, reinvestment, historic districts, and links to self- an Italianate-style says Matt Stegall, a RCP board member, who will accept the guided walking tours showcasing the house on 10th $2,000 Servaas Memorial Award at the annual meeting. Street (above). AT JUST 552 SQUARE FEET, Before the city’s architecture. Jean Gernand For more than four decades, Jean Gernand has worked to Evansville’s Peters-Margedant House is Peters-Margedant Along with educating the commu- (opposite, left) raise awareness of Huntington’s heritage, building partner- House was a small but significant setting to explore nity, RCP has shown a willingness to won the 2019 ships to save character-defining landmarks including the moved, archae- Williamson Prize architecture and history. Built in 1934 by ology students tackle abandoned and neglected build- for decades of Chief Richardville House, the Hotel LaFontaine, Horace Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentice William and members of ings in its own backyard. The organiza- advocacy that Mann School, and two historic houses. For her tireless efforts, Wesley Peters, the compact house served the University of tion owns the 1885 William G. Scott have helped save Gernand received the 2019 Williamson Prize for outstanding Evansville’s Sigma a family of six in its early years. Today House, where it hosts workshops, many Huntington individual leadership in preservation. Epsilon fraternity landmarks, the house provides an engaging space for dug up original special events, and community gather- including the “In the beginning, there was apathy. We’ve come a long way students and the community to discuss flagstones, quar- ings. Rental income from events held at Hotel LaFontaine from apathy,” Gernand notes. Peters’ design and housing legacy. ried by architect the house fuels the property’s ongoing (below). In the 1970s, she helped form local preservation organiza- Wes Peters, for PHOTOS BY J.P. HALL, Recognizing success in using the reuse at the restoration and upkeep. ALYSSA REYNOLDS, AND tion Huntington Alert, working to educate the community EVAN HALE house to interest the next generation house’s new site The organization also developed by organizing slide shows, writing newspaper articles, and in preservation and history, Indiana on campus. a rehabilitation plan for North 10th coordinating home tours. In 1981, Gernand rallied with other PHOTO © FRIENDS OF Landmarks awarded the Friends of the PETERS-MARGEDANT Street, using a loan from Indiana citizens to save the vacant 1925 Hotel LaFontaine, forming a HOUSE Peters-Margedant House the 2019 Servaas Landmarks to buy an Italianate-style nonprofit that devised a plan to turn the landmark into senior Memorial Award for outstanding achieve- apartments. The group recruited service clubs, businesses, and ment in preservation in the youth-serving city officials to lend their vocal and financial support for the category. Jim Renne, a member of the hotel’s preservation and secured a $2.5 million HUD loan for friends group, will accept the Servaas the project. Now one of the crown jewels of downtown, the sculpture and $1,000 prize at Indiana hotel’s transformation earned a National Preservation Honor Landmarks’ annual meeting in September. Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Peters-Margedant House landed “Jean has been a driving force in advocating preservation of on Indiana Landmarks’ 10 Most Huntington’s most important historic buildings for decades. Endangered list in 2014, setting in Without her, the city’s historic downtown would not be as rich motion a plan to move the tiny home for in character as it is today,” says Indiana Landmarks President use as a learning lab at the University of Marsh Davis, who will present the award. Evansville. Now restored, the house hosts “Reid was one of my best friends, so receiving this award regular guided tours. This year, a semester- named for him has special meaning to me,” says Gernand. “He long course will challenge college students was larger than life. I always called him the king of preservation.”

6 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 7 HISTORIC HOUSE STYLES A GUIDE TO 200 YEARS OF RESIDE NTIAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIANA

As you travel along from humble structures known as vernacular In the Beginning tal log construction techniques brought by central European city streets and country roads, you can learn architecture built by craftsman, contractors, When you think of Indiana’s earliest houses, you likely immigrants. In the fourth grade, your teacher may have called a lot about historic houses by looking at their and do-it-yourselfers to high-style, architect- picture rustic log homes. Non-Native American vernacular them cabins, but hewing logs into square shapes and notching shape, decorative details, rooflines, and windows. designed houses. You’ll get the background story forms in Indiana began with simple log structures built by the corners into dovetails required time and skill that surpassed All can offer clues to a home’s architectural style on how styles and forms evolved, and the cul- early nineteenth-century pioneers who used materials at hand the temporary cabins settlers built of round logs, making these and tell you how old a property might be. tural events and technologies that shaped them, in what was then a heavily-forested region. While some early labor-intensive structures worthy of being called log houses. To help hone your house-spotting skills, we’ve with drawings and photo examples from around hand-hewn log houses still exist, typically in rural areas, most From the road, it can be hard to recognize a log house, since published a new historic house style guide on the state. Plus you’ll find interesting and amusing were lost long ago to urbanization and homeowners’ desires many were covered in siding. While people think the siding our website, spanning 200 years of residen- trivia related to each style. Check it out for your- to adopt newer, more convenient styles and materials. must have come later, similar to an 1880s house covered in tial architectural in Indiana. This rich resource self at indianalandmarks.org/resources. Like the country itself, hewn-log construction is a melting 1950s aluminum siding, log houses often got wood siding explores homes both modest and sophisticated: pot of traditions, combining British house forms with horizon- shortly after construction to protect the logs and chinking from

8 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 9 deterioration, and to add an extra layer of insulation—a clever practice called weatherboarding. At Indiana Dunes National Park, the evolution of log construction is evident at the Bailly Homestead, a National Historic Landmark and home of fur trader Honore Gratien Joseph Bailly de Messein (1774-1835), who set up a post on the northern branch of Sauk Trail in 1822. Bailly quickly replaced his original simple log house with a larger residence. Constructed around 1834 of hewn logs and weatherboard- ing, the house was expanded and modified in later decades by Bailly’s descendants. The homestead also includes log structures dating to the 1860s and ’70s built out of logs salvaged from That’s older buildings, including a log chapel and two-story log build- In Markle, a con- Michael Shymanski that the property ing made from remnants of a dairy house and tool shed. tractor prepping a was available for lease in 2010. In house for demoli- Beginning in 1850, Bailly’s son-in-law Joel Wicker recruited rehabbing the house, the Shymanskis Amoré! tion uncovered an Swedish workers from Chicago—at one time the city with the 1850 cabin (below). uncovered its layers of history, remov- INDIANA’S LOVE highest Swedish population outside Stockholm—to operate a In the Indiana ing siding on an interior kitchen wall FOR ITALIANATE sawmill, drawing timber workers and farmers to settle in the Dunes, Patricia and to expose the original log structure, Michael Shymanski region. Several log houses believed to have been built in the with distinctive dove joints that point exposed the origi- Of Indiana’s many With its symmetrical of early European architecture. Perhaps best 1860s for these workers remain on nearby farms, once part of nal log cabin hid- to its Swedish roots. It’s a feature they architectural house styles, façade, square cupola, known for his Gothic Revival designs, A.J. den beneath plaster Bailly’s homestead. enjoy showing to visitors who see perhaps none is so well rep- and brackets along the Downing’s pattern books also depicted homes Elsewhere in the park, Swedish immigrant Charles Johnson in their kitchen the property on our annual Logs to cornice, Valparaiso’s (above). resented as Italianate, and for c.1875 Josephus inspired by Romantic country villas of the Italian built an oak hall-and-parlor log cabin around 1870. He PHOTOS BY TODD ZEIGER Lustrons tour each May. good reason. Popular around Wolf House (top) is a Renaissance. Downing’s villas often included (ABOVE) AND BRIAN expanded the house around 1908 by raising its roof, adding a ZUERCHER (BELOW) In 2016, a contractor prepping a the state from 1855 to 1890, superb example of the a tower or cupola to add drama and proclaim rear wing and interior plaster walls. An ad on the back of Old non-descript old house for demolition Italianate architecture emerged Italianate style in Porter wealth and status. House Journal magazine alerted Chicago retirees Patricia and in the small town of Markle made a County. In Indianapolis’s as Indiana experienced a popu- Old Northside neigh- American Italianate houses tend to follow two surprising discovery when he uncov- lation boom, swelling by over borhood, the 1873 broad trends: the picturesque and informal build- ered hand-hewn logs under layers of one million people between Cosby-Lauter House ings inspired by rural Italian villas and farmhouses, siding. Research by members of the 1850 and 1890. As a result, you’ll offers another interpre- and the formal symmetrical buildings modeled on Markle Historical Society determined tation of the style, its find examples of the style in basic Italianate profile the principles of urban Italian Renaissance design. that the sturdy structure had been urban, suburban, and rural set- embellished with the Around Indiana, you’ll find Italianate houses con- erected around 1850. With advice tings all over the state. addition of a porch. structed in brick and clapboard, and even vernac- PHOTOS BY TIFFANY TOLBERT from Indiana Landmarks, the society The Italianate style reflects (ABOVE) AND PAIGE WASSEL ular forms such as gable-fronts and I-Houses that (BELOW) bought the log house and moved it Americans’ continued love incorporate Italianate details. to a new site in Mill Park, where it is To spot an Italianate building, look for brack- currently being rehabbed to showcase ets along the cornice, a defining hallmark of the early settler life. style. While they may look like they support the In the early twentieth century, round roof, they are merely decorative. The roof is typi- logs enjoyed a rustic revival, thanks to cally low-pitched and hipped, although gable- toys like Lincoln Logs and a romantic front forms also appear. Decorative window nostalgia for pioneer life. Today you can hoods cap tall, narrow windows that often stretch still find examples of these log cabins from floor to ceiling on the first floor. Lunettes, being used as museums and educational also known as eyebrow windows, sometimes sites in Indiana’s state parks, such as the show up near the roofline, shedding light into an Lieber Cabin at Turkey Run State Park. attic. The half-moon shape ties the design to its Italian roots (think of the Roman arch). Now that you know what to look for, don’t be surprised if you see Italianate houses popping up everywhere!

10 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 11 with the outdoors, sleeping rooms upstairs for privacy, and utility and recreational space in the partial basement, the least Small expensive area. but Stylish Wrightian House (1950s-PRESENT) Following the Great Depression, The horizontal emphasis, flat roofs, and wide eaves of Frank if you wanted a federally backed mortgage, you Lloyd Wright’s early twentieth-century Prairie designs inspired had to play by the Federal Housing Administration’s architects working from the 1950s through the present to (FHA) rules. The FHA preferred the American incorporate the master’s organic philosophy. The idea that Small House, a standard that shaped residential a building would blend in with nature fit perfectly with the streetscapes nationwide from the 1930s through the growing environmental movement. 1950s and inspired the 1962 folk song “Little Boxes.” Typically, the one-story houses included a liv- Shed House (1960-1980s) ing room, kitchen, two bedrooms, and at least In the 1970s, Americans stopped throwing litter from their one bathroom. Their practicality and affordability car windows, established Earth Day and the Environmental answered the needs of returning GIs and families Protection Agency, and learned about the evils of DDT and moving to cities for World War II production jobs. paving paradise, all to save the Spaceship Earth. Shed designs Muncie’s Kenmore Addition retains a particularly were a passive solar energy response to the oil crisis. The style attractive American Small House built in 1950 for Contemporary began in an architect-designed community of vacation homes Charles and Margaret Benham from plans designed Columbus north of San Francisco and appealed to back-to-nature fans. by Michigan architect Walter Anika, a 1,135-square- GARRY CHILLUFFO Though the environmental movement continued, the style foot residence clad in brick with painted redwood faded from popularity in the 1980s. siding, constructed for $16,000. The house caught the eye of Steve Austin in Lustron (1948-1951) 1991. A former realtor, Austin was looking for a Living the Dream Company owner Carl Strandlund saw his design as the answer home of his own when he saw the tucked-away to the post-World War II housing crisis. From 1948-1950 the gem, knocked on the door, and asked then-owner AS GIs RETURNED FROM WORLD WAR II, THE Lustron Corporation created over 2,498 homes in a former Dr. Barbara Alverez if she would consider selling. federal government provided low-interest mortgage loans that Columbus, Ohio, aircraft factory. Made of porcelain-coated By the time he got home, the phone was ringing. financed modern practicality. The FHA, which backed GI steel panels, the distinctive houses are easy to spot—one-story Within two weeks, Austin had closed the deal and the house belonged to him. mortgages, favored solid, architecturally conservative designs houses clad in square panels in pastel colors such as “surf “It just had a clean look, and it’s so small I live worthy of a long-term investment. Styles such as the Ranch blue” and “maize yellow.” Lustron constructed 159 homes in in all of it,” says Austin. “I’m wild about the living and the American Small House (see sidebar) fit the bill and Indiana, many of which remain. See one for sale on p.17. Split-Level House room with floor-to-ceiling windows that provide were easily mass-produced to fill new suburbs. Today, these views of east and west. It’s loaded with light.” houses offer a picture of post-war American society. Ranch (1940s-1960s) Contemporary (1950s-PRESENT) Austin, who works in real estate and government Post-World War II prosperity meant more people could afford Since architectural historians name styles in hindsight, names affairs for Red Gold, Inc., has taken care to maintain cars, spawning suburbs that allowed for bigger houses and lots. for building styles created after the 1960s are still undecided. the home’s vintage features or find updates that Enter the rambling Ranch house. Central air conditioning’s For now, we’re giving the name Contemporary to many match the original furnishings. It’s a comfortable, arrival contributed to the decline of front porches and the rise mid-twentieth-century houses, typically architect-designed small house he’s proud to call home. of private backyard patios. Attached garages, first one-car and and custom-built. The style displays the horizontal empha- later two-car, reflect the auto-centric lifestyle of the suburbs. sis of its Ranch kin but offers a more futuristic appearance with placement of windows in non-traditional locations just Split-Level House (1950s-1970s) below the roofline, flat or very low-pitched roofs, and large The Split-Level house developed in the ’30s but saw a surge in stretches of walls with no openings. Large expanses of glass popularity in the ’50s through the ’70s. In the 1950s, the Small on the rear of the house bring the outside in. Elements like House Council at the University of Illinois used scientific the projecting roof rafters reveal the post-and-beam structure Wrightian House surveys to identify the living habits of families and determined of most Contemporary houses. You can see great examples of Muncie that the Split-Level met the needs of the modern family by Contemporary houses on our annual Back to the Future tour GARRY CHILLUFFO providing ground-level living spaces that were well-integrated each summer.

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marked the start of his support for where he curated decorative arts and preservation. furniture, reviewing the furnishings Just a year after moving to Terre and helping with exhibits and inter- Haute, Indiana, in 1993, Buchanan pretation at state historic sites. As became a member of Indiana Indiana Landmarks’ Morris-Butler Landmarks. Living in an 1893 Queen House transitioned from Victorian Anne in the city’s historic Farrington’s museum to an event venue, Buchanan Grove neighborhood, Buchanan shared his expertise, advising us on partnered with Indiana Landmarks how to deal with furnishings in the to try to save another historic house house’s collection. threatened with demolition, deepen- In retirement, he plans to split his ing his commitment by later serving time between Indiana and Colorado, on our affiliate council. He remained renting his Italianate when he is a supporter when he moved to out West. Buchanan will remain an Indianapolis to take a position as Indiana Landmarks member and is curator at the Indiana State Museum including us in his estate plans. Prolific Legacy and Historic Sites. “Indiana Landmarks is an amazing “When I came to Indy, I could see success story and even those who don’t IF YOU WERE TO COMPILE A GREATEST HITS D.A. Bohlen and Son that where historic buildings were consider themselves preservationists of Indiana architecture, chances are good that Indianapolis’s designed landmarks across the state, being fixed up, it helped land values acknowledge the benefits that come Bohlen family designed several buildings on the list: including the Church around them,” Buchanan says. “It was out of its work,” notes Buchanan. Indianapolis City Market, French Lick Springs Hotel, Shelby of the Immaculate patently clear to me that it made more “That work needs to continue, and County Courthouse, and Indianapolis’s Murat Temple. Conception on the sense for cities to help get buildings the only way that can happen is if Operating from 1853 to 1968 and spanning four generations, campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods restored, rehabbed, and saved.” people continue to support Indiana the architecture firm D.A. Bohlen and Son also designed near Terre Haute Buchanan put his beliefs into Landmarks financially.” Indiana Landmarks’ Morris-Butler House in Indianapolis and (left) and the French action by taking on his own fixer- most of the buildings for the Sisters of Providence and Saint Lick Springs Hotel upper, an 1870 brick Italianate duplex Mary-of-the-Woods College near Terre Haute. (right). Architectural historian Dr. James on South Meridian Street just blocks To better understand the prolific firm’s legacy, the two orga- Glass explores the from Monument Circle. “It was a nizations used a Historic Preservation Education Grant from firm’s legacy in ruin, with falling ceilings and a fur- Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Humanities to hire archi- a talk at Indiana Landmarks Center nace that was deadly, letting gases into tectural historian Dr. James Glass to research the Bohlens. By Like what on October 3. the house. The only reason no one was combing architectural archives and historic newspapers, Glass PHOTOS BY LEE LEWELLEN hurt was probably because so many of you’ve read? gained new insight, findings he’ll share at two events in October. the windows were missing glass,” says “For over 100 years, their work was of high quality, Help Indiana Landmarks Buchanan. achieve even more by: involved all building types, and illustrated nearly every archi- Having already rehabbed a series tectural style,” notes Glass. of historic homes, Buchanan put his • Renewing your On October 3, Indiana Landmarks Center hosts Glass’s home-improvement skills to work membership illustrated talk on the firm’s work in Indiana, featuring historic converting the house into a triplex, hir- • Making a donation in illustrations and photos of landmarks still-in-use and others lost, Sharing His Expertise ing contractors for the tasks he couldn’t addition to membership including the English Opera House on Monument Circle. On do. “Even in rough shape, old homes October 20, Glass presents a second talk at Saint Mary-of-the- WHEN DAVID BUCHANAN TALKS ABOUT BEING A long-time Indiana have far more quality and details that • Including Indiana Woods Historic District highlighting Bohlen-designed buildings Landmarks in your a lifelong admirer of historic buildings, he means it. When Landmarks mem- are unaffordable for the average person at the liberal arts college. Following the talk, volunteers will ber, Indianapolis estate plans he was seven years old, he joined the county historian to resident and deco- now,” says Buchanan. “Everyone told conduct a tour of five landmarks, tracing the firm’s work from picket against the demolition of the nineteenth-century rative arts expert me I was an idiot to buy that house. For more information talk to the 1894 Woodland Inn to the 1964 Rooney Library. county courthouse in his hometown of Durango, Colorado. David Buchanan They’ve changed their minds now.” Sharon Gamble, 800-450-4534 See the calendar for more details on the talk on October 3. has included us in or visit indianalandmarks.org Though their efforts proved unsuccessful, the experi- his estate plans. In August, Buchanan retired after Learn more about the October 20 talk and tour at ence opened Buchanan’s eyes to historic architecture and PHOTO BY PAIGE WASSEL 26 years at the Indiana State Museum, smwhistoricdistrict.org.

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FOR LANDMARKS ON THE MARKET Vice President John Pappas came across see more at indianalandmarks.org Guggman Haus Brewing Company, SALE a Broad Ripple-based home-brewing venture started by twin sisters Courtney Guggenberger and Abby Gorman and their husbands, Derek and Ryan. When it became clear that renovations on the former garage would take longer than expected, the group focused its rehab efforts on the house next door, vacant for more than a decade. “The house looked like it had been through World War II,” says Congdon. Courtyard Inn 5638 Indianola Avenue Workers repaired the roof, adding Front Street, Rising Sun Indianapolis fresh paint and a wrap-around deck Riverside opportunities abound at Own one of only 2,680 Lustron on the exterior with picnic tables for this property dating to 1827. First homes built. This Westchester Reclaiming Race History constructed as a general store, the Deluxe 2-bedroom model is almost outdoor seating. Few original features building recently held a restaurant. 100% original and awaiting its final IN 1935, AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 1701 Rehabbed and remained inside, so the team gutted Row houses and other additions restoration. New plumbing, elec- Gent Avenue on Indianapolis’s west side became home to reopened this and rehabbed it to a cabin atmosphere, have housed rental, hotel rooms, trical, heating, and sewer lines. spring, a Dutch several of the city’s premier racing teams, including one led by with couches, board games, and and a variety of commercial uses. Located on .23-acre lot with land- Colonial house 14,858 square feet. scaped lawn and mature trees. “Umbrella Mike” Boyle, a Chicago labor leader whose success on Indianapolis’s wooden tables and chairs. The lower in the Indy 500 led Indianapolis Motor Speedway Historian west side (after level houses brewing operations and $1,075,000 $190,000 Donald Davidson to dub him the “Penske of the pre-War era.” and before, above) limited seating, while the main floor Brett Fehrman Sherri Roizen found new life as Fehrman Realty Encore Sotheby’s International Realty In recent years, however, the building tottered on the brink Guggman Haus is a tasting room, complete with a bar 812-537-1700 317-408-3045 of collapse, along with a neighboring 1916 Dutch Colonial Brewing Co., oper- forged from glazed block salvaged from Revival-style house. This spring marked a turnaround for the ated by twin sisters the nearby garage. The Guggenbergers site, rehabbed and reborn as Guggman Haus Brewing Co. Abby Gorman nonprofit several Indiana Automotive and Gormans provided sweat equity and Courtney Just a few years ago, when city officials targeted the industrial Guggenberger and board members formed to salvage as and advised on the design. building for demolition, members of our Indiana Automotive their husbands, much as possible of the building. Vintage Boyle Racing photos deco- affinity group appealed to have the structure pulled from the Derek and Ryan While scouting in 2015 for a busi- rate the wall, and Guggman Haus brews (right). demolition list and turned over to Indiana Landmarks. In PHOTOS © GUGGMAN HAUS ness to occupy the property, Boyle offer additional nods to racing history, turn, we passed the former garage on to Boyle Racing LLC, a BREWING CO. Racing Treasurer Jeffrey Congdon and including Winner’s Milk Jug, Mike’s Umbrella Brown Ale, and Wilbur’s Prize Pils (named for Boyle Racing’s Indy 500-winning driver Wilbur Shaw). Suzane Thomas House 2750 S. Spicewood Lane When the garage’s renovation is 828 East Adams Street, Muncie Bloomington KATIE GIBSON JOINED INDIANA January 1 this year—of Indiana Modernist buildings and land- complete, it will house Guggman Alfred Grindle-designed 1896 Mid-Century Modern jewel in city’s Landmarks this spring as Heritage scapes from the 1930s-1970s on Instagram with the hashtags Haus’s expanded taproom and event Colonial Revival gem in National Spicewood neighborhood features Experiences Manager. Gibson holds a #IndianaModern and #INModernLove. Winners will receive cash space, along with memorabilia and Register district has 5,400 square a courtyard, open living room with bachelor’s degree in historic preser- prizes, with the top winner receiving complimentary member- vintage cars, including the Boyle feet (plus third floor and base- kitchen and nook, polished concrete vation from Savannah College of Art ship in Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Modern. We’ll announce ment), original woodwork and floors, fireplace, expansive windows and Design and previously worked the three top winners on October 7 on Indiana Modern’s Diamond T 211FF Race Car Hauler hardware, large rooms with lots of maximizing wooded views. 4 bed- with Architecture and Community Instagram. Visit indianalandmarks.org/Indiana-modern for recovered and restored by Boyle natural light, eight fireplaces, and rooms, 3 baths. Covered car port. Heritage (ARCH) in Fort Wayne. more info. Racing. The race car hauler and a large carriage house. 4 bedrooms, Rear addition with bonus room and Calling all photographers! Show Indiana Landmarks thanks Ball State University students Boyle Special race car will be on 2.5 baths. Saved from exploitation, kitchenette. and largely restored. BRIEFLY your love for Modernist architecture Carrie Vachon and Seth Stegall who worked in our offices display on October 19 during Boyle $318,000 by entering our second-annual this summer. Vachon aided our Central Regional Office in Racing Day at Guggman Haus. $300,000 Tya Hanna NOTED “IN Modern Love” photo contest Indianapolis by monitoring our covenant and easement prop- Frank Meeker RE/MAX Realty Professionals underway now through October 1. erties and Stegall assisted with preservation education and Watch @GuggmanHausBrewing on 765-702-0717 812-327-5530 Share your photos—taken since events in our Eastern Regional Office in Cambridge City. Facebook for upcoming details.

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Annual Meeting FRENCH LICK & Landmark Look Tours & Events Sept. 14, Indianapolis WEST BADEN Oct. 6, North Vernon Celebrate preservation successes, applaud winners of the SPRINGS TOURS See two Queen Anne-style houses in Servaas Memorial Awards and Williamson Prize, and elect Daily April-December Jennings County: the Cone House new directors at our annual meeting at Indiana Landmarks West Baden Springs rescued from the brink of demoli- Center. Reception 2:30-3:30 p.m., program from 3:30-5 p.m. Hotel tion and nearing the end of a major Monday-Saturday 2 & Free with RSVP. 4 p.m. rehabilitation and the Leavitt House, Sunday, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. a fixer-upper full of potential and Wine Down on the Farm French Lick Springs available for sale. 2-4 p.m. Free for Sept. 20, Cambridge City Hotel members, $10/general public. See painters from the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association Noon practice their craft on the grounds of Huddleston Tours depart from our Historic Aurora Landmarks Emporium Farmhouse as you enjoy local wine and a harvest meal shops in each historic Downtown Tour prepared by local chefs using regionally sourced ingredients. hotel on IN 56 in southern Oct. 19, Aurora Craftsman will also be constructing willow furniture and Indiana. Combo ticket In celebration of Aurora’s bicenten- demonstrating glass blowing on site. 6-9 p.m. $35/member, available. Discount for nial, see historic landmarks across members on tours and $50/general public. in shops. Reservations the city, including private homes, recommended. an 1850 church, a railroad depot, Amazing Space Talk & Tour 812-936-5870. a commercial building, and a local Sept. 26 & 29, Terre Haute Twilight Tours brewery in a historic warehouse. SEPT. 26 Valparaiso University Professor Dr. Gretchen Costumed characters 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $12/member, $15/ Buggeln explores how suburban congregations thought depict famous guests general public in advance. $20/ at West Baden Springs Modernism could help them stay relevant in a time of during its heyday in the person on day of tour. Sponsored Amazing Space Tour, Sept. 29 great cultural change. 6:30 p.m. Free with RSVP. ’teens and ’20s. Timed by Indiana Landmarks, Main Street tours depart at 7 p.m., EMILY ECKARDT SEPT. 29 Tour five mid-century churches showing how Aurora, and Dearborn County 7:10 p.m., and 7:20 p.m. modern style influenced ecclesial design and the materials Sept. 14. $20/general Historical Society. congregations selected for their buildings. 1-4 p.m. public, $18/member. $5/member, $7/general public in advance; $8/member, Not-So Silent Behind-the-Scenes First Friday INDIANAPOLIS TOURS $10/general public on day of tour. Learn more on Tours Halloween Indianapolis Indianalandmarks.org/ongoing-tours-events back cover. June-December Oct. 25, Indianapolis Our Rapp Family Gallery hosts free art shows, with an option On select Sunday Enjoy spooky music played on to tour our restored headquarters. 6-9 p.m. Monument Circle Quality of Place Conference afternoons, Indiana Indiana Landmarks Center’s 1892 SEPT. 6 “Perspectives” a group show by InSight Art Promotion Saturdays, 10 a.m., May-October Sept. 26, Richmond Landmarks offers a two- Sanborn organ, atmospheric light- Free guided tours depart from South Bend Chocolate Co., Richmond Columbian Properties hosts a conference hour behind-the-scenes ing, and scary movies, including 30 Monument Circle. No reservation required. tour of the West Baden Historic Photo Talk & Scan-A-Thon exploring connections between community engage- Springs Hotel, arranging a silent short and a not-so-silent Sept. 5 & 7, Indianapolis ment, citizen leaders, and preservation. PlaceEconomics’ access to spaces not nor- horror feature. Dress as your favorite City Market Catacombs Indiana Album Founding Director Joan Hostetler shares Donovan Rypkema, an expert on preservation’s economic mally open to the public, movie monster and compete for 1st and 3rd Saturdays, May-October, and an additional including exclusive peeks historic images found in attics, basements, and closets in a Saturday, October 26, 10 & 10:30 a.m., 11 & 11:30 a.m., noon, impacts, serves as keynote speaker. 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Presidential Suite cash prizes. Snacks and cash bar talk at Indiana Landmarks Center on Sept. 5. The non-profit 12:30 & 1 p.m. $35/person. and stunning views of available. 7-10:15 p.m. $15/mem- collects, scans, and catalogs such photos to preserve their her- Advance ticket required. $12/general public, $6/child (age the atrium from a sixth- ber, $18/general public. itage. The 6 p.m. talk, which is free for members, $5/general 6-11), $10/member, $5/child of a member. floor balcony. Rooms Bohlen Architecture Talk included on the tour are public, precedes a photo scan-a-thon at Indiana Landmarks Oct. 3, Indianapolis Athenaeum subject to change due Center on Sept. 7. The scan-a-thon, held 10 a.m.-3 p.m., is In an illustrated talk at Indiana Landmarks Center, archi- to availability. 2-4 p.m. 2nd Saturdays, May-September, noon free with reservation. tectural historian Dr. James Glass shares the story of D.A. Sept. 8 & 22, Oct. 6 & RSVP & BUY TICKETS: Advanced ticket required. $10/general public age 12 and 20, Nov. 24, and Dec. 8. indianalandmarks.org/ up, $5/child (age 6-11), $8/member, $4 for children of Bohlen and Son, a four-generation architectural firm that $28/member, $30/gen- tours-events members (age 6-11). designed some of Indiana’s best-known buildings between eral public. 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Amazing Spaces

AFTER WORLD WAR II, AMERICA’S RELIGIOUS See how congrega- September 29 on Amazing Space, denominations moved to the expanding suburbs, spending tions embraced mod- a tour sponsored by Indiana ern design for houses billions on church architecture and exploring how Modernist of worship, including Landmarks and Indiana Modern design might help them stay relevant in a time of great cultural St. Margaret Mary exploring the intersection of change. In Terre Haute, St. Margaret Mary Parish hired the Catholic Church ecclesial design and modern style local firm Yeager Architects to design a church and rectory in (above), during a in the 1950s and 1960s. The tour tour of five mid-cen- the latest Mid-Century Modern style at the corner of Seventh tury churches in Terre also includes St. Patrick Catholic and Voorhees streets. Finished in 1957, the flat-roofed lime- Haute, September Church, Memorial United stone structures are connected by a two-story colonnade, giving 29. A pre-tour talk on Methodist Church, Trinity Lutheran way to an enclosed courtyard. A stone, free-standing bell tower September 26 offers Church, and St. Mark United additional perspec- rises like a vertical blade in front of the building. tive (see p.19). Church of Christ. See the calendar Still serving its congregation, St. Margaret Mary Catholic PHOTO BY EMILY ECKARDT for full tour details. Church is one of five mid-century churches featured indianalandmarks.org