Historic Barns—Functional & Adaptable

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016

Outstanding in Its Field Historic barns—functional & adaptable

HONORING NEW USE LEADERS & STEWARDS for ARMORY Servaas, Williamson, and Riverside High to open Arnold award winners next year FROM THE PRESIDENT STARTERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Eli Lilly (1885-1977) Edward D. Clere Founder New Albany Hon. W. Timothy Crowley OFFICERS Vincennes Hon. Randall T. Shepard Julie Donnell LANDMARK Honorary Chairman Fort Wayne Swagged LEXICON Leadership Tribute Carl A. Cook Jeremy D. Efroymson Chairman Indianapolis n today’s slang, swag refers to free loot that compa- INDIANA LANDMARKS’ PREVIOUS HEADQUARTERS, THE Timothy S. Shelly Gregory S. Fehribach Past Chairman nies give away to promote their products. In his- Heritage Preservation Center, was dedicated in 1991. We thought that Indianapolis James P. Fadely Sanford E. Garner toric buildings, it has another meaning albeit with would be our home in perpetuity. Well, perpetuity lasted about 20 Vice Chairman Indianapolis I a similar purpose. To draw attention, architects used years. In 2011 we moved to the Indiana Landmarks Center and sold the Marsh Davis Phillip J. Gick President Greencastle carved decoration called swag—a garland that incorpo- former headquarters. Sara Edgerton Christine H. Keck rates cloth, flowers, plants, and fruit in a drooping arc, Secretary/Assistant Treasurer But before the move, the Heritage Preservation Center was renamed Evansville with ribbons or animals at each end. It’s a decorative Thomas H. Engle Matthew R. Mayol, AIA the Williamson Center in recognition of our esteemed long-time leader, Assistant Secretary Indianapolis element found in ancient Greek and Roman structures Reid Williamson, upon his retirement in 2005. Since the move from the Ralph G. Nowak Sharon Negele and in much later buildings influenced by classical de- Treasurer Attica Williamson Center, we’ve pondered how best to transfer the Williamson sign. Famed Chicago architectural firm D.H. Burnham & H. Roll McLaughlin, FAIA George A. Rogge name in a meaningful way into the present and future life of this orga- Chairman Emeritus Gary Company used swag around cartouches and over the nization which Reid built up during his tenure of more than 30 years. Judy A. O’Bannon Eric Rowland central entry of Terre Haute’s Terminal Arcade, a 1911 Secretary Emerita Indianapolis Somehow, naming part of the Indiana Landmarks Center in his honor J. Reid Williamson, Jr. Doris Anne Sadler landmark that’s currently vacant. President Emeritus Indianapolis just did not seem the right fit. LEE LEWELLEN DIRECTORS Matthew G. Stegall Instead, we concluded that a more suitable way to recognize Reid’s Richmond Katrina Basile legacy and to keep it fresh over time would be to create an award, to be Indianapolis Brad Toothaker South Bend DÉJÀ VU? presented annually, in recognition of one of Reid’s greatest qualities: Parker Beauchamp Wabash Kristen K. Tucker leadership. Thus, on September 11, at Indiana Landmarks’ annual meet- Evansville If he looks familiar, it’s because more Elaine E. Bedel ing, we will present the inaugural Williamson Prize for individual Indianapolis Jane T. Walker than 130 “Spirit of the American Indianapolis leadership in preservation. Steven Campbell Doughboy” statues dot the nation’s Indianapolis Gene Warren, Jr. Our pleasure in presenting the Williamson Prize is doubled as this Evansville courthouse lawns, cemeteries, public year’s recipient is Lori Efroymson-Aguilera parks, and VFW posts. Hoosier native (see page 4), whose quiet, steadfast leader- OFFICES & HISTORIC SITES Ernest Moore Viquesney sculpted the ship and generosity have strengthened the Headquarters Southeast Field Office World War I soldier in 1921 and mass- Indiana Landmarks Center Aurora historic preservation movement through- 1201 Central Avenue 812 926 0983 produced into the ‘30s. Indiana hosts Indianapolis, IN 46202 Southwest Field Office 11 of the sculptures, including one in out Indiana. Put succinctly, Lori’s impact [email protected] Evansville 317 639 4534 has been transformative, both for Indiana 812 423 2988 Viquesney’s home town of Spencer. You 800 450 4534 Landmarks and dozens of preservation Western Regional Office can find out more about the Doughboy Northwest Field Office Terre Haute Gary projects throughout the state. 812 232 4534 in a book on Indiana’s historic hidden 219 947 2657 I invite you to join us at Indiana Huddleston Farmhouse gems coming out in 2017 from Indiana Central Regional Office Cambridge City Indianapolis Landmarks’ Annual Meeting (see page 765 478 3172 Landmarks and IU Press. 317 639 4534 19 for details) as we honor the legacies of Morris-Butler House Eastern Regional Office Indianapolis Cambridge City 317 639 4534 two stellar leaders. Reid Williamson 765 478 3172 regional offices staffed by Veraestau Northern Regional Office Aurora Indiana Landmarks’ preser- South Bend 812 926 0983 574 232 4534 vation professionals round French Lick and West Northeast Field Office the state to help people Baden Springs tours Wabash 866 571 8687 (toll free) save and revitalize historic 260 563 7094 Marsh Davis, President 812 936 5870 Southern Regional Office places, including our new- Jeffersonville est in Wabash. Paul Hayden 812 284 4534 directs the Northeast Field Built in 1900, the Allhands family barn in southern Henry County On the ©2016, Indiana Landmarks; ISSN#: 0737-8602 Office, working from office space won recognition as one of Indiana’s top ten Bicentennial Barns Indiana Landmarks publishes Indiana Preservation bimonthly Cover (see page 12). PHOTO BY KEITH ALLHANDS for members. To join and learn other membership benefits, at INGUARD donated by board TOMMY KLECKNER visit indianalandmarks.org or contact memberships@ member Parker Beauchamp. indianalandmarks.org, 317-639-4534 or 800-450-4534. To offer suggestions forIndiana Preservation, contact editor@ indianalandmarks.org. 2 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 3 AWARD WINNERS

began with service on our real estate pation in The Mayor’s Eagles, a com- committee and board of directors. In munity service partnership between 1998, Lori and her late husband Dan the Madison mayor’s office and local created the Efroymson Family Fund elementary students in Madison’s of the Central Indiana Community National Historic Landmark District. Foundation (CICF) with preservation “Since 2000, hundreds of fourth- as a core mission. and fifth-grade Mayor’s Eagles have Since 1999, Lori has chaired the participated in Historic Madison’s fund, now joined by her son Jeremy volunteer opportunities,” notes John and daughter Elissa as advisors. The Staicer, president of the nonprofit. fund has made over $3.5 million in “For example, we trained Mayor’s grants to more than 250 preserva- Eagles in field measurement, pho- tion projects. Lori’s approach as the tography and documentation for our fund’s leader is brave and uncommon, Outbuilding Survey,” he says. The making grants at the very early “ugly” four-year project recorded more than stage of preservation projects. With no 80 structures, resulting in a popular guarantee of success, the Efroymson self-guided Urban Outbuilding tour. ABOVE: The The Columbus Area Visitors Family Fund provides money that acts This year, HMI guided the youngsters in researching historic Columbus Area Center offers rigorous training to Visitors Center as a catalyst—a transforming gift to Madison sites and downloaded the information to Clio, an received a Servaas volunteer guides who lead thousands preservation and Indiana. app for iPhone and Android phones that connects users to a Memorial Award each year on tours—six days a week— Her support has helped save historic database of historic sites nationwide. for promoting highlighting the city’s nineteenth-cen- places throughout the state, from the Mayor Damon Welch’s three adult offspring participated and supporting tury structures as well as more than 70 preservation of the Prairie Preservation Guild’s restoration in The Mayor’s Eagles as children. “I believe the program, city’s Mid-Century mid-century landmarks. It also shares of the Fowler Theatre to the rescue of especially the role Historic Madison has played in it, has Modern architec- the story of Columbus’s world-class Lyles Station schoolhouse, a vestige of helped many students look at their community with…a new tural legacy. architecture with state and national PHOTO © COLUMBUS AREA a historic African American settlement appreciation for its architectural heritage. As the future leaders VISITORS CENTER media and through social media. in Gibson County. Her family fund has of our city, students need a strong background in what makes Locally, it hosts educational talks on BELOW-LEFT: Historic made grants for sites on our 10 Most Madison so special,” he declares. Madison won a Columbus’s unique Mid-Century Endangered list, a roster not for the The Servaas Memorial Award in the nonprofit organization youth-serving Modern architectural heritage. faint of heart when it comes to investing category, with a $2,000 cash prize, goes to the Columbus Area Servaas Award for The Columbus Area Visitors Center engaging fourth in historic places. Since 2005, the fund Visitors Center for its ardent and effective promotion and sup- and fifth grade also helps fund preservation projects, Efroymson-Aguilera, Madison has provided $3 million to recapitalize port of historic preservation. Mayor’s Eagles in aiding the rehabilitation of Hamilton our revolving fund and replenish our researching and Center, a 1958 Harry Weese-designed endangered places grant fund. documenting the ice skating rink, for example. To and Columbus claim awards city’s landmarks. Marsh Davis will recognize Lori PHOTO © HISTORIC MADISON foster and strengthen preservation in IF YOU’RE A LONG-TIME INDIANA LANDMARKS Lori Efroymson- Efroymson-Aguilera’s leadership with the community, the Columbus Area member, you’ll remember Reid Williamson, our president Aguilera, a leader the Williamson Prize, a walnut and Visitors Center was a founding partner in preservation from 1973 to 2005. Under his leadership, Indiana Landmarks funding, won the in- cherry sculpture by Evansville artist of Landmark Columbus, a new pres- created regional offices to more readily help people save historic augural Williamson John McNaughton, also the creator of our ervation organization, and served as places, and grew in membership, staff, and endowment. Prize for her support Sandi Servaas Memorial Award sculpture. the parent for the Columbus Indiana Marsh Davis, our current president, recommended that we in saving historic At the annual meeting, Randall Architectural Archives, now a stand- buildings through- create an award for individual preservation leadership in Reid’s out the state, Shepard, former Indiana Supreme Court alone 501c3 organization. honor, called the Williamson Prize. Marsh checked with Reid, including a major chief justice and honorary Indiana If you haven’t been to Madison or who lives in Savannah, and found him honored to be remem- gift for restoration Landmarks chairman, will present the Columbus lately, why not visit this fall? bered in this way. of Indianapolis’s Servaas sculpture to two winners. Your first stop in planning your trips: Hinkle Fieldhouse, At Indiana Landmarks’ annual meeting on Sunday, a National Historic Historic Madison, Inc. (HMI) www.historicmadisoninc.com and September 11, Lori Efroymson-Aguilera will receive the Landmark. wins the $1,000 Servaas Award in the the Columbus Area Visitors Center, inaugural Williamson Prize. Her leadership in preservation PHOTO BY SERGIO AGUILERA youth-serving category for its partici- www.columbus.in.us.

4 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 5 LANDMARK NEWS

Armory Prepares to Welcome New Class

HESLAR NAVAL ARMORY EVOKES A SPARKLING as a core commitment, Herron High BELOW: Indiana white ship at dock, moored at 30th Street and White River School saw the National Register-listed Landmarks part- nered with Herron Parkway in Indianapolis’s Riverside neighborhood. The Works armory as the perfect site for a second High School to Progress Administration began building the streamlined school following its model. save Indianapolis’s concrete landmark in 1936 as a Naval Reserve training center. The state had offered the armory Heslar Naval During World War II, the U.S. Navy commandeered the site to other state agencies with no takers. Armory on White mitment to its preservation and reuse. Our partnership won a River. The vacant for active service. Following protocol, the state trans- 1936 building will significant boost when an anonymous donor with connections Vacant since the departure of the Naval Reserves in 2014, ferred it to the city, which similarly debut in 2017 as to both organizations underwrote a year of holding costs that the Art Moderne structure might have seen the deterioration saw no use for the armory. Herron Riverside High kept the building heated to prevent deterioration. common to vacant buildings but for a partnership between High had an ideal reuse, but it needed School, a classical- Herron hopes to open Riverside High School in the fall of education charter Indiana Landmarks and a nationally renowned, locally oper- a nonprofit to whom the city would school following 2017, adding a grade level each year until it serves more than ated charter high school. give the property, one that could the Herron High 600 students. “It is an area of the city that’s in great need of After the armory was sidelined, Indiana Landmarks paid support the building while the school model, which in- quality schools, and we think we can provide that,” says Janet ABOVE LEFT: The In the drill hall—a double-sized cludes community attention because we knew reuse might be challenging for the raised $7 million for the adaptation. H. McNeal, president and head of school. She’s being modest: armory’s drill hall, gymnasium—artist Charles Bauerle, revitalization as a which will be con- steel-reinforced concrete cube. Herron High School also had its Indiana Landmarks, which had core value. approximately 40 percent of its students come from low- verted to a gym under commission by the Works eye on the armory. The Indianapolis charter school offers a clas- made grants to Herron High for RENDERING BY RATIO income families, and Herron High has a 99 percent graduation shared by Riverside Progress Administration, painted four sical, liberal arts education—every pupil takes Latin—and it has preservation of its historic buildings, rate and 95 percent of its kids go to college or the military. and Herron high 12x15-foot murals depicting famous a long waiting list of students it can’t accommodate on its cam- stepped in and petitioned the city to McNeal points to the transformation in the neighborhood schools, will retain naval battles. The high school will ship’s navigation pus at 16th and Pennsylvania. With community revitalization give us the building, with our com- since Herron High moved into the vacant Herron School bridge features and keep nearly all of the historic nautical of Art building 11 years ago. The area has attracted locally murals by WPA art- elements, with the drill hall serving owned restaurants and shops and foot traffic—much of it from ist Charles Bauerle as home gym for both Riverside and teachers, students and parents. Home values in the neighbor- depicting famous Herron high schools. naval battles. hood have increased by 42 percent. Indiana Landmarks former The armory boasts a history that will chairman Tim Shelly, whose Warrick and Boyn law practice ABOVE RIGHT: The make the new students proud. Taken represents a dozen school corporations in northern Indiana, Riverside High over during World War II by the U.S. faculty will enjoy notes that schools represent a powerful economic engine to use of the officers’ Department of the Navy, it trained ra- communities and neighborhoods. bar, converted to dio operators from 1940 to 1945, and “The teachers go to the local coffee house, custodians shop coffee lounge, with it is believed that top-secret planning restored nautical at the local hardware store, after school groups order pizza from design elements. for important battles occurred there. the nearest parlor,” says Shelly. “When a school moves into a PHOTOS BY PAIGE WASSEL “It’s a capital ‘P’ place for the kids to neighborhood, especially a disinvested one, it encourages people be proud of, and we plan to be as vital to think of the area as a safe place, a place they should live.” a part of the Riverside neighborhood Indianapolis architects Ben H. Bacon and John P. Parrish as we are in the Herron-Morton Place designed the Indianapolis armory with spaces and features that district,” McNeal declares. simulate a ship for training purposes—navigation bridge with “Indiana Landmarks expects to pass signal hoists, magazine, lights, battle telephones, boiler room, ownership to Herron High School in radio communication room, ship’s ladder and galley. 2016, and construction will start imme- Decorative elements also reflect the original nautical diately on the conversion. We’ll retain origins—porthole windows in interior doors, stair rails inge- a protective covenant, guaranteeing niously wrapped and knotted in nautical rope, unusual light long-term preservation of the building’s fixtures in the officers’ mess hall overlooking White River. character. It has been an honor to work In RATIO architects’ design of the adaptation, the mess will with Herron High School in charting a become the student cafeteria. The adjacent barroom with a sustainable future for this great Indiana nautically inspired terrazzo countertop will house a faculty landmark,” says Indiana Landmarks coffee lounge. President Marsh Davis.

6 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 7 blue highways and sometimes on busy interstates, you’ll pass farms that have a metal pole barn where the old red or white wood structure Porter County’s Burcham Barn, historic barns serve as can’t-miss markers, picturesque shorthand reference points. They’re used to stand, and that’s often because modern farm equipment, so much larger than in built c.1900, made the top 10 of engineering marvels designed to address the particular agricultural needs of the farms they Indiana’s 200 Bicentennial Barns, earlier generations, no longer easily fits in the vintage barn. selected for their architectural served, and testaments to the craftsmanship and heritage of our forebears. They’re where The good news is that some farmers have adapted their old barns to accommodate the integrity, history, purpose, and generations gather for early morning and end-of-the-day chores, where children learn to newer equipment while others have invested in agritourism, both as a way to preserve aesthetics. PHOTO SUBMITTED play basketball and hide-and-seek, where families meet for parties and pictures. historic structures and generate additional revenue—and on both counts they may get tax For every collapsing old barn you pass, you can find an equal number lovingly pre- credits to do this. Historic barns are finding non-farm uses too. It’s a tribute to our affec- served by farmers who still use them in their agricultural operations. Too often, however, tion for vintage barns that these rural giants are enjoying popularity as wedding venues.

indianalandmarks.org 9 maintaining the historic structure. Although most of the siding RIGHT: Tom and required replacement, the Dulls insisted on using the same type Kerry Dull added Christmas trees of board and batten as the original. The building also got a new to their corn and metal roof. soybean farm in They recently added two historic log cabins to the property to 1985 to diversify the house a gift shop, event space, and bed and breakfast. The Dulls farm and add a new revenue stream. bought and moved both cabins from other Indiana counties. Smart move. The Tom dismantled and reassembled the structures by himself. seasonal addition From January through November, the bed and breakfast in enabled the family one of the cabins—the only air-conditioned building on the to repurpose and restore its agricul- farm—accommodates up to six guests in a comfortable oasis tural buildings and complete with a stone fireplace. The B&B provides yet another add two historic income stream to help preserve the farm. log cabins. PHOTO BY KELSEY JONES The Dulls received the Arnold Award at a presentation at the Indiana State Fair. “We appreciate that someone is recog- BELOW: The Dulls, nizing people who are willing to take the extra time and effort who live in the original 1869 farm- to preserve some of the old buildings,” says Tom. “It’s the busi- house, converted ness that really enables us to preserve them.” the historic granary, The couple’s preservation ethic extends beyond the farm. clad in board and When Boone County Commissioners considered demolishing batten siding, into the wreath barn. the nearby Bridge 32 in 2004, the Dulls were part of a group PHOTO © DULL’S TREE FARM of locals that joined Indiana Landmarks in asking them to holiday cheer to troops through the reconsider, leading to the eventual save and restoration of span Trees to Troops program, donating built c.1910. The Dulls have also shared their expertise and trees and serving as the regional pick- experiences with agritourism with other farm owners at Barn up point for shipment to soldiers and Again! workshops staged by Indiana Landmarks. sailors overseas. The choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm on Thorntown’s During the fall season, a corn maze, Blubaugh Avenue allows visitors to create family memories pumpkin patch, face painting and even while learning about agriculture and preservation. The Dulls the Jack-O-Launcher—a high-powered perating a farm of almost 2,000 acres of waxy ABOVE: Dull’s Tree In 2010, the Campbell Soup sold nearly 4,500 Christmas trees during the 2015 season and pumpkin canon—attract families and corn and soybeans, Tom and Kerry Dull were Farm uses an 1888 Company and the National FFA orga- hope to surpass that number this year. The family also provides add to the farm revenue. timber frame barn looking for a way to diversify their business and for Christmas tree nization’s “Help Grow Your Soup” pro- The Dulls continue to diver- provide for future generations. “The ground right processing during gram recognized historic barns across sify their farm and educate visitors around our house never was the most productive the holiday season the country. The national campaign through agritourism. “We focus our for corn and soybeans, so in 1985 we came up and an event drew attention to ten historic barns tree business on family traditions and space the rest of with the idea of starting Christmas trees,” says Kerry. the year. Tom and whose owners protected the integrity memories and our 1800s-era farm- In August, Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Farm Bureau Kerry Dull’s farm of their structures. By popular vote, the stead helps our customers make the awarded the 2016 John Arnold Award for Rural Preservation near Thorntown Dulls’ barn was one of five selected to connection to their own agricultural to the Dulls for their commitment to the historic agricultural won the 2016 John receive funding for a complete reha- Arnold Award for roots. The tree business has enabled us buildings on their farm near Thorntown. Tom and Kerry, Rural Preservation bilitation. The barn got a fresh coat of to re-purpose the buildings and keep along with their son Lucas and his wife, Dana, continue to presented by red paint with white trim—the original them a vital part of the experience restore the farm’s original structures while adding old buildings Indiana Landmarks scheme—along with a new floor and that we create,” declares Tom. and Indiana Farm as the operation expands. Bureau. structural enhancements. Built in 1888, the focal point of the farmstead is the impres- PHOTO © DULL’S TREE FARM Tom and Kerry make their home in — by Kelsey Jones, a graduate student sive red, timber frame barn. Originally used for animals and hay the original farmhouse, built in 1869. pursuing a master’s degree in public rela- storage, the barn today serves as an event space and welcome The granary, original to the property, tions at Ball State University area. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas—their busiest time became the wreath barn, renovated to of year—the barn gets heavy use processing Christmas trees. expand the interior space while still

10 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 11 “Our farm started with that LEFT: Another confined livestock to better tend to barn,” says Deb Smoker. “We were Bicentennial Barn, their welfare, and gave families a place the T.C. Singleton amazed and honored that ours was Round Barn in to gather for birthday parties, church selected as one of the top ten barns Daviess County—64 gatherings, and wedding anniversaries.” in Indiana.” Other top ten winners feet in diameter— According to volunteer project include the Allhands Barn, Henry still operates as it coordinator Betsy Jones of Sellersburg, did when it was County; T.C. Singleton Barn, Daviess built in 1908, with the Bicentennial Barn contest succeed- County; Burcham Barn, Porter livestock on the ed on more than one level. The over- County; Feightner Barn, Noble of photographers. “We’ve very proud of this barn and enjoy ground floor and whelming number of entries indicates hay above. County; Knigga Barn, Ohio County; sharing it with visitors and saving it for the next generation,” PHOTO © CINDY BARBER how many people value their barns. Nedelkoff Barn, Floyd County; Rouch adds Cindy Barber. “Even better, we heard from many Barn, St. Joseph County; Sheets Barn, Keith Allhands, the seventh generation on his family farm participants that the program inspired Howard County; and Wendel Barn, in southern Henry County, remembers the summers of his them to take better care of their barns. Franklin County. youth meant adding a fresh coat of paint to the barn where he The Bicentennial Barn contest captured fed cattle and put up hay. Today, he uses the mortise and tenon generations of Hoosiers’ memories barn mostly for storage of farm equipment. The Allhands fam- of family and farm, and we hope the ily regards the barn, built in 1900, as heritage to be honored. program creates a lasting legacy of barns “Barns were not just buildings to farm families, but a necessary we can still see and touch and feel and part of family life,” notes Allhands. “They housed grain for storage use until the next state milestone our generations of the Smoker family have raised ABOVE: Perched After her grandmother died in and protected farm equipment from the harsh Indiana weather, celebration,” says Jones. livestock in the dairy barn built in 1938 on their on the Knobs in 2003, Cindy Stone moved to her Floyd County, the LaPorte County farm. They’ve taken champion steers Nedelkoff Barn family’s Daviess County farm to to 4-H and open competitions—everywhere from the catches the atten- keep the place—and the round barn Chicago Stock Yards to the Indiana State Fair. The white barn tion of travelers built by her great-grandfather, Tom has sheltered horses, hosted basketball games in the haymow, heading west on Singleton—in the family. Within Interstate 64. It won and formed the backdrop for family photos. The family name, recognition as one a year, she married Tony Barber, a painted on the side in 1943, lent the barn status as a local land- of Indiana’s top ten farmer whose family had leased the mark and directional signpost. Bicentennial Barns. surrounding land near Washington FOR YEARS, LAURA AND FRED PHOTO SUBMITTED This year, the Smoker Barn won more widespread recogni- since the 1950s. Anderson had discussed repairing the nineteenth-century barn on the tion as one of Indiana’s top ten Bicentennial Barns. To recognize LEFT: For four The eye-catching T.C. Singleton Shelby County farm that had been Indiana’s rural heritage in the state’s 200th year, an ad hoc coalition generations, the Round Barn, 64 feet in diameter, Smoker family has in her family since 1907. Though they created a contest collecting stories about 200 barns built before raised livestock houses livestock on the ground floor had restored the farmhouse, the barn 1950. For a traveling exhibit, the group of agriculturalists, artists, on a LaPorte and hay above, as it has since it was lost its purpose as shelter for horses and preservationists selected the top ten barns in terms of architec- County farm, using built in 1908. “We have not had to and cows and tractors after the fam- tural integrity, history, story, purpose, and all-around aesthetics. the 1938 barn— change much,” says Cindy Barber. “It ily stopped farming. “There were always higher priorities that and also made us realize they don’t BEFORE & AFTER: a Bicentennial A Barn Again! speaks to the integrity of the building put it on the back burner,” says Laura. “Everyone said to tear have to be perfect,” adds Laura. “It Barn—to shelter it down and build a pole barn.” made us determined to find someone workshop host- cattle that have and its construction.” By 2014, the west side of the barn was caving in, and a to help us.” ed by Indiana won prizes at the Landmarks inspired She discovered a letter written to structural beam inside began to crack. “We knew we’d need The family found an Amish builder Indiana State Fair. Laura and Fred her great-grandfather from a University to get help fast if we were going to save the barn,” she adds. near Milroy willing to repair the col- PHOTO SUBMITTED Anderson to fix of Illinois School of Agriculture profes- The couple found lapsing section, with Laura’s husband up the 1907 barn sor that inquired about the usefulness inspiration at a Barn Fred and son Chris taking on some on their historic of his round barn. Today, the college Again! workshop of the work. The entire barn returned Shelby County boasts three round barns on its dairy Indiana Landmarks to the white paint scheme Laura farm. Amish sponsored in nearby recalled from her youth, providing a craftsmen and the campus, and Barber wonders if the Greenfield, and in the perfect backdrop for their daughter Andersons turned the collapsing correspondence may have helped spur accompanying tour of Kathryn’s wedding reception held on structure into a their construction. vintage barns in the the farm this spring. “We want the showplace. The barn’s picturesque historic county. “The barns we next generations to see how wonder- PHOTOS © LAURA ANDERSON character makes it a frequent subject saw were wonderful, ful big, old barns can be,” says Laura.

12 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 13 Rustic wedding venues aren’t the only options for decommissioned barns, of course. People have been turn- FOR ing barns into houses for decades. A more unusual reuse in Indiana dates to SALE 1964, when the Lischkge family sought higher ground and a high profile place for their Mack truck dealership after the LANDMARKS Ohio River flooded the business. They ON THE found the solution in a 1901 round MARKET barn in Aurora, which they reinforced in steel to support their operations. see more at indianalandmarks.org In Fulton County, the self-pro- claimed round barn capital, local firefighters planned to practice their skills on the ruined Gerig Round Barn in 1999. Indiana Landmarks $110,000-$155,000 and the Fulton County Community Smogor House (depending on whether new 222 Chapin Street, South Bend buyer wants move-in ready Foundation offered an alternative, or to complete the interior helping raise money for the Rochester After hosting our Vintage Green DIY series, this 1911 Queen themselves) Parks Department to move and restore Anne is ready for a new owner. Original features include hard- Todd Zeiger the 1910 barn as the pro shop for the wood floors, Prairie-style mantel with glazed tile surround, 574-232-4534 tzeiger@ hat are you going to do with the barn when ABOVE: The wedding Mill Creek golf course. pocket doors. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, walk-up attic, full base- indianalandmarks.org it’s fixed? Have you thought about wed- business saved the If you know of a barn that has lost ment, attached garage. mid-nineteenth dings?” asked an Amish carpenter who was century barn and its original agricultural purpose, all is repairing the Szymanski family’s barn near other historic ag- not lost! New Carlisle. His question gave Lori Szymanski Kimmel a ricultural buildings new direction for saving the family farmstead. Turns out, Lori on Lori Szymanski Kimmel’s family was on the cusp of a now-booming trend: brides clamoring for farm. The farm near rustic nuptial settings. New Carlisle, known After rezoning and updating the farm’s historic buildings, as The Homestead Lori and her husband Dave opened The Homestead 1835 as 1835, taps the trend for rustic reception a wedding venue in 2013. The main barn, built in the mid- settings. 1800s, provides reception space, with the historic granary PHOTO BY LORI KIMMEL serving as a welcome center and gift drop-off, the chicken coop 4909 Fall Creek Road 2304 Union Pike Rumpe House RIGHT: From 10 Most Indianapolis Richmond 510 Main Street, Rising Sun as bridal party dressing space, and a corn crib as another pa- Endangered ruin to vilion and photo backdrop. Open May through October, The restored with crys- Historic William Winpenny Home Historic 1865 Greek Revival Virtually untouched since con- Homestead 1835 has hosted wedding parties from as far away tal chandeliers, the on beautiful Lake Kesslerwood in home of Quaker Eli Brown has struction in 1857, this Carpenter historic dairy barn heart of a “network of parkways, character, charm, and luxury in a Gothic-style home retains origi- as Madrid, Spain, and Toronto, Canada. at Sylvan Springs boulevards and parks” designed park setting on 19 acres bor- nal interior and exterior wood- In Rome City, Rachel and Nathan Schermerhorn bought in Rome City pulls by renowned landscape archi- dering the Cardinal Greenway work, windows, and doors. 1,800 farmland with a dairy barn in 2012 that had been part of double duty as tect George E. Kessler. Home has bike trail. A unique space to call square feet on 2 stories. No the historic Sylvan Springs spiritual retreat center, a 10 Most Sylvan Cellars’ been preserved and meticulous- home. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, modern systems; retains wood tasting room and ly maintained with landscaped oak floors, transom windows. stoves, cistern-fed hand pumps, Endangered entry in 2011. They thought the barn was stun- a popular wedding gardens, lush wooded lot and an outhouse. $295,000 ning, even with holes in the roof. They repaired the roof and and event venue. spectacular views. rotting wood, added heat and air conditioning and crystal PHOTO © SYLVAN CELLARS 765-969-0093 $45,000 $689,900 lingle.com/Property/Detail/ Jarrad Holbrook chandeliers for Sylvan Cellars, a tasting room and very popular Matt McLaughlin Lingle/10028072/2304-UNION- 812-926-0983 wedding venue. 317-590-0529 PIKE-Richmond-IN-47374 jholbrook@ indianalandmarks.org

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“I still recall entering the Reading Room at Normal Hall for the first time,” says Mike Engledow, principal at arcDESIGN. “Despite the years of dust and piles of archival storage, the elegance of the space was still evident.” The New Inside, after removing the drop ceiling, Wisconsin-based Conrad Normal Schmitt Studios recreated the stained glass panels in the dome depicting the WHEN IT OPENED IN 1910, names of 24 educators and philoso- the Neoclassical-style Normal Hall phers. Schmitt’s artisans also restored Library at Indiana State University the scagliola finish on 20 columns (then known as Indiana State Normal below the dome in the reading room, School) offered an inspiring place for plaster moldings, cornices, capitals, study, with an elegant reading room and wall finishes. ABOVE: Students topped by a skylit dome surrounded by ISU received $16 million in state funding for the restoration. take advantage of a quiet place to study stained-glass panels depicting historical The Gayle and Bill Cook Foundation covered the $1 million in the revitalized figures in arts, philosophy and culture. cost to restore the dome and reading room’s decorative features. reading room, now By the twenty-first century, Normal “I couldn’t resist another dome!” declares Gayle Cook. She a hub for freshman Hall was largely empty and under- recommended Conrad Schmitt Studios, who helped restore the in the building’s new use as the utilized, its glorious dome concealed West Baden dome interior. “Conrad Schmitt’s artisans collected Center for Student by dropped ceiling, the stained glass the broken glass lying in the attic and recreated the ISU dome Success and panels lying broken in a darkened at- working from the only photo in existence—an old fuzzy black University College. tic-like space, with a handful saved to and white. The result—a space that is once again beautiful, RIGHT: Indianapolis hang in the campus library. Last year, inspiring and useful,” she adds. architecture firm Indiana State rescued the landmark Students come and go in all day long in the building, re- arcDESIGN recre- from its mothballed state, returning dedicated last fall for a program designed to advise and support ated a long-missing exterior staircase, it to service as Center for Student first-year students. This summer, Normal Hall hosted new stu- restoring Normal Success and University College follow- dent orientation, giving freshman a powerful first impression. Hall’s original ing a $16 million restoration. “It’s not a monument. It’s a living, breathing, functioning Neoclassical main entrance. A com- “I think it’s always been clear to the building,” adds Bradley. “It’s really exciting to have it back as patible addition college that we needed to do some- an active building in the center of campus.” includes an acces- thing,” says Indiana State University See more photos of the restoration, including a time-lapse sible entrance and President Daniel Bradley. “With its long video showing rebuilding of the dome, on our website, elevators. history, architectural significance, and indianalandmarks.org. importance to alums, it’s truly a jewel for the state and the only building on campus that dates back to roof support, workers removed walls, Normal Hall re- when we were Normal School.” installed a new steel structure, and claimed its role as a jewel of Indiana State Lafayette architect James Alexander designed Normal Hall, rebuilt the steel trusses before con- University’s campus encasing the brick building in a limestone façade. Chicago- structing new load-bearing masonry following a $16 million dollar restoration. based Louis J. Millet, who would become nationally known for walls. The design recreated a long- WE WELCOME BRAD MILLER as community INDIANA LANDMARKS IS SO grateful for the Long dismantled and his work in the medium, created the art glass in the dome. missing exterior staircase, restoring the preservation specialist in our Northern Regional photographers who volunteer their talents regu- hidden by a sus- Office. Miller holds a master’s degree in public larly to help us illustrate our work in communities The project architect was Indianapolis’s arcDESIGN and the building’s original proportions. The pended ceiling, the history with an emphasis in historic preserva- around Indiana: Garry Chilluffo, Hadley Fruits, primary contractor was Bloomington-based Weddle Brothers. architect designed a more aesthetically building’s stunning tion from Middle Tennessee State University. He Cliff Zenor, and Robert Zyromski. Special thanks stained-glass dome After removing the failing brick veneer on the north facade, the compatible replacement for a 1950s previously worked with the Historic Preservation to , who is shooting the landmarks— evokes oohs and aahs. Lee Lewellen contractor discovered deterioration in the embedded structural addition that houses elevators, public BRIEFLY Commission in Somerville, Massachusetts. all over the state—that will appear in our book of steel from the foundation to roof. After installing a temporary restrooms, and mechanical systems. NOTED historic hidden gems, out next year from IU Press.

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our Greyhound Station project using For details on events and to RSVP for free tours or buy tickets: IndianaLandmarksEvents.eventbrite.com or 800-450-4534 a business model. He suggested that rather than delay the project while MONUMENT we raised charitable dollars for the CIRCLE & restoration, we could take out a loan Frightful: Silent Halloween CATACOMBS and pay off the debt with income TOURS Oct. 28 Nightmare Theatre’s Sammy Terry hosts from a long-term commercial lease. Indianapolis, our evening of spooky fun centered on a screen- And he urged us to focus on repurpos- May-October ing of 1920 silent movie classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ing the station as a restaurant, a use Monument Circle Hyde, with accompaniment by theater organist tour is free, every that would contribute to downtown Mark Herman and costume contest. Doors open Friday & Saturday, Evansville’s revitalization. 10 a.m. City Market 6:45 p.m.; film at 7:30. Cash bar. $10/member; Gene and Charlotte’s adult chil- Catacombs tour— $13/general public. dren share their parents’ interest and offered 1st & 3rd Saturdays and Oct. involvement in preservation. Gene’s 29 at 11 & 11:30 a.m., daughter December offered advice Noon, 12:30 & 1 about successful restaurateurs who IN THE CAPITAL CITY AROUND INDIANA p.m.—$10/member, might be a good fit for the building. reservation required. She suggested Mike Cunningham First Friday Wine Down on the Farm FRENCH LICK & of Cunningham Restaurant Group. Each month through December Sept. 16, Cambridge City WEST BADEN Gene helped cultivate Cunningham’s Free tours of Indiana Landmarks Center and free art shows in Huddleston Farmhouse and the SPRINGS interest, and then crafted our lease our Rapp Family Gallery. 6-9 p.m. Richmond Art Museum blend live Daily through with Cunningham, who will open Bru SEPT. 2 “nexUS” New work by Gary Gee, Hector Del Campo, music, plein air art, and wine with December Burger in the restored Art Moderne and Samuel Vázquez a locally sourced harvest spread. 6-9 West Baden He Gives us Valuable Advice Springs Hotel Tour OCT. 7 station late this fall. “Flight of Fancy” group show of work by 20 artists p.m. $35/member; $50/general pub- 10 a.m., 2 & 4 p.m. WE’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A REGIONAL Indiana Landmarks NOV. 4 Gene’s family-owned Warren “Textured Shapes” featuring abstract artists Sylvia Gray, lic. Register online or call. French Lick board member and developer of chain drugstores and commercial property as well Investment Group also plays a role Von Biggs, and Margot Dahl Springs Hotel Tour real estate devel- DEC. 2 Noon as a dedicated preservationist. Yes, he manages to do both. oper Gene Warren in Evansville’s revival, having recently Indiana Plein Air Painters Association holiday show Century of Progress Meet Gene Warren, Jr., a commercial real estate developer and donates valuable acquired three downtown landmarks, and sale Experience Tours depart Indiana Landmarks board member from Evansville with a long expertise. He draft- including an 1890s building at 101 SE Oct. 16, Beverly Shores from our Landmarks record of personal support for preservation. ed a commercial Fourth Street that the firm will restore Annual Meeting Sept. 11 Illustrated talks on the 1933 Century Emporium in each lease as a financ- historic hotel on Warren’s involvement with Indiana Landmarks began de- ing mechanism as a mix of commercial and residen- Awards presentation, election of directors, Year in Review at of Progress World’s Fair and its impact IN 56 in southern cades ago when he and his wife Charlotte lived in Evansville’s for our restora- tial space. “I’ve seen a tremendous Indiana Landmarks Center, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free with RSVP. on American design, followed by tours Indiana. Combo Riverside neighborhood. He helped establish a nonprofit tion of Evansville’s commitment to preservation among of the five Century of Progress houses ticket available. Reservations neighborhood fund that used loans from Indiana Landmarks Greyhound Station. my fellow Indiana Landmarks board Oct. 13 moved after the fair to the Indiana He and his wife Fifty Years Later recommended: to restore Victorian houses. The group sold the houses to Charlotte, pictured members and hope to continue to do Preservationist and historian Jim Glass relates the dramatic Dunes. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (CST) in the 866-571-8687. preservation-minded buyers. Today, the district is considered at their historic my part in my area,” says Warren. expansion of restoration following the National Historic Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Twilight Tours at the city’s premier historic neighborhood. Kentucky farm, and Preservation Act of 1966 and challenges he sees on the horizon. $50/member; $65/nonmember. West Baden Springs their children oper- 7 p.m., Sept. 17 Indiana Landmarks’ former President Reid Williamson re- ate a family busi- Cook Theater, light refreshments, 5:30 p.m.; lecture at 6 p.m. cruited Warren to serve on our board of directors. “I promised ness that restores Free with online RSVP. Salem Stroll Oct. 23, Salem Rub shoulders with Reid we would never demolish a historic structure for one of Evansville land- Guided walking tour of Salem’s some of the rich, fa- mous and notorious our drugstore sites,” says Warren. “We’ve been able to keep that marks, including The Future of the Track Nov. 2 National Register-listed square, their next project, guests who visited promise in the 27 stores we’ve developed.” an 1890s build- IMS chairman Mark Miles speaks on the future of the historic John Hay Center, 1888 West Baden Springs A native of Henderson, Kentucky, Warren still owns the ing on S.E. Fourth Indianapolis Motor Speedway, sponsored by our Indiana Washington County Courthouse (a during its heyday family farm with a pre-Civil War-era home where he lived from Street (right). Automotive affinity group. Light refreshments, 5:30 p.m., talk 10 Most Endangered site) and two his- in the early 1900s PHOTO © EVANSVILLE LIVING, on a 75-minute tour infancy to college. The place shaped Warren’s appreciation for ZACH STRAW and Q&A, 6-7 p.m. Free with online RSVP. toric private homes, with refreshments where you’ll meet historic buildings. and our southern Indiana preservation costumed charac- He’s just now wrapping up a second six-year stint on the awards. Noon-5 p.m. $15/member; ters. $14/member. board, during which he played an instrumental role in shaping $25/general public; $5/child under 18.

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Cambridge City Main Street aims to hang National Road Rescue onto all of the town’s historic National NINETEENTH-CENTURY BUILDINGS LINE THE the ‘80s. After repairing the floor and Road structures. Historic National Road (U.S.40) through Cambridge City, roof, Cambridge City Main Street will The group used a a place known for antique stores and the value it places on put the commercial building back on loan from Indiana Landmarks to ac- heritage. So when one of the town’s storefronts went vacant, the market, using the sale proceeds to quire a vacant c.1840 Cambridge City Main Street took notice—and action. repay Indiana Landmarks’ loan. You building, decorated The nonprofit secured a $60,000 loan from Indiana can spot the building in its “before” with a mural com- Landmarks’ Efroymson Family Endangered Places Fund to state at Cambridge City’s annual memorating Lincoln’s funeral train that buy and stabilize the c.1840 Federal-style building at 12 West Canal Days festival, held this year on passed through in Main Street, located next to Cambridge City’s Vinton House, a September 10 and 11. town in April 1865. historic hotel-turned-antique mall saved by preservationists in PHOTO BY J.P. HALL indianalandmarks.org