ENDANGERED Historic Places on the Brink of Extinction and Too Important to Lose

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021

MOST 10ENDANGERED Historic places on the brink of extinction and too important to lose

THREE CHEERS Celebrating preservation heroes CITY VIEW Touring a historic Indianapolis neighborhood FROM THE PRESIDENT STARTERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS Olon F. Dotson Muncie Hon. Randall T. Shepard Honorary Chair Melissa Glaze Roanoke Sara Edgerton Chair Tracy Haddad Columbus Parker Beauchamp tiles created by Indianapolis ceramicist Distance Vision Past Chair David A. Haist Wabash Barbara Zech to replace missing and Doris Anne Sadler “TRUTH IS CONFIRMED BY inspection and delay; falsehood by Vice Chair Emily J. Harrison damaged historic tiles in Indianapolis’s Attica Marsh Davis former Coca-Cola Bottling Plant admin- haste and uncertainty.” So wrote Roman historian Tacitus. Some President Sarah L. Lechleiter Indianapolis 1,900 years later those words inform strategies we use in saving Hilary Barnes istration building, now repurposed as Secretary/Assistant Treasurer Shelby Moravec Bottleworks Hotel. Get a behind-the- historic places. LaPorte Thomas H. Engle scenes perspective on her work during When told a historic building is too far gone or has no economic Assistant Secretary Ray Ontko Richmond Resting Place Brett D. McKamey a talk on September 23 in Indianapolis value, we seek professional, informed guidance. Indiana Landmarks Treasurer Martin E. Rahe Cincinnati, OH and online (see p.18) hen William Hood and James Chesrown unveiled has sponsored countless studies to gauge the structural and eco- Judy A. O’Bannon Secretary Emerita James W. Renne their first community mausoleum in Ganges, Ohio, in nomic feasibility of saving historic places. Informed decisions result Newburgh 1907, they started a movement. Building on the belief DIRECTORS David A. Resnick, CPA in landmarks saved. Inspection, to Tacitus. thatW such tombs offered a more affordable and sanitary means Sarah Evans Barker Carmel An equally important strategy is delay. Some call it deliberation Morgantown George A. Rogge of housing the dead than in-ground burial, the pair’s National Gary The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Mausoleum Company led the way among mausoleum businesses, or buying time. I call it the long view. How many times have we been Baskerville-Burrows Sallie W. Rowland told, “In today’s economy, this place has no value”? Determining Indianapolis Zionsville developing and selling their patented designs nationwide. In Bruce W. Buchanan Peter J. Sacopulos Indiana, the Oxford Community Mausoleum (above)—a new entry the fate of historic places based solely on momentary expedience Indianapolis Terre Haute on Indiana Landmarks’ 10 Most Endangered list in 2021—is a near results in decisions made in haste and uncertainty. Candace Chapman Robert L. Santa

Evansville Bloomington ZECH BARBARA twin for the Ohio mausoleum that started it all. Learn more on p.11. The list of long-vacant or significantly underused landmarks, Edward D. Clere Charlitta Winston

now restored but once deemed beyond practical value, is long and New Albany Indianapolis HALE EVAN BY PHOTO Mike Corbett John D. Zeglis impressive: Culver Union Hospital, Crawfordsville; Cannelton Noblesville Culver Ellen Swisher Crabb Beau F. Zoeller Cotton Mill; LaSalle Hotel, South Bend; Carnegie Hall, Moores Hill; Indianapolis Henryville Quartermaster Depot, Jeffersonville; and how about West Baden Cheri Dick Zionsville Good Behavior Springs Hotel? Add to that list these exciting, recent restoration LOOKING FOR A HISTORIC BUILDING THEY They bought the property in March and began work- projects: Eagle Cotton Mill, Madison; Electric Works, Fort Wayne; could take on together, a quick internet search led ing with SRKM Architecture of Warsaw to rehab the OFFICES & HISTORIC SITES Bottleworks, Indianapolis. All required inspection, delay, and vision. father-son duo Joshua and Josh Baxter to the c.1880 house and former cell block as offices and loft apart- Beyond this list are many more historic places presently vacant Headquarters Southeast Field Office Wabash Sheriff’s House and Jail—a former entry on ments, aiming to welcome tenants by spring 2022. Indiana Landmarks Center Aurora Indiana Landmarks’ 10 Most Endangered list. Even in For others like the Baxters who feel sentenced to a life and in need of future use. These include Manchester University’s 1201 Central Avenue (812) 926-0983 Indianapolis, IN 46202 Southwest Field Office its unrestored state, the c.1880 landmark’s solid con- of preservation, we suggest checking out our historic Administration Building, Indianapolis’s Old City Hall, and the [email protected] Evansville struction and fine details captured their imagination. properties for sale at indianalandmarks.org/for-sale. (317) 639-4534 (812) 423-2988 Studebaker Administration Building in South Bend. In all cases, (800) 450-4534 Western Regional Office Indiana Landmarks strives for an informed long view as the alter- Northwest Field Office Terre Haute Gary (812) 232-4534 (219) 947-2657 native to removing, for all time, landmarks of potential value to Huddleston Farmhouse future generations. Central Regional Office Cambridge City Indianapolis (765) 478-3172 (317) 639-4534 Morris-Butler House Eastern Regional Office Indianapolis Cambridge City (317) 639-4534 (765) 478-3172 Veraestau Northern Regional Office Aurora South Bend (812) 926-0983 (574) 232-4534 Marsh Davis, President French Lick and West Northeast Field Office Baden Springs tours Wabash (866) 571-8687 (toll free) (800) 450-4534 (812) 936-5870 Southern Regional Office New Albany (812) 284-4534 A trailblazing Modernist medical facility when it was completed in 1952, today Marion’s Davis Clinic is vacant and in danger of On the ©2021, Indiana Landmarks; ISSN#: 0737-8602 demolition. Read more about it and this year’s other 10 Most Cover Indiana Landmarks publishes Indiana Preservation bimonthly Endangered entries beginning on p. 8. PHOTO BY EVAN HALE for members. To join and learn other membership benefits,

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Praise for Preservation Heroes

PRESERVATION HEROES LOOK AT CRUMBLING Vevay’s Musée de “I cannot accept that a building is buildings that others write-off and see promise and possibility Venoge Inc., won too far gone to be restored,” says Donna Indiana Landmarks’ where others see despair. The winners of Indiana Landmarks’ organizational Weaver. “Venoge is proof of that.” 2021 Sandi Servaas Memorial Awards are such visionaries, Servaas Memorial Undaunted by limited funds for groups who rallied like-minded people to preserve their com- Award in recogni- the project, the all-volunteer group munity’s heritage, and who work to instill a love of history in tion of the group’s removed later additions, stabilized decades-spanning the next generation. restoration of the building, reconstructed the Outside Vevay in Switzerland County, Musée de Venoge an 1828 cottage exterior, rebuilt the hearth, chimney, is a rare example of early French Colonial architecture in (shown pre- and and exterior stairway, and replastered Indiana. Constructed in 1828 in a French-Swiss settlement, the post-rehabilitation the interior. Working with a dendro- below). Today, the diminutive cottage was targeted by the local fire department reclaimed struc- chronologist to study the cottage’s for fire-fighting exercises in the ’90s before Donna Weaver, ture welcomes original timbers, the group was her late husband Tom, and Paul Venard stepped in to save it. visitors to learn the able to narrow down the building’s As the pandemic limited in-person Randolph County to pressure, county officials reversed their decision and moved story of its early The trio formed the nonprofit Musée de Venoge, Inc., named construction date. Donna conducted visitation in 2020, the group sought Community forward with a $8.2 million rehabilitation of the courthouse, occupants and the Foundation and in honor of a creek on the property, renamed “Venoge” by the area’s French-Swiss intensive research and located let- ways to bring the site’s story to new Randolph County including reconstructing a clock tower removed in the ’50s. area’s Swiss settlers after a river in their native country. After heritage. ters of the house’s first occupants, audiences, creating a YouTube chan- United launched The threat to such an icon and its subsequent rescue renewed PHOTOS BY LEE LEWELLEN nominating and securing listing for the crumbling structure in (LEFT) AND © MUSÉE DE Jacob Weaver, his wife Charlotte nel with videos showing Musée de a program in 2019 the community’s desire to celebrate its heritage and inspire a the National Register of Historic Places, they raised money to VENOGE (RIGHT) Golay Weaver, and seven of their Venoge’s restoration and heritage. to bring every love of local history and architecture in its youngest residents. third grader in the purchase it and the surrounding 30 acres and embarked on a ten children. Her findings guided They also created a documentary county to down- Beginning in 2019, the Randolph County Community nearly 20-year restoration. interpretation of the site as the home based on the home’s history and town Winchester’s Foundation teamed up with Randolph County United—an of a middle-class family in the early Jacob’s letters written between 1813 courthouse square, economic, tourism, and chamber partnership—to bring every nineteenth century. Today, Musée and 1847. To Make a Beginning is where interpreters third-grade student in the county to downtown Winchester, share the history de Venoge engages visitors through available for sale on DVD. of its people and where students tour the historic courthouse, monuments, and tours and living history events, For the group’s herculean efforts architecture, includ- Randolph County Historical Society Museum housed in the inviting visitors to learn more about to save the property and tell its story, ing the 1875 court- c.1858 Carey Goodrich House. Students interact with artifacts house (above left), the area’s French-Swiss heritage and Musée de Venoge, Inc., merits the a former 10 Most and first-person interpreters throughout downtown to learn the cottage’s unusual architectural organizational Servaas Award, which Endangered site about Randolph County’s history, from its early pioneers to provenance. comes with a $2,000 prize and the saved and restored its more recent automotive heritage at the Winchester Motor original sculpture “No Doors to Lock through a grass- Speedway. At the courthouse, students learn first-hand about roots campaign. Out the Past” by Evansville sculptor The ambitious ini- the community’s extraordinary drive to save the building. In John McNaughton. tiative garnered the 2021, nearly 400 students participated in the program. Servaas Memorial Recognizing their valuable initiative, Indiana Landmarks Award in the youth- awards Randolph County Community Foundation and serving category. In 2005, Randolph County PHOTOS BY GEORGE HANLIN, Randolph County United the Servaas Memorial Award in the Commissioners voted to demol- INDIANA HUMANITIES youth-serving category, which comes with the original sculp- ish the 1875 county courthouse in ture and $1,000 cash prize. Winchester, sparking outrage and a “Seeing the courthouse and touching the monuments, grassroots campaign to save the land- memorials, clothes, and cars from long ago teaches us about mark and earning it a spot on Indiana our past so we can move forward into the future,” says Missy Landmarks’ 10 Most Endangered list. Williams of Randolph United, who started the program. “We Even elementary school children col- want the children to strive to protect our buildings, homes, lected pennies for the cause. Yielding and ideals of our past.”

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National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and local historic district designation in 1982. Developers injected new life to the neighborhood’s commercial core, turning places like the Real Silk Hosiery Mills—a prominent silk hosiery fac- tory in the country beginning in the 1920s—into lofts. Today, the Chatham Arch Neighborhood Foundation helps maintain the district’s charming features, restoring its brick alleys, updat- ing historic street signs, planting trees, and maintaining a pocket park at East and St. Clair streets. “Here in Chatham Arch, most of the homes have front porches where neighbors gather to talk. Before you Drawn by the property’s large yard The First United The tour concludes with a look at one of the area’s most know it, you’re walking to Mass and the neighborhood’s walkability, Brethren Church recent preservation triumphs: the Bottleworks District at Tour Showcases a Vibrant (above left) on Park Ave for dinner together,” says Jason the pair bought the home a few years Avenue has been the repurposed Art Deco-style Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. Indianapolis Neighborhood Trusty, neighborhood foundation ago and commissioned a contem- repurposed several Tourgoers will see public spaces inside Bottleworks Hotel president. “It’s one of the most porary addition, working with the times since its con- before wrapping up at The Garage Food Hall in the bottling AS INDIANAPOLIS GREW BEYOND ITS ORIGINAL Indianapolis’s walkable neighborhoods. We might Indianapolis Historic Preservation struction in 1907, plant’s former garages, the perfect place to grab a bite after including reuse as Mile Square in the mid-nineteenth century, the area northeast Chatham Arch park our car for a few weeks without Commission to ensure the design the tour. neighborhood takes Phoenix Theatre. of downtown now known as Chatham Arch developed into centerstage on an driving it. You can walk to just about complemented the historic original, Today, it houses Prior to the Chatham Arch/Bottleworks tour, hear the a thriving neighborhood of modest cottages, grander homes, October 5 tour. The anything you want: grocery stores, while still looking distinctly modern. three condos, one behind-the-scenes story of how a local artisan restored one of apartments, duplexes, churches, and commercial buildings. event offers a look restaurants, bars, and now a movie “I love walking through the front door of which will be the former bottling plant’s most stunning historic features. On open to tourgoers Today, it remains a walkable, vibrant place to live and work, inside two private theater and bowling alley.” into the old house, with its historic September 23, Indianapolis ceramicist Barbara Zech shares residences, including (above right). its collection of historic residential and commercial architec- Our October tour focuses on the brick, and then that transition from PHOTOS BY BRUCE W. how she color-matched, fabricated, and applied multiple layers an artfully enlarged BUCHANAN ture a major selling point. c.1864 house on St. center of the district, including a look historic to modern,” says Marsh. of glazing to colored tiles in the main building’s grand entry, Hear the story of the historic district’s evolution and how it Clair Street (above inside the c.1864 Fiscus House on St. On Park Avenue, tourgoers will see The Chatham Arch lobby, and lab. The lobby alone contains 670 new pieces that tour includes a survived a close call with annihilation on Indiana Landmarks’ and below). Clair Street, owned by Louise Marsh a property adapted to new use mul- depict subtle motifs like bubbles and bottles. See the calendar PHOTOS BY BRUCE W. peek inside the Art neighborhood walking tour on October 5, presented in part- BUCHANAN and her partner Ronda Moreland. tiple times since its construction more Deco-style former on p.19 for timing and ticketing details for the talk and tour. nership with the Chatham Arch Neighborhood Association than a century ago. Built in 1907 as Coca-Cola Bottling and Foundation and Hendricks Commercial Properties. First United Brethren Church, the Plant, recently transformed Beginning in 1836, John Wood, Sr., platted the area and Craftsman and Tudor Revival-style into Bottleworks named it Chatham. The neighborhood grew to include a structure found new purpose as the Hotel. A talk on five-acre railroad depot, churches, and multiple shops and Phoenix Theatre in the late ’80s. After September 23 businesses along Massachusetts Avenue, its primary com- the theater moved out to new facili- highlights restoration of tile in mercial corridor. The historic district takes its name from that ties in 2018, Phoenix Redevelopment the hotel’s public early history and from Arch Street, one of the neighborhood’s Partners, LLC, transformed the spaces, including its quaint residential streets. historic church into three condomini- spectacular lobby In the 1960s, interstate construction cut a swath through ums, one of which will be open on the (right). PHOTO © BOTTLEWORKS Chatham Arch, isolating it from other nearby neighborhoods tour. “The character is hard to match,” HOTEL and threatening its survival. Residents, city agencies, and says owner Randy Swinford. “There’s non-profits including Indiana Landmarks united to protect exposed steel and brick. I describe it as the area and celebrate its heritage, securing its listing in the industrial but modern.”

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MOST It’s a tool that works. Since the list’s Each year since 1991, 10Indiana Landmarks has released a list of 10 inception, 59 landmarks have been rescued Most Endangered buildings across Indiana, and rehabilitated, and 38 places are no recognizing significant historic places in longer in immediate danger of being imminent jeopardy. The label is a rallying demolished. cry, aiming to bring broader awareness to We aim for the same favorable outcome buildings notable for their architecture or for this year’s 10 Most Endangered, history and attract partners to invest in including six new entries and four places their future. making a repeat appearance.

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James M. Shields Memorial Gymnasium SEYMOUR When Works Progress Administration workers Local businessmen purchased the property in 1996 constructed Seymour’s James M. Shields Memorial and had to demolish the seriously dilapidated school. Gymnasium in 1941, the building embodied a grow- Since then, they’ve patched the gymnasium’s leaky ing enthusiasm for Hoosier basketball and the com- roof and attempted to secure the building, hoping to munity’s championship dreams for its local team, the attract interest in its redevelopment. Seymour Owls. The plan worked. With seating for Keeping out vandals remains an ongoing struggle. 3,500 fans, the gym hosted 21 sectional titles from Broken windows and a graffiti-covered interior mar 1942-1970. Less celebrated but still locally beloved, the gym today, and a fire in 2018 destroyed a por- today the deteriorating concrete and steel building tion of the bleachers. The building occupies a city represents the plight of many shuttered high school block on 5th Street in the National Register-listed gyms across the state. Walnut Street Historic District, surrounded by open Seymour’s school system used the Shields Gym land that could make it a target for residential devel- and adjoining 1910 high school until 1981, when opment. In other areas of the state, historic high the city built a newer middle school. Indiana Bible school gyms have regained purpose as community College renovated the old school and gym and used recreational centers, event centers, restaurants, even a them for a few more years, but the buildings fell into brewery. There is community support for saving the disrepair after the college relocated to Indianapolis. Shields Gym, but the shot clock is counting down.

8 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 9 B.G. Pollard Lodge #1242 Oxford Community BLOOMINGTON Mausoleum During an era of segregation when In the early twentieth century, African Americans were not welcome cities and towns around the state to gather in Bloomington’s downtown began building community mauso- restaurants and businesses, the B.G. leums, promoting them as sanitary Pollard Lodge #1242 on West 7th Street alternatives to in-ground burial. With a grid of compartments for acted as the heart of social life for the coffins or cremated remains, these city’s traditionally Black neighborhood. so-called “mansions of the dead” Members of the Improved Benevolent offered handsome, reasonably and Protective Order of the Elks of the priced alternatives to those who World, a leading national Black frater- could not afford a family mausoleum. Many communities regarded them as symbols of local pride. The Oxford Community Davis Clinic Mausoleum in Benton County’s MARION Oxford West Cemetery is Indiana’s In the mid-twentieth century, a family of physicians set out first and oldest still-standing community mausoleum, and the only to create a modern medical facility that would bring the fin- example constructed from con- est health care to the citizens of Marion. In the process, they crete block. Built in 1908 in the bestowed a unique architectural legacy on the community. Romanesque Revival style, it mir- Dr. Merrill Davis and his sons Joseph and Richard, both rors a patented design by William also physicians, set their sights on building an institution to Hood of the National Mausoleum rival Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic, one designed to take advan- Company, which promoted con- tage of the latest advances in hospital design and medical struction of community mausole- technology. They pitched the idea to Frank Lloyd Wright, ums nationwide. Glass ridge tiles who had recently designed Richard Davis’s house on Marion’s on the main roof filter light into the Overlook Road. With little background in hospital design, mausoleum’s interior, illuminating the master referred them to his friend and fellow architect the barrel-vaulted ceiling and rows of marble-faced concrete crypts. Eero Saarinen, who tapped his protégé Chicago architect nal organization, constructed a basement for a new lodge The building’s architectural sig- Harry Weese to develop plans for the new clinic. building in 1950, planning to add an upper floor later when nificance helped it gain National Completed in 1952, Weese’s design reflected modern con- they could afford it. Known as “The Hole,” the subterranean Register listing in 2020. cepts in both style and substance. Outside, walls of windows space served as a popular Black nightclub, social hub, and With extremely limited funds, punctuate buff brick and concrete, flooding the interior with haven from the 1960s to the ’80s. township officials have been unable light. Inside, the new clinic introduced private rooms for In 1981, the Elks raised over $100,000 to finally build to address deferred maintenance patients and spaces for the latest medical technology, including the upper floor and renovate the basement. The lodge con- issues at the mausoleum. Water diagnostic X-rays and lab equipment. tinued to serve as community anchor, its new upstairs offices damage is clearly visible on the The Davis Clinic continued to pioneer progressive medical housing the West Side Youth Development program, which exterior masonry, tile roofs, inte- care until it closed in 1988. Now owned by ResCare— taught job skills to hundreds of students. A variety of factors rior plaster ceiling, and marble a company that operates dozens of senior care facilities led to the lodge’s demise in the ’90s, including a decline in fronts of the vaults. The structure’s plight reflects similar conditions around the country—the property has been vacant for several lodge membership and club attendance, decreased finances, at other community mausole- years. ResCare has no use for the building and has proposed and disbanding of the youth program. The building is cur- ums across the state, where pub- demolition. rently owned by a local couple who use it mainly for storage, lic funds to address renovation With its original design almost completely intact, the and preservation advocates fear the site could become a needs are scarce. Without the building is in good shape in spite of recent neglect. An target for new development. The Pollard Lodge represents urgently needed repairs, the Oxford important example of Mid-Century Modern design with a an important chapter in Bloomington’s Black history, a rare Community Mausoleum’s situation provenance involving several nationally renowned architects, survivor among the city’s African American landmarks that becomes more critical with each it’s a landmark that’s ripe for reuse and too important to lose. deserves broader attention. passing season.

10 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 11 Kamm & Schellinger Brewery MISHAWAKA For nearly a century, a brewery flour- Theodore Roosevelt ished along Mishawaka’s St. Joseph River, at High School one time producing 30,000 barrels of beer GARY a year as Kamm and Schellinger Brewery Built in 1930, Gary Roosevelt was one of the state’s first in a complex of buildings dating from the high schools constructed exclusively for African Americans. mid-1800s to early 1900s. After the brewery closed in 1951, developers adapted the site in At its peak, the impressive Colonial Revival structure housed the late ’60s as 100 Center, a thriving com- more than 3,000 students, making it one of the largest African plex of shops, residences, restaurants and American high schools in the Midwest. businesses. The school became a point of pride for the city’s Black com- Beginning in the late ’80s, 100 Center munity, and leaders resolved to make Gary Roosevelt a school began losing tenants to newer malls. The his- that would offer educational opportunities equal to any white toric boiler house, stables, and several other school. The school recruited the best African American teachers buildings in the complex have been repur- and administrators and brought in speakers from all over the posed, but the main building—a four-story world to share their expertise. Educators expected students to brewery structure dating to 1853—is empty be civically active and engaged, a mindset that remains evident and dilapidated. in the school’s strong alumni group. The Kamm and Schellinger Brewery is the last of a thriving industrial area along In more recent years, shrinking enrollment and chronic the Mishawaka riverfront and one of the underfunding propelled the school into deepening decline. In area’s few remaining examples of pre-Civil February 2019, a failing heat system and frigid temperatures War architecture. The brewery building’s caused multiple pipes to burst, sending water cascading into solid masonry construction and significant classrooms and offices and forcing students off-site. Facing an local history merit rehabilitation. Residents estimated at $9.6 to $15 million for repairs and cleanup, the share fond memories of the site from its 100 Indiana Distressed Unit Appeals Board permanently shuttered Center days and offer no shortage of ideas the school. for new use, but a patchwork of ownership, Including Gary Roosevelt on our 10 Most Endangered shared parking, and a long list of code viola- list last year helped elevate the school’s significance and tions hamper the site’s redevelopment, and status, and community support for saving it remains strong. there is increasing pressure to demolish the historic building in favor of new riverfront However, without a realistic plan for its reuse, the landmark construction. remains threatened.

Monon Depot BEDFORD Vacant, dilapidated, and a target for vandals, Since the depot’s first appearance on our 10 Most Bedford’s Monon Depot, a return entry in 2021, Endangered list in 2020, a conditions assessment funded needs immediate repairs and a plan for its reuse. by Indiana Landmarks found the depot to be in overall Built in 1926 of Indiana limestone, the Craftsman good condition save a leaky tile roof, which is allowing depot on J Street doubled as passenger depot and water to cause extensive damage to the building’s soffits a freight station for the Monon Railroad, ship- and overhangs. ping blocks from local quarries at the heart of the Community leaders and trail advocates have expressed “Limestone Capital of the World.” After the Monon interest in adapting the Craftsman depot as a trail head ended passenger service in 1967, the Louisville & for the growing Milwaukee Road Transportation Trailway, Nashville Railroad and later CSX took over opera- but the pandemic stalled efforts to engage community and tions, until the county adapted the building as a developer interest. We hope continued 10 Most listing will recycling center. help reignite the push to find a reuse for the landmark.

12 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 13 Courthouse Annex NEW CASTLE At turn of twentieth century, downtown New Castle was the bustling hub of a prosperous community. The city’s manufac- turing industry thrived, fueled by the gas boom of the late- nineteenth century, and burgeoning businesses served a rapidly growing population. Handsome buildings lined the streets around courthouse square—churches, theaters, lodge halls, and shops selling everything from groceries to furniture. But the boom was short-lived. Just a few years later the gas wells had dried up, and factories began to close. People moved away, businesses languished, and many downtown buildings entered a slow slide into decline. Tipton County Jail Today, large gaps in the historic streetscape show the effects & Sheriff’s Residence of widespread demolition. Many of the remaining buildings At the end of the nineteenth century, many Midwest stand empty, including a block-long commercial structure on the governments required sheriffs to live next door to the courthouse square. Now known as the Courthouse Annex, the county jail for security purposes. Some took it a step fur- building stretches along the entire 100 block of 12th Street—a ther, combining the jail and residence into one structure. three-story Classical Revival edifice with terra cotta details and In Tipton County, officials hired Adolph Scherrer, large windows that reflect the 1869 courthouse across the street. one of the state’s most celebrated architects, to design an The building remains attractive, but its condition is precari- imposing new sheriff’s house and jail. Completed in 1895, ous. It needs a new roof, and the demolition of its neighbor the structure married a handsome brick house with a more to the west left a formerly interior wall exposed. The struc- utilitarian cellblock, connecting the two with a three-story ture has been vacant for years, used primarily as an overflow brick and stone tower. storage facility for county records. With no funds to address Today, the jail and 1894 Tipton County Courthouse— long-deferred maintenance, county officials have repeatedly also designed by Scherrer—are the county’s only two discussed demolishing the building and using the space as a National Register-listed buildings. parking lot. Local city officials support saving the landmark but Though they eventually dropped the order requir- face opposition from the county. ing the sheriff to live on site, officials continued to use The community has already lost more than an entire down- the building as the county’s jail and law enforcement town block within the last decade. Losing the Courthouse Annex offices for the next 125 years. However, after complet- would rob New Castle’s courthouse square of its historic character ing a new $16 million jail facility last year, the county and deal a devastating blow to the City’s goals for development. vacated the historic building. Since listing the building on Falley-O’Gara-Pyke House our 10 Most Endangered list last LAFAYETTE year, Indiana Landmarks helped Lafayette’s Falley-O’Gara-Pyke House sits adjacent to the details, including limestone door and window surrounds fund a feasibility study to evaluate Cathedral of St. Mary in the city’s St. Mary Historic District. featuring a carved floral motif. its reuse options. Similar historic The Roman Catholic Diocese has owned the property for Since we added the site to our 10 Most list last year, the jails around the state have been several decades, and in 2018 quietly filed for a demolition Diocese has declined our requests to discuss preservation creatively adapted as restaurants, permit, with plans to build a new rectory on the site. The alternatives. While church leaders haven’t set a timeline offices, museums, even apart- proposal sparked protest among neighborhood residents for the wrecking ball, they also haven’t committed to the ments and condos. Local support and preservation advocates, including parishioners who house’s preservation. have urged church leaders to save the historic house. Although the Falley-O’Gara-Pyke House remains for saving the building is growing, Built c.1884 for Susannah Falley, wife and business threatened, its jeopardy has sparked a growing push for but any rehab will be expensive. partner of hardware merchant James B. Falley, the home preservation within the St. Mary Historic District, result- In a rural county with limited served as a single-family residence for decades before ing in local historic designation for 11 properties within the funding, finding the capital will being subdivided into apartments. Though it shows signs district. We hope the momentum will persuade Diocese be a challenge. of deferred maintenance, the landmark retains handsome officials to save the house.

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FOR LANDMARKS ON THE MARKET SALE see more at indianalandmarks.org/for-sale BRIEFLY 2021 Board Elections NOTED EACH YEAR, INDIANA LANDMARKS CONDUCTS To lend continuity, board members generally serve two con- elections to select individuals to serve on the organization’s secutive terms for a total of six years. The governance commit- INDIANA LANDMARKS around the state, you can board of directors. Typically, members vote in board elections tee recommends the following board members for re-election welcomes Haley Swindle reach us at 800-450- as community preser- 4534, 317-639-4534, or at Indiana Landmarks’ public annual meeting. This year, in lieu to second terms, also ending in 2024: Ellen Swisher Crabb of vation specialist in our check our staff directory of in-person voting, we invite members to vote remotely (see Indianapolis, Olon Dotson of Muncie, Peter Sacopulos of Terre Eastern Regional Office at indianalandmarks.org/ box below for details). Haute, Rob Santa of Bloomington, John Zeglis of Culver, and in Cambridge City. staff. We’re grateful to The governance committee, chaired by Charlitta Winston, Beau Zoeller of Henryville. Two board members retire from Swindle holds a master’s all members of Indiana recommends three candidates to serve three-year terms expiring service this year after completing two consecutive terms: Ed degree in historic pres- Landmarks for their ervation from Ball State continuing support as in September 2024: Clere of New Albany and George Rogge of Gary. University and previously we navigate the ongoing Indiana Landmarks’ bylaws allow terms to be extended for interned in our central pandemic. A’Lelia Bundles, an accomplished author and those in officer positions. The governance committee recom- office and with Ball State CARES ACT DONOR journalist living in Washington, D.C., is the mends re-election of four board members for one-year terms architecture professors Jonathan Spodek and OPPORTUNITIES great-great granddaughter of entrepreneur as officers: Parker Beauchamp, past chair; Sara Edgerton, Olon Dotson. The Consolidated Madam C.J. Walker. A’Lelia’s biography chair; Doris Anne Sadler, vice chair; and Randall Shepard, Appropriations Act 2021 On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of honorary chairman. A NOTE OF THANKS (H.R. 133) extended two 917 Adams Street Madam C.J. Walker inspired the 2020 Netflix In addition, the governance committee will recommend Indiana Landmarks is opportunities for donors grateful for the interns that were established by Marion series Self Made. She maintains deep ties to her for approval by the board itself the following officers for the that worked in our offices 2020’s CARES Act: Two-story Craftsman-style house and matching carriage hometown of Indianapolis and has been active in recent efforts coming year: Hilary Barnes, secretary and assistant trea- this summer. Many thanks A universal (or non- house ready for interior rehabilitation after recent exterior to advocate for thoughtful redevelopment of Indiana Avenue, surer; Thomas Engle, assistant secretary; Brett McKamey, to Connor Kooistra, itemized, above-the-line) improvements, including a new roof and masonry work. home to the historic Madam Walker Legacy Center. treasurer; Marsh Davis, president; and Judy O’Bannon, University of Notre Dame deduction allowing tax- Original features include leaded glass windows, fireplace, School of Architecture; payers to deduct up to hardwood floors, pocket doors, and crown molding. secretary emerita. Maurice Lacy, Indiana $300 in charitable contri- Design attributed to architect Samuel Plato. Greg Fehribach lives in Indianapolis where he State University; and butions (cash donations, $89,000 is an attorney affiliated with Tuohy Bailey & Mark Belloni, Indiana not in-kind contributions) Craig Luthy, Nicholson Realty University-Purdue made in 2021. For 2021, Moore LLP. A local and national leader in Members of Indiana 765-664-6923 University Indianapolis, both spouses may claim accessibility and inclusion for people with [email protected] CAST Landmarks can vote in who helped develop the $300 for a total of disabilities, Greg serves as the presiden- this year’s board elections graphics for design $600. tially appointed chairman of the U.S. Access YOUR in one of three ways: guidelines, researched For those who claim Board and has made a career of protecting and nominated proper- itemized deductions, the HAVE A HISTORIC HOME or commercial building for sale? • Vote online at bit.ly/ Ask us about options for advertising your property here historic building integrity while making places accessible for VOTE ties for listing in the charitable deduction limit ILBoardVote2021 National Register of is raised from 60 percent or on our website. Contact Paige Wassel, 317-639-4534, everyone. Greg first served on Indiana Landmarks’ board from Historic Places, and of adjusted gross income [email protected]. • Email [email protected] with the sub- 2013 to 2019. updated our grants to 100 percent for dona- ject line “2021 Board Elections” database, among other tions made in 2021. Kert Toler lives in Indianapolis with his wife • Call Sharon Gamble, Indiana Landmarks’ Vice valuable work. If you would like to discuss a charitable gift Help Indiana Landmarks President for Development, 317-822-7921. Kayla where he is the senior vice presi- OPERATIONS to Indiana Landmarks, achieve even more by: dent of Stenz Corporation, a commercial Be sure to tune in to Indiana Landmarks’ video UPDATE contact Sharon Gamble, real estate and construction firm. He has annual meeting on September 11, when we’ll wel- Indiana Landmarks’ vice president for devel- • Renewing your membership opment, 317-822-7921, a long-held passion for historic proper- come new board members, honor winners of the offices statewide • Making a donation in addition to membership sgamble@indianaland- Williamson Prize, Servaas Awards, and Cook Cup reopened to the public ties and currently serves as a representative in July, pending evolving marks.org. As always, • Including Indiana Landmarks in your estate plans for Outstanding Prestoration, and reflect on preser- of Indiana Landmarks on the board of the local and state guidelines. please consult your own Athenaeum Foundation, as well as on the boards of the Joseph vation challenges and successes over the past year. As our staff carry on tax advisor for advice. For more information talk to Sharon Gamble, Maley Foundation and Hamilton County Area Neighborhood (See p. 18 for details.) with preservation work 800-450-4534 or visit indianalandmarks.org Development (HAND), Inc.

16 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 17 Century of Progress INDIANAPOLIS Preserving Historic Places Talk TOURS Virtual Conference Tours & Events Sept. 24, Indiana Dunes Sept. 30-Oct. 1, online September/October 2021 Monument Circle Two speakers discuss the 1933 On select Saturdays, May Indiana’s annual statewide preservation conference Century of Progress World’s Fair and through October, one-hour goes online, with educational sessions and inspir- its impact on architectural innovation guided walking tours examine ing lectures, including a talk by keynote speaker in the twentieth century. Rick Rann, the story of the Circle at the Sara Bronin, a Mexican-American architect, heart of the city including the owner of World’s Fair Memorabilia Soldiers and Sailors Monument attorney, professor, and policymaker specializing in Show, leads a visual journey through and encircling landmarks. Tours property, land use, historic preservation, and cli- his extensive world’s fair memorabilia depart at 10 a.m. on Sept. 11 & mate change, appointed by President Biden to lead 25, Oct. 9 & 23. $10/general Glazed Glory collection, and Edward Torrez, prin- the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Sept. 23, Indianapolis and online admission, $5/child (age 6-11); cipal at BauerLatoza Studio and lead $8/member; free for children Visit indianalandmarks.org/preserving-historic- Rehabilitating the former Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in architect on the House of Tomorrow ages 5 and under. places-conference for conference agenda and Indianapolis as the Bottleworks Hotel involved restor- restoration, provides insight on the pricing options. City Market Catacombs ing thousands of polychromatic ceramic tile. What landmark’s architectural legacy. $10/ does it take to get the perfect match? Artist Barbara Join a guided tour of the general public, $7/member. Buy remains of Tomlinson Hall, hid- Chatham Arch/ Zech reveals the painstaking process that went into online at centuryofprogresstalk21. den beneath the Indianapolis Bottleworks Tour refreshing the landmark’s signature tile designs. eventbrite.com or call 317-639-4534. City Market. In 2021, tours Oct. 5, Indianapolis Tickets are $7/general public, free for members. begin on the market’s mez- A guided walking tour of Indianapolis’s Chatham Doors open at Indiana Landmarks Center at 5:30 p.m., zanine and include a brief with talk beginning at 6 p.m. Join us in person or Century of Progress history about the building’s Arch neighborhood examines the historic district’s watch online via Zoom. And don’t miss your chance Tour development. Tours depart history and close call with destruction, highlight- every 15 minutes from 10 a.m.- to see the spectacular ceramics during our Chatham Sept. 25-26, Indiana Dunes ing examples of modern infill and adaptive reuse. 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 4 & 18, Oct. Arch neighborhood and Bottleworks District tour on Visit four homes featured at the 2, 16, and 30. Advance ticket Get an inside peek at a restored historic home, a October 5 (see p.6 for more info). 1933 “Century of Progress” Chicago encouraged. $12/general condo in the former Phoenix Theatre, and public World’s Fair, relocated to the Indiana admission, $6/child (age 6-11), spaces in the nearby Bottleworks District. The shore of Lake Michigan. Tours depart $10/member; free for children two-hour tours depart every 15 minutes from ages 5 and under. indianalandmarks.org/tours-events • (317) 639-4534 by shuttle 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Central Time 4-6 p.m. Tickets cost $20/adult (ages 12 and Catacombs After Hours All times are eastern. Please note that some events are in-person, and others are virtual. on Sept. 25 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grab a beverage from the up), $15/Indiana Landmarks or Chatham Arch Central Time on Sept. 26. Tickets Thomlinson Tap Room before Neighborhood Association member, $10/child are $30/Indiana Landmarks mem- a relaxed, adults-only (ages (ages 6-11). Free to children 5 and under. Learn Annual Meeting FRENCH LICK & WEST BADEN ber, $35/general public, and will be 21+) tour of the Indianapolis more on p.6. City Market Catacombs. Sept. 11, online SPRINGS TOURS limited in timed tour slots to allow Offered on select Thursdays: On Sept. 11, we’ll unveil a video version of our annual meeting Ongoing tours open only to overnight guests. Visit for social distancing. Buy online at Sept. 9 & 23, Oct. 7 & 21. Tours Cummins: Engines, on our website, indianalandmarks.org. Tune in any time after indianalandmarks.org/french-lick-west-baden for more info. centuryofprogresstour21.eventbrite. depart every 30 minutes from Architecture, and Innovation 4:45-7:15 p.m. $15/general 3:30 p.m. to welcome new board members and honor award com or call 317-639-4534. Nov. 4, Indianapolis and online West Baden Twilight Tours public, $12/member. winners of the Williamson Prize, Servaas Awards, and Cook Cup Springs Hotel On select Saturdays, Cummins Heritage Center lead archivist Lori for Outstanding Restoration. We’ll highlight this year’s 10 Most Tuesday-Saturday, Twilight Tours explore what Barn Tour Athenaeum Lindberg, historian Steve Butler, and restoration Endangered and salute some of our favorite saves from the past year. 2 & 4 p.m. it was like to be a guest of Sept. 25, Allen & DeKalb counties On select Wednesdays and manager Bruce Watson present an illustrated talk the West Baden Springs Sundays, May through October, French Lick No RSVP necessary. Simply watch and enjoy the show. Hotel during its grand era Indiana Barn Foundation offers a one-hour guided tours on the Indiana company’s history of automotive Springs Hotel with costumed characters self-guided driving tour of barns in explore the history, architec- and engineering innovation, its outsized influence Tuesday-Saturday, Noon Outdoor Market representing famous Allen and DeKalb counties from 10 ture, and preservation of the on architecture and preservation in Bartholomew Tours depart from our guests. Offered on Sept. Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Indianapolis a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets cost $20 and may Athenaeum, as it evolved from County, and its future as a world leader in power Landmarks Emporium 11 at 7 p.m. $20/Indiana German clubhouse to a hub Indiana Landmarks partners with Indy Urban Flea to host an shops in the hotels. Landmarks member; $25/ be purchased at indianabarns.org or of modern urban life. Tours production technology. Program begins at 6 p.m. outdoor market featuring vintage, locally made, and one-of-a-kind Discount for members adult general admission, on the day of tour at 1958 Chapman depart at 5:45 and 6 p.m. on at Indiana Landmarks Center with brief highlights handcrafted items on the parking lot and Place de Basile courtyard of on tours and in shops. $10/child (ages 6-14). Road, Huntertown. Children 16 and Sept. 22 and Oct. 20. Advance from our Indiana Automotive affinity group, fol- Reservations recom- Purchase by calling 812- ticket encouraged. $10/general Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Avenue. Free building tours mended. 812-936-5870, 936-5870 or by emailing under are free with an adult. admission; $5/child (age 6-11); lowed by talk and Q&A. $10/general public, free for ongoing during market, which will include a food truck on site. Free swoodward@ swoodward@ $8/member; free for children Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Automotive mem- admission and parking on surrounding streets. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. indianalandmarks.org. indianalandmarks.org. ages 5 and under. bers. Join us in person or watch online via Zoom.

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AND FINALLY

Dream Come True

WHEN INDIANAPOLIS’S In late July, the curtain performances of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream Thomas Taggart Memorial landed rose on Indianapolis’s presented by Indy Shakes, with the memorial’s elegant lime- newly completed on Indiana Landmarks’ 10 Most Taggart Memorial stone colonnade serving as a stately backdrop. Endangered list in 2011, chain link Amphitheatre, now More than a decade ago, Indiana Landmarks spearheaded fencing prevented passersby from the home stage creation of the Taggart Memorial Task Force to stabilize getting too close to the precarious of Indy Shakes, the monument, built in 1931 to honor Indianapolis Mayor whose inaugural site. Fast forward to 2021 and the performances of Thomas Taggart. Indiana Landmarks collaborated with Indy Neoclassical monument is now a Shakespeare’s A Parks, Indianapolis Parks Foundation, and Indy Shakes on a showpiece in Riverside Regional Midsummer’s Night’s plan to restore the monument as a performance venue, fueled Park, revitalized as the Taggart Dream drew an esti- by a $9.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment to the Parks mated over 3,000 Memorial Amphitheatre. In late patrons. Alliance of Indianapolis. It’s a transformation tale worthy of July, crowds gathered there for PHOTO © INDY SHAKES the bard! indianalandmarks.org