MAY/JUNE 2018

BACK TO THE FUTURE Tour houses of the Mad Men era

COOK CUP Underground Railroad landmark Crafting strategies to save outstandingly landmarks in severe jeopardy restored FROM THE PRESIDENT STARTERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS Gregory S. Fehribach Indianapolis Hon. Randall T. Shepard LANDMARK LEXICON Honorary Chairman William R. Goins Rushville James P. Fadely, Ph.D. Chairman Tracy Haddad Columbus Remaining Relevant Carl A. Cook Dormer Past Chairman David A. Haist Culver DORMERS—WINDOWS TO REMAIN VIABLE Parker Beauchamp Vice Chairman Judith A. Kanne set vertically on a slop- and relevant, house Rensselaer Marsh Davis ing roof—add visual museums across America President Christine H. Keck Evansville interest to the top of are being reimagined, Sara Edgerton Secretary/Assistant Treasurer Matthew R. Mayol, AIA a building. Taken from some more successfully Indianapolis Thomas H. Engle the French dormir, than others. Our friends Assistant Secretary Sharon Negele Attica at Historic Madison, Inc. Brett D. McKamey meaning “to sleep,” Treasurer Cheryl Griffith Nichols (HMI) are showing us Little Rock, AR dormers provide ven- Judy A. O’Bannon how to do it right. Secretary Emerita Martin E. Rahe tilation and light to , OH attics or bedrooms The Shrewsbury- DIRECTORS James W. Renne Newburgh on the upper floor. Windle House, a National Hilary Barnes Indianapolis George A. Rogge Coming in all shapes Historic Landmark and Gary Elaine E. Bedel and sizes, both plain one of America’s most exquisite Greek Revival buildings, had Indianapolis Sallie W. Rowland LEE LEWELLEN Indianapolis suffered benign neglect for decades before being acquired by Edward D. Clere and fancy, dormers New Albany Doris Anne Sadler HMI in 2011. The restoration needs were daunting. But just as Indianapolis appear in a vari- Cheri Dick challenging was the question of how to bring the place to life as Zionsville Matthew G. Stegall ety of architectural Richmond Urban Retreat a community-serving asset. Julie Donnell styles. Gabled dor- SUSAN FLECK PHOTOGRAPHY FLECK SUSAN Fort Wayne Brad Toothaker few miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis lies the At the Shrewsbury-Windle House you’ll find no velvet ropes South Bend mers with limestone Jeremy D. Efroymson well-preserved little village of New Augusta, a leafy enclave and white gloves. Instead, the house will function as a venue for Indianapolis Charlitta Winston trim punctuate the Indianapolis programs, events and festivities, allowing visitors to experience Aof commercial buildings, Victorian cottages and a railroad roof of Fort Wayne’s depot remaining from the mid-nineteenth century. You could the property with all five senses. 1881 McCulloch- OFFICES & HISTORIC SITES own the heart of New Augusta, the c.1895 train depot and adja- We at Landmarks salute Historic Madison for Weatherhogg House. Headquarters Southeast Field Office cent three-bedroom house, both saved by sisters Olive, Emma, undertaking an extraordinary restoration and charting a Indiana Landmarks Center Aurora 1201 Central Avenue 812 926 0983 and Mary Purdy in the ‘60s and preserved by their descendants. promising future for the house. HMI will hold a grand celebra- Indianapolis, IN 46202 Southwest Field Office [email protected] Indiana Landmarks is selling the two buildings and adjacent land Evansville tion of the restored and repurposed Shrewsbury-Windle House 317 639 4534 812 423 2988 for $189,000 with protective covenants that ensure their long-term on June 23. (See historicmadisoninc.com for details). It’s an 800 450 4534 Western Regional Office preservation. Learn more in the For Sale listings on page 19 Northwest Field Office Terre Haute achievement worthy of celebration by all Hoosiers who value Gary 812 232 4534 or at indianalandmarks.org/new-augusta-duo. heritage and preservation. 219 947 2657 Huddleston Farmhouse 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 Marsh Davis, President Aurora South Bend 812 926 0983 574 232 4534 French Lick and West Northeast Field Office Baden Springs tours Wabash 866 571 8687 (toll free) 800 450 4534 812 936 5870 Southern Regional Office The Root family made Rocky Edge, south of Terre Haute, a Jeffersonville 812 284 4534 weekend retreat and entertainment venue, with Spanish Revival On the house, glass-enclosed pool, conservatory, gatehouse, even a zoo. ©2018, Indiana Landmarks; ISSN#: 0737-8602 Cover The neglected estate appears among Indiana Landmarks’ newly Indiana Landmarks publishes Indiana Preservation bimonthly buildings lost since Indiana Landmarks announced 10 Most Endangered. PHOTO BY LEE LEWELLEN for members. To join and learn other membership benefits, visit indianalandmarks.org or contact memberships@ started its 10 Most Endangered list in 1991. indianalandmarks.org, 317-639-4534 or 800-450-4534. To offer suggestions forIndiana Preservation, contact editor@ LOWELL SCHOOL PHOTO BY TIFFANY TOLBERT indianalandmarks.org. 2 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 3 COOK CUP 2018

People spent all day watching the steeple get hoisted in place in 2016, with many teary-eyed at the meaning and scale of the accomplishment. From many vantage points, including coming across the Bridge from With a Little Help Kentucky—the steeple stands out. “The brass ball at the top glows like the halo from Friends on an angel. It shows there is a God,” says church Treasurer Monica Sutton. FIVE YEARS AGO, AS NEW ALBANY’S SECOND Friends of Town Clock Church Baptist prepared to celebrate a milestone anniversary, its his- expanded the scope again when toric building faced costly challenges—a leaking roof, peeling they moved inside, repairing plaster, Opened in 1852 (below “You can do more ministry when you’re not worried sick paint, and disintegrating stained-glass windows—a burden that recapturing the original interior paint right), the church wel- about how to patch the roof. Our five-year plan includes comes all Floyd County consumed the small congregation. scheme and stenciling, restoring the third graders on field construction of a terraced Underground Railroad Garden in “Right about when the situation looked darkest, Jerry Finn original gasoliers, and refurbishing trips to learn about the our back yard with a gazebo fashioned from the roof of the and Irv Stumler showed up in my office and offered to help us the lower-level fellowship hall where Underground Railroad old clock tower. It’s another place we can engage the com- restore the church,” says Rev. LeRoy Marshall, the pastor. The visit the congregation worships on most site. Jerry Finn of munity,” Rev. Marshall adds. Friends of Town Clock launched a five-year transformation of the Underground Railroad Sundays to conserve energy. Church is one of many Five years ago, there was so much work to do, and landmark that earned Second Baptist Church the 2018 Cook The congregation opens the sanctuary volunteers who lead complete restoration seemed out of the question. But the Cup for Outstanding Restoration from Indiana Landmarks. for community events, tours, and special tours (above). The Friends of Town Clock Church have raised $725,000 to Finn, the executive director of the Horseshoe Foundation, seasonal services. Every third grader in Friends group restored date for the restoration and a maintenance endowment the four-sided clock and Stumler, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, joined others Floyd County schools tours the church (below left), then housed at the community foundation. in creating the nonprofit Friends of Town Clock Church—the and learns about the Underground enlarged its original People contributed because the place provides a daily name most locals use for the landmark. Railroad. “Churches can get insular, scope by refurbishing visual reminder of the right way to behave when confronted the interior, recreat- The group initially intended to restore only the exterior, and the restoration has opened Second ing the historic paint by injustice and pain, even when helping might be danger- including the clock tower. Success and local commitment Baptist up and made us more inclusive scheme (middle). ous. “Looking to the future when we may need to take a PHOTOS: FRIENDS OF TOWN inspired the Friends’ board to dream even bigger. They raised and community-minded,” says Rev. CLOCK CHURCH; HISTORIC IMAGE stand, the Town Clock Church is a living lesson for our com- $175,000 to re-create the 150-foot steeple, lost to a lightning Marshall. “It’s a beautiful thing to see.” COURTESY DAVID BARKSDALE munity,” says Finn. strike in 1915. A grant from the city helped make the steeple re-creation possible. “No one alive had seen that steeple. I never in a thousand years thought I’d see the steeple back, and I’m an optimist,” Indiana Landmarks north,” notes Peters. In 2017, the notes Floyd County Historian and City Council Member presented New church’s designation as a national Albany’s Second David Barksdale. The steeple rises above the clock that tells the Baptist Church—a.k.a. Network to Freedom site confirmed time, accompanied by the chiming bell, for the first time in Town Clock Church— its role in the Underground Railroad. four decades. with the 2018 Cook The Presbyterians sold the build- Second Presbyterian Church, a predominantly white con- Cup for Outstanding ing in 1889 to Second Baptist, an Restoration. A gregation, built the church from 1849 to 1852. The evangelical Friends group under- African American congregation congregation ministered to African American residents as well took the five-year familiar with the building’s history as as those escaping slavery in the south, a dangerous business. transformation of a haven. While Indiana was a free state, in New Albany the city’s major the Underground “Second Baptist Church matters Railroad landmark, industries depended on trade with the south and pro-slavery including the re-cre- to people far beyond its small con- forces dominated, according to Underground Railroad histo- ation of the 150-foot gregation because of the building’s rian Pam Peters, a New Albany resident. steeple, missing since role in the Underground Railroad a 1915 lightning strike. “The steeple, visible across the River in Louisville, acted PHOTO BY BRENT MOORE and the example it represents for us as a beacon to escaping slaves, steering them to a place where in the present,” says Marsh Davis, they could get medical care and assistance in traveling farther president of Indiana Landmarks.

4 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 5 BACK TO THE FUTURE

often lost in remodels. They outfitted the house with period-appropriate fur- niture and their collection of paintings by Indiana artists. Another intriguing property on this year’s tour headlined the 1961 Indianapolis Home Show at the State Fairgrounds, making it no stranger to heavy foot traffic from tourgo- ers. Indiana architect Harry Cooler designed the three-bedroom “Hoosier Contemporary” house to meet the ABOVE: Architect an adjacent terrace and a beamed ceiling of pecky cypress that needs of a typical mid-century family, Evans Woollen III continues unbroken from the front to the rear of the house. used walls of glass and it remains livable and comfortable to maximize natural Indianapolis Home Show Director John F. O’Donnell and for its present owner, Todd Eads, Jr. views from the rear his wife Margaret were so impressed with the house that they After its display in the Manufacturers façade of the 1960 bought it once it was reconstructed in Sylvan Estates, keep- Building at the ’61 show, the house was tour home on Green ing it as their home until 1987. Eads, a regional vice president Leaves Circle. reconstructed at 6478 Olney Street in PHOTO BY JOE SHOEMAKER for leasing at Simon Property Group, lives there today with his Sylvan Estates and featured on a tour two children. He’s preserved original features and respected the of homes built by the Pappas Brothers. BELOW: Harry Cooler’s 1961 design in his updates. His collection of mid-century furnishings With two broad wings flanking a steep design for the includes period pieces such as a Broyhill Brasilia dining room set central gabled front porch, the 2,130 Indianapolis Home and Eames lounge chair, and a wide array of Blenko glass. “Some square-foot ranch house exudes Mid- Show—relocated of my favorite features are the natural materials found in the to Sylvan Estates— Century Modern character. also cleverly house, such as stone walls that carry through from exterior to With walls of glass and rough-cut merges indoor and the interior and the pecky cypress paneling,” says Todd. Indiana stone inside and out, the outdoor spaces. The tour also includes a 1960 house designed by the late Stylish Modern Digs, Then and Now house artfully merges indoor and out- PHOTO BY EVAN HALE architect Evans Woollen III. Former Indiana Landmarks board door spaces reinforced by clever details, chair Jim Hughes and his wife Sheila had a long tenure there, “WE RESPECTED WHAT WAS ORIGINAL,” SAID Jonathan and wasn’t the highest, the seller liked that such as a tile floor that extends from beginning in 1967. The redwood siding and walls of glass, as Jonathan Eriksen, describing to Indianapolis Monthly maga- Stephanie Eriksen we were going to preserve it,” states the interior of the master bedroom to well as a floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace, provide the perfect set- fell in love with the zine last year how he and his wife Stephanie approached the floating spiral stair- Jonathan. ting for current owner Scott Tod’s modern furnishings. improvements they made to their home. Their passion for Mid- case (top), the orig- Built in 1968 for James and Barbara The tour on Saturday, June 2, from 1 to 6 p.m. costs $20 Century led them to the Split-Level house inal Tiki bar, and Abstine, the house’s hillside location in advance for non-members, $15 for Indiana Landmarks at 7750 Camelback Drive in Indianapolis, one of several homes two-story stone places it just below street level. The members and $10 for members of our Indiana Modern affinity fireplace in their they have owned from the period. “The clean lines and simplic- 1968 Ivy Hills home vertical wood siding and irregular group. You can buy tickets online at midcenturytour2018. ity of the design never goes out of style, whether it’s furnishings that neighbors call stone façade led to the neighborhood eventbrite.com or in person at Indiana Landmarks Center, or architecture,” Jonathan says. “The Brady Bunch nickname, “The Brady Bunch House.” Form + Function in Nora or at Silver in the City stores in Their house will be one of the five northside Indianapolis House.” Our Indiana The Eriksens fell in love with the float- Indianapolis and Carmel. Day-of-tour tickets are $25, avail- Modern affinity residences on Back to the Future: A Mid-Century Modern group selected it ing spiral staircase suspended by satin able at tour headquarters, First Friends Meetinghouse at 3030 Home Tour, which returns for its eleventh year on June 2nd. as one of five mid- bronze rods, a fountain built into a Kessler Boulevard East Drive. For more information, call 317- Indiana Modern, an affinity group of Indiana Landmarks, century residences rock-faced wall in the foyer, two-story 639-4534 or visit indianalandmarks.org. on Indianapolis’s stages the tour to raise awareness and support for preserving northside for the stone fireplace, and an indoor Tiki For further immersion in modern design, visit Indiana modern architecture. annual Back to bar capped with a shake awning—an Landmarks Center on May 31, when Susan Skarsgard, design Jonathan, a real estate agent with Encore Sotheby’s, and the Future tour on entertaining bonanza. manager at General Motors Design Archive and Special Stephanie, a school administrator, acquired the 3,800-square- June 2. True to their word, the couple Collections, gives a talk on the women who played a critical PHOTO BY TONY VALAINIS, foot house in 2015. Already residents of the Ivy Hills neigh- INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY retained vintage elements such as role in automotive and industrial design at GM. RATIO spon- borhood, they noticed when the house went on the market. original kitchen cabinets, backsplash sors the free talk. See p. 21-22 for details. “There were multiple offers on the house, but even though ours and Formica countertops, all features

6 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 7 EVERY DAY, ALL YEAR LONG, Indiana Landmarks works to revitalize historic structures that give our communities visible connections to their past and lend irreplaceable visual character to the streetscape. Once a year, we announce the 10 Most Endangered, a list of historic places on the brink of extinction and too important to lose. It’s not too late! In 27 years, demolition has claimed only 16 Most Endangered places in spite of the jeopardy they faced. You can help us save the sites on this year’s Most Endangered list by spreading the word, sharing ideas for saving them, and advocating with people who can influence their fates.

Last November, a storm damaged the 1928 Muncie Fieldhouse, flooding the gym floor. The financially- strapped school corpora- tion claims it cannot repair the basketball temple, which landed the arena on Indiana Landmarks’ 10 Most Endangered list, announced on April 28. PHOTO © WRTV 6

indianalandmarks.org 9 A Los Angeles investor owns the landmark and hasn’t invested in repairs. Before more terra cotta falls, the neglectful out-of-state owner needs to sell it. We have developers wait- ing in the wings to make proposals. One more year of 10 Most Endangered pressure may help convince him to let go and allow the building a future.

NORTH CHRISTIAN CHURCH COLUMBUS ven internationally known landmarks designed by famous architects can get in trouble. North Christian E Church, one of seven National Historic Landmarks in the Modernist mecca of Columbus, suffers a fate similar to ROCKY EDGE many historic houses of worship—a dwindling congregation TERRE HAUTE that can’t support the repair and maintenance of a facility that ven if you’ve never heard of far exceeds its space needs. Chapman Root, you’ll recognize Modernist architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) viewed Ehis claim to fame. In 1915, his most post-World War II churches as mundane structures that Terre Haute glass company designed lacked the grandeur and prominence achieved by the cathedrals the curvy Coca-Cola bottle recognized of earlier times. He aimed higher, seeking to inspire worship- throughout the world. His business pers inside North Christian as well as viewers from afar with was already successful, making bottles his revolutionary design, with a hexagonal sanctuary on a for Coca-Cola and other beverage raised berm and a sky-piercing 192-foot spire. Saarinen died a manufacturers, but the green glass few years before the construction was completed in 1964. contour bottle took the Root fam- Chapman Root, run amok across the grounds is that it conceals tile and stone Dan Kiley (1912-2004), nearly as internationally famous ily’s wealth to another level. In 1925, whose Terre Haute landscape elements from vandals and thieves who have dam- in landscape design as Saarinen is in architecture, lent his glass company Root bought as a weekend retreat an produced the iconic aged the structures and stolen decorative features. Modernist touch to the 13.5-acre grounds, placing four park- 88-acre estate the family called Rocky contoured Coca- While foreclosure and a court-mandated sale looms, no one ing courts amid meadows and woods, with magnolias, dog- Edge in Allendale, a hilly neighbor- Cola bottle, made is looking after Rocky Edge. The historic property needs a new woods and flowering plants. hood south of the city. Rocky Edge a week- owner who’ll restore the estate to recapture its colorful, fun- National Historic Landmark status is an honor, but it brings end retreat for his The Spanish Revival-style hillside family. The estate loving character. no money to help support the site known fondly by many villa overlooked landscaped and ter- includes a Spanish as “the oil-can.” The place needs repair that the congregation raced grounds with rock gardens and Revival-style villa, OLD MARION NATIONAL BANK can’t begin to afford and faces a steep decline. A participant in water features, a glass-enclosed pool glass-enclosed MARION Indiana Landmarks’ Sacred Places program, the church hopes pool house with house with pictorial tile and murals decorative tile, he only repeating entry from the 2017 list, the seven-story space sharing may be a saving solution. created by artists, a conservatory, conservatory, and Marion National Bank dominates the city’s National gatehouse, even a small private zoo. gatehouse—all Register-listed downtown historic district and shows the in near-ruinous T Strange subterranean spaces here and design influence of the famed Chicago skyscrapers built in the condition. there suggest movement of bootleg PHOTOS: LEE LEWELLEN; early twentieth century. It reminds you of life before ATMs ABOVE: Modernist master Eero Saarinen designed Columbus’s HISTORIC IMAGE © BALL North Christian Church to achieve the reverence and awe liquor. Prohibition didn’t put a damper STATE UNIVERSITY and online banking, when financial transactions took place in inspirited by historic cathedrals. The National Historic Landmark on the famous parties at Rocky Edge. impressively ornate halls that conveyed stability and wealth. needs repairs that its dwindling congregation can’t afford. The Roots sold the estate in the In the impressive space on the ground floor, occupied until PHOTOS BY HADLEY FRUITS 1960s. The long vacant house sits a couple of years ago by Regions Bank, ornate teller’s cages LEFT: The only repeat entry from our 2017 10 Most list, Marion in ruinous condition. Nature has line up beneath a vaulted, ornate plaster ceiling supported by National Bank continues to decline under an absentee owner overtaken the glass pool house and classical columns. The upper floors, empty for a decade, tell who has refused to invest in urgently needed repairs to preserve conservatory, where vines and roots a different story. The leaking roof has damaged plaster and the terra cotta cornice and facades. PHOTO BY ALAN D. CULLEY drape over the steel building frame- destabilized the ornate terra cotta cornice, with pieces falling to works. The only advantage of nature the sidewalk, threatening public safety.

10 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 11 LEFT: Cravenhurst OLD MASONIC HALL Barn, an unusually KNIGHTSTOWN stylish 1906 bank barn in Madison, n the nineteenth century and well needs immediate into the twentieth, men who aspired repairs before the toI prominence in a community failing slate roof joined fraternal organizations—the and masonry cause a collapse that puts Masons, Moose, Elk, Odd Fellows, it beyond saving. Red Men—for networking and social PHOTOS BY GREG SEKULA opportunities. They built archi-

BELOW: After the tecturally stylish lodge halls, often demolition of an prominently sited on Main Street. On adjacent building, Knightstown’s Main Street—the his- cracks appeared in the exposed wall toric National Road—the old Masonic and foundation of hall sits empty and decaying. It’s restor- Knightstown’s Old able, but only if rescue happens soon. Masonic Hall, allow- The hall is privately owned. While ing damage from water infiltration it has suffered unsympathetic ground- and mold. The 1900 floor alterations, the structure’s corner structure declines oriel and conical tower show its dis- while a lawsuit over tinctive original character. The corner the damage moves toward a trial. location adds to the landmark’s impor- owner’s lawsuit against the city over the The five nineteenth- century build- PHOTO BY MICHAEL FLOWERS tance, anchoring the National Register- damage moves toward a trial. The build- ings that make listed district’s historic streetscape. ing needs immediate structural repair, up the shuttered After the city’s demolition of an restoration, and a new use to make it Courtyard Inn adjacent building, cracks in the hall’s an active contributor to the community represent Rising exposed wall and foundation allowed and the National Road Scenic Byway. Sun’s early ties to trade on the Ohio water infiltration and mold contamina- River. The complex CRAVENHURST BARN tion. The landmark declines while the THE faces the river, an MADISON COURTYARD INN ideal site for reuse he Loyal Order of Moose property in Madison has an RISING SUN by a preservation- minded buyer. enviable pedigree. Railroad entrepreneur John Brough built he five buildings—four con- PHOTOS BY JARRAD Tthe house around 1850 and sold it soon after on his way to nected—that form the shuttered HOLBROOK becoming governor of Ohio. J.F.D. Lanier—a name famous for T Courtyard Inn represent the ear- his role in shaping Madison and for the house now operated as a liest links to the Ohio River flatboat museum by the state of Indiana—bought it and passed it on to industry that put Rising Sun on the his daughter Drusilla and her husband Sen. John Cravens who map. Shadrach Hathaway replaced his raised 10 children there. The family kept it until 1938. two-story log structure in 1827 with The Moose bought the property in 1941 and altered the a brick building at the corner of Front that contributed to the town’s resurgence. In the stone-walled house to suit their needs. They didn’t need the Cadillac of a and Fourth streets that he operated as basement, adapted as a bar and banquet room, a long-collapsed barn—a slate-roofed stone and wood structure with elegant a general store. tunnel to the river served as an intriguing centerpiece. The inn arched entrances—and it has declined to a perilous state. In the 1830s, Pinckney James closed and revitalization has stalled in Rising Sun. Most of the The 1906 bank barn has an internal silo, collapsing now, and Able C. Pepper constructed row inn’s vacant buildings suffer accelerating deterioration. and feeding chutes to main and lower levels from the grain houses adjacent to the mercantile, The elderly owner is selling all the property together. The storage floor above. The Moose can’t afford to repair the failing filling out the block facing the river. landmarks need a preservation-minded buyer, or several. roof, masonry, and siding, although member Louis Shields has The early structures help establish the Sold separately, the structures could return to residential use, almost single-handedly shored up failing timbers. With restora- visual character of the town. although many bemoan the loss of the restaurant and pub that tion, the barn would make an attractive meeting and wedding For many years, the buildings oper- was popular with locals, tourists and casino visitors alike. venue, but the rescue has to happen soon. ated as an inn and popular restaurant

12 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 13 SAINT JOSEPH’S RIGHT: Saint COLLEGE Joseph’s College RENSSELAER near Rensselaer closed in 2017 hen St. Joseph’s College under the burden of closed in 2017 under the $27 million in debt, burden of a $27 million leaving a campus W of vacant buildings, debt, it left a campus that spans more from nineteenth- than a century in limbo. Many of century structures the 35 buildings are eligible for the to Mid-Century National Register but suffered dete- Modern standouts, suffering deferred rioration even before the closure, with maintenance. Most an estimated $35 million in deferred graduates are Student Center, and 1888 Drexel Hall are individually listed in maintenance. More damage could be attached to the the National Register, an honorific status that provides no pro- 1909 chapel. occurring without the knowledge of PHOTO BY LEE LEWELLEN tection or funding. Many graduates consider the twin-towered the skeleton staff that remains. 1909 Romanesque Revival chapel the heart of the campus, a The campus’s historic buildings span BELOW: In West site of worship and weddings across the decades. the period from its 1888 founding Lafayette, two The campus needs a conditions assessment, maintenance, historic buildings by Katharine Drexel—an American on the Indiana and mothballing plan, as well as an analysis of new uses for the heiress and nun declared a Catholic Veterans’ Home historic buildings individually or as a whole. Those associated saint in 2000—as St. Joseph’s Indian campus—the 1896 with the college and residents of Rensselaer hope the campus Normal School, an educational institu- Lawrie Library can be recycled for educational purposes. (below right) and tion for native American children. The 1899 Administration college followed, adding Collegiate Building (below COMMANDANT’S ROW Several structures Like the mill, many of the district’s Gothic structures in the early years left)—face demoli- AT INDIANA VETERANS’ HOME in Cannelton’s structures, which date from 1837 to of the twentieth century, Neoclassical tion by neglect, WEST LAFAYETTE National Register- while the 1896 listed historic 1936, feature locally quarried honey- buildings in 1922-40 and Mid- Commandant’s n the 1890s, as Civil War vets aged and faced penury as a district face colored sandstone, a distinctive signa- Century Modern structures designed Home needs signifi- result of injuries suffered in the conflict, Indiana created a jeopardy, threat- ture of the river town. by Frank Fischer in the 1960s. cant repair. state soldiers’ home on land donated by Tippecanoe County. PHOTOS BY TOMMY I ened by vacancy, Half of the district’s 169 structures Two mid-century standouts, KLECKNER By 1910, more than 1,500 people dwelled on the handsome dilapidation, and proposed demoli- need significant repair, and over two Schwietermann Hall and Halleck campus—a small town, really, with a hospital, fire department, tion. In addition dozen are vacant. The city is consider- to houses, down- ing demolition of several deteriorated town commercial structures held by one property owner buildings, and churches, the Ohio that would leave holes in the historic CANNELTON HISTORIC DISTRICT River town’s district streetscape. CANNELTON includes the 1851 Although the town appears in the Cannelton Cotton escue is more complicated in Cannelton, where the Mill (left), a National online Encyclopedia of Forlorn Places, jeopardy applies to many structures in the town’s Historic Landmark it offers, in addition to historic archi- R National Register-listed historic district. The district, repurposed as tecture, a park and greenway along sandwiched between the Ohio River and high sandstone bluffs, apartments. the Ohio River, the nearby Cannelton PHOTOS BY GREG SEKULA covers much of the town, including houses, downtown com- (ABOVE) AND LEE LEWELLEN Lock and Dam, and a bridge across (LEFT) mercial buildings, churches, and the Cannelton Cotton Mill, a the river to Kentucky. National Historic Landmark. While the Perry County town When it opened in 1851, the mill was the largest building suffers economic hardship, it could west of the Allegheny Mountains. With its soaring twin towers go a long distance toward recaptur- of local sandstone, the structure resembles the mills of Lowell, ing its historic charm with a unified Massachusetts. Closed since 1954, it reopened several years ago community vision and a coordinated following restoration and adaptation as apartments. approach to revitalization.

14 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 15 ing 9,350. Muncie Fieldhouse ranks as the fifth largest, sixth if you include Anderson’s closed Wigwam, and seems destined to join the Wigwam in land- mark limbo. A storm slammed the fieldhouse in November 2017, sending the brick parapet crashing through the roof and flooding the basketball floor with water from the storm and the sprinkler system. The embattled school system, controlled by an emergency manager and poised for takeover by Ball State University, claims it cannot repair the arena, despite a significant insurance Old Republic West Baden Colored Church settlement for the storm damage. Built in 1928, the While known primarily for Hoosier Muncie Fieldhouse Hysteria, the 1928 arena at 525 North ranks as the fifth Walnut Street has hosted all sorts largest high school Endangered gym in the United community events—a 1939 speech States. Following by Eleanor Roosevelt, a 1942 Abbott storm damage last and Costello war bond rally, annual year, the arena Christmas Sings and Independence No More urgently needs repair and a plan Day celebrations, and lots more. WHEN INDIANA LANDMARKS ANNOUNCES THE venue and B&B, with a small history museum. Happy to ensure its future, The fieldhouse needs a long-term 10 Most Endangered each spring, we’re already working end of story? given the state solution for ownership and mainte- to create revitalization strategies and forge partner- Yes and no. Historic New Carlisle looked at its mis- takeover of the local school system. nance to remain a basketball mecca ships that will put these places in the “saved” column. sion to preserve historic buildings and educate the library, bakery, assembly hall, mens’ and womens’ dormitories, While Hoosier and community center. In our onward march, we don’t often stop to celebrate public and decided it had become too focused on and more. Hysteria gave birth the positive outcomes, like what happened to the one building. The group listed Old Republic for sale, to the arena, its Old Republic in northern Indiana and at West Baden so it can move on to restore a downtown building The Indiana Veterans’ Home remains on the site in a variety service for all kinds ow will we save the 10 of undistinguished modern structures while two of the three of events—annual Most Endangered? Indiana Colored Church down south. and expand the museum. To find more photos of Old remaining original buildings—Lawrie Library, built in 1896, Christmas sings, HLandmarks crafts a strategy for In late 1990s, Historic New Carlisle, Inc., tackled the Republic, listed at $474,900, click the for-sale tab at and the 1899 Administration Building—face demolition by circuses, political each site, tailored to its circumstances town’s biggest preservation issue—the condemned indianalandmarks.org. appearances, and neglect. The two join the Commandant’s Home, also built and the threats it faces. We commu- Jeremiah Service House, built in 1860 and known as First Baptist Church, locally known as the West Baden more—amplify the Old Republic. The Italianate-style house with an onion- Colored Church, went on the 10 Most list in 2014. The in 1896, on a curving, tree shaded campus drive from North importance it holds nicate with owners, local advocates, domed cupola sited atop a hill had suffered 30 years of once robust congregation of African Americans who River Road. in the community. financial and community institutions, PHOTOS BY JESSIE RUSSETT vacancy under owners who didn’t spend a dime on the worked at the French Lick and West Baden Springs The long-vacant administration building has been threat- AND HISTORIC IMAGE © BALL funders and others who can influ- STATE UNIVERSITY. place, and then installed a used car lot in the front yard. hotels had dwindled to a single soul who gave the 1920 ened with demolition in the past. While currently occupied, ence the outcome. In some cases, The roof was bad, the windows broken, features stolen, church to the local historical society. When the society the Commandant’s Home also needs significant repair. The we make grants, thanks to support vandalized inside and out. disbanded, the town inherited the deteriorating structure three landmarks need investment and sustainable new uses that from the Efroymson Family Fund Indiana Landmarks included Old Republic on the and tried without success to sell it. complement the Indiana Veterans’ Home. of the Central Indiana Community 10 Most Endangered list in 1998, galvanizing the Our 10 Most listing drew the attention of the Indiana Foundation. community. We supplied a legal defense fund grant Missionary Baptist Convention which made a deal with MUNCIE FIELDHOUSE If you have an idea that might that helped Historic New Carlisle become the court- the town: the convention’s Southeastern District paid $1 MUNCIE help, or a question, contact one of our appointed receiver of the property and a loan to buy for the landmark and pledged to restore it within seven ndiana is a basketball-mad state. For proof, there’s the movie regional offices or connect with us on the 5,000-square-foot house. years. The transformation, largely powered by volun- Hoosiers, and the list of the largest high school gyms in the social media. You can see more images Years of fundraising and volunteer labor later, teer labor, is well underway and needs contributions U.S.,I where Indiana claims 13 of the top 15 spots. So you of this year’s Most Endangered on our the restored Old Republic, showing no sign of the to reach the finish line. Check it out atyoutube.com/ don’t have to look it up, New Castle Fieldhouse is largest, seat- website, indianalandmarks.org. decades of abuse, functioned as a community event watch?v=b2NBWGtIR2o.

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FOR LANDMARKS ON THE MARKET SALE see more at indianalandmarks.org functional plumbing or air-conditioning. They spent one summer sleeping on an air mattress in the dining room under a ceiling fan, using five-gallon camp showers for bath- ing. “We decided to get a Portalet and it felt like an incredible luxury,” laughs Mary. Mary is a social worker at University of Illinois Hospital, and Tim chairs Columbia College’s design department, a position that gives him summers free to work on the farmstead. So far, his greatest challenge has been restoring the wood windows. Tim attended a couple window rehab conferences and is Facebook friends with a “wood window guru.” He’s completed four of the 24 win- dows to date. “I figure by the time we’re 80, New Augusta Depot & Purdy House all the windows will be done,” jokes Tim. This 7135 Purdy Street & 7140 New Augusta Road, Indianapolis summer, the Cozzens expect to apply fresh Charming 3-bedroom house and c.1895 depot. One-and-one-half story paint and repair brickwork. house with original grained woodwork and cast iron mantelpiece, while They’ve enjoyed visiting with neighbors depot retains waiting room and ticket office. Ample green space. See who share memories of the farmstead and page 3 for more details. answer their questions about propane, mow- $189,000, Mark Dollase, 317-639-4534 ing hay, and how to get rid of mice. The Van [email protected] Weekend Retreat, Some Work Required Reed cemetery a half-mile down the road provides a written record of the family. “We WHEN CHICAGO-AREA Seeking a weekend We bought out the life estate to preserve the vacant see ourselves as temporary custodians of both respite from urban life, residents Tim and Mary Cozzens Chicago area-residents house, re-roofed the house and summer kitchen and these houses,” says Mary. “It’s our privilege began searching for a weekend retreat Tim and Mary Cozzens repaired the barn roof. We sold it with preservation cov- and honor to own them.” from the city, they wanted a historic (top left) combed enants to the Cozzens in 2015. Two years into their renovation, the Van house no more than two-and-a-half through hundreds “The house needed an incredible amount of work on a Reed Farmstead has become a respite for the of online real estate hours away. They scoured hundreds listings to find the lot of levels, but was structurally very sound, and located in Cozzens’ friends and family, just what they of real estate listings online and made Van Reed Farmstead a gorgeous piece of countryside,” says Mary. “It was love at envisioned. in-person visits in Illinois, Wisconsin, near Williamsport. first sight. We put in an offer after just seeing it once.” Suzane Thomas House 1022 N. Jefferson St. They bought the and southwest . Because of The experience brought a sense of déjà vu; in the ‘90s, 828 East Adams Street, Muncie Huntington c.1855 farmhouse from their tight budget, all potentials they Indiana Landmarks and the Cozzens were searching for their first home when they Alfred Grindle-designed 1896 Beautiful historic, Victorian fam- visited were uninhabited; some were began renovations, saw the c.1865 Kettlestrings House on Oak Park’s Grove Colonial Revival gem in National ily home. 5000+ square feet. structurally unsound, “really scary.” finding the retreat they Avenue. Like the Van Reed Farmstead, the house fit their Register district has 5,400 square Stunning features include original envisioned. feet (plus third floor and base- woodwork, high ceilings, French A search on Zillow led them to the budget and was similarly untouched, but in rough shape. PHOTOS: TOMMY KLECKNER AND ment), original woodwork and & pocket doors, skylights, 3 Van Reed Farmstead near Williamsport TIM AND MARY COZZENS “We were able to see the good bones, and weren’t afraid of hardware, large rooms with lots of fireplaces, multiple family living in northwest Indiana. The 10-acre the work,” says Tim. “We’ve had twenty-some years with it natural light, eight fireplaces, and areas, finished attic, gardens, 2 property included a Greek Revival/ and we should know better. We’re still not done,” he jokes. large carriage house. 4 bedrooms, decks and much more. See video 2.5 baths. Saved from exploitation, on Zillow. Italianate c.1855 farmhouse with “We see the farm’s preservation covenants as an advan- and largely restored. period summer kitchen and c.1860 tage,” says Mary. “It has always felt like a partnership with $399,900 $300,000 Austin Cheviron Sweitzer barn. June Wright Kramer had Indiana Landmarks,” adds Tim. Frank Meeker 260-466-3757 left the property to Indiana Landmarks Tim and Mary began working weekends at their Indiana 765-702-0717 acheviron@ with a life estate reserved for her son. home, initially staying in a hotel because the home had no mikethomasrealtor.com

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Wednesday- First Friday Saturday Indianapolis Each month through December (except 10 a.m., 2 & 4 p.m. July), our Rapp Family Gallery hosts French Lick free art shows, with an option to tour Springs Hotel our restored headquarters. 6-9 p.m. Noon LEE LEWELLEN Tours depart from MAY 4 “Indiana’s 10 Most Endangered” our Landmarks JUNE 1 “Off the Record,” a group show Emporium in each historic hotel on of original works inspired by punk IN 56 in southern Fort Harrison rock, pop culture, and political topics Indiana. Combo ticket available. AUG. 3 “Goddess/Layered Voices,” an Reservations Tours all-woman group show presented recommended: Indianapolis 866-571-8687. by Flava Fresh FORT in Indianapolis Twilight Tours opened in 1906 and closed in the ‘90s. Since then, Heritage Talks Costumed charac- the post’s landmarks have been repurposed for Elkhart ters depict famous public and private uses. Our guided tours show guests at West Talks in the Heart City explore heri- you Fort Ben in two ways: tage and preservation, 6-7:30 p.m. Baden Springs during its heyday in at Havilah Beardsley House, 102 W. the ‘teens and ‘20s, May 10 – on foot Beardsley Ave. $10/general public, with such charac- Our two-hour walking tour loops around the $5/member in advance; $12/general ters as golfer Walter parade ground, where officers’ housing became Hagen, mobster Big private homes, and stops inside a private home public, $7/member at the door. Free Jim Colosimo, silver for students with online reservation. screen cowboy and the pumping station, adapted as Midwest Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks and Tom Mix, and the Studios, a national 3-D model maker and exhibit Ruthmere Foundation, with support “unsinkable” Molly designer. Tour leaves every 15 minutes beginning Brown sharing their at 5:00 p.m. $8/member; $10/general public. from Tim and Meg Shelly. impressions of the indianalandmarks.org/fort-harrison-walking-tour MAY 8 Pokagon Potawatomi Green hotel. $15/general Architecture public, $14/member, $10/child age 13 and May 12 – on bike JULY 10 Hidden Gems of Indiana under. 7 p.m., May Cover more ground on a three-hour bike tour 19, June 16, July 21, exploring 8 miles of the fort, including historic SEPT. 11 Indiana Album – Preserving Aug. 18, Sept. 8. Historic Images officers’ homes, mule barns, , and more. Tour begins and ends at Fortune heartcitytalks18.eventbrite.com Indianalandmarks. org/french-lick- Academy, formerly the fort chapel, with stops at west-baden a historic private residence and Midwest Studios Modern Lecture in the former pumping station. Tours depart every TAKE A GUIDED TOUR of the 1890s Athenaeum and see how the May 31, Indianapolis 15 minutes beginning at 9 a.m. $15/member, $20/ Athenaeum National Historic Landmark retains the original German clubhouse Susan Skarsgard, design manager of general public. architecture and “sound mind-sound body” philosophy. 12 p.m., 2nd General Motors Design Archive and indianalandmarks.org/fort-harrison-bike-tour Tours Saturday, May-October. $8/adult ($6/member), $4/child age 6-11. Special Collections, presents “Then & May-October, Indianapolis Register at athenaeumtour2018.eventbrite.com Now: Designing Women at General

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20 INDIANA PRESERVATION indianalandmarks.org 21 Motors,” an insider’s view of the Treasure Hunt trailblazing women who played a criti- July 14, Indianapolis cal role in automotive and industrial Indiana Landmarks’ campus hosts the 7th annual design at GM. She’ll also highlight the Treasure Hunt, with booths of antiques, collectibles, and SAVE Eero Saarinen-designed GM Technical architectural salvage complemented by 40+ yard sales THE Center in Warren, Michigan. Free. 6 throughout the Old Northside. Get breakfast and lunch p.m. at Indiana Landmarks Center. from food trucks on 12th Street, or a burger and Upland DATES Sponsored by RATIO. beer in the Morris-Butler House courtyard. Free from For more details: indianalandmarks. Indianalandmarks.org/ 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $5/person for early admission at 8 a.m. TODD ZEIGER org/tours-events JANE JACOBS modern-lecture-18 indianalandmarks.org/treasure-hunt-indy Arnold Award DOCUMENTARY Back to the Future Treasure Hunt North Nominations due June 6, Indianapolis June 15 Logs to Lustrons Talk & Tour June 2, Indianapolis July 21, South Bend Indiana Dunes See five private Mid-Century Modern Shop for antiques, collectibles, and art at the 2nd annual Michigan o one did more to homes on our 11th annual Back to the Treasure Hunt North, set up on lots at West Washington City Mod shape our under- August 18 HIGHLIGHTING A CENTURY OF architecture in the Indiana Dunes, Street and LaPorte Avenue, with booths inside and out- standing of the mod- Future tour, featuring Mad Men-era Michigan City N staged by Indiana Landmarks, Dunes National Park Association, and residences on the city’s northside. 1-6 side Indiana Landmarks’ Kizer House and yard sales in ern American city than Jane Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. p.m. $10/Indiana Modern member, the West Washington Street Historic District. 8 a.m.- Cold War Jacobs, the visionary activist 2 p.m. Free. Experience and writer who campaigned May 4 – Talk $15/Indiana Landmarks member, August 24 $20/general public in advance. $25/ indianalandmarks.org/treasure-hunt-north to preserve urban communi- Several speakers present “Logs, Glass & Metal: A Century of LaPorte person on day of tour. See p. 6. ties in the face of destructive Architectural Legacy” on the history of the National Lakeshore and Barn Again! Indianalandmarks.org/ Southern Indiana Automotive Tour development projects. We host saves and restorations underway, including the transformation of a September 7-8 back-to-future-18 July 20-21, French Lick and West Baden a screening of the documen- multi-building property by lessees Mike and Pat Shymanski. 7-9 p.m. Marshall County Join our Indiana Automotive affinity group for a Central time at Portage Lakefront Pavilion. $5/member; $10/general tary film Citizen Jane, which weekend getaway at the historic French Lick and West Annual Meeting public; free for kids with ticket. Landmark Look September 15 vividly depicts Jacobs’ 1960s June 9, Franklin Baden Springs hotels, with Saturday tours of Clem Indianapolis showdown with kingpin Robert May 5 – Tour See Franklin’s historic post office Lange’s 60-car collection of classics and prototypes, Moses over his plan to raze and his son Joey Lange’s muscle car collection. The Century of Logs to Lustrons tour features 13 sites and nine interiors, from log building before it reopens as a res- Progress Talk lower Manhattan for a highway. day includes a German lunch at Jasper’s Schnitzelbank homes to Victorian-era houses to Modernist cottages and Lustrons, taurant. Built in 1936, the Colonial & Tour Doors open 5 p.m., intro 5:30, restaurant, a reception at a privately owned landmark, pre-fabricated enameled steel houses. Hands-on activities for kids, Revival-style building more recently September 28-29 film 5:45-7:15. Cash bar. $10/ and a guided tour of one of the hotels. $75/Indiana who can earn Junior Ranger badges, and food trucks to sustain the served as City Hall. 3-5 p.m. Free with Please note tickets Indiana Landmarks member; whole family, with shuttle transportation to tour sites. 8:30 a.m.-4 reservation for Indiana Landmarks Automotive member, $85/Indiana Landmarks mem- for both events go on sale August 6 $12/general public. p.m. Central time. Timed entry tickets required in advance. $25/mem- ber, $95/general public. members, $10/general public. (Stay and will sell out fast! indianalandmarks.org/ ber, $30/general public. downtown for dinner and a movie at Indianalandmarks.org/ citizen-jane-film southern-indiana-automotive-tour the historic Artcraft Theatre) indianalandmarks.org/logs-to-lustrons Indianalandmarks.org/ landmark-look-franklin

INDIANAPOLIS TOURS Monument Circle City Market Catacombs Athenaeum Landmark Look Fridays & Saturdays, 1st and 3rd Saturdays, May through 2nd Saturdays, May through May 19, Dupont and Madison 10 a.m., May-October October, and an additional Saturday, September, at noon, and Free guided tours depart October 27, 11 & 11:30 a.m., noon, require ticket in advance. SEE A GREEK REVIVAL gem near Madison that Indiana from South Bend Chocolate 12:30 & 1 p.m. $8/person age 12 and up; Co., 30 Monument Circle. Advance ticket required. $12/person $4 per child (age 6-11); $6/ Landmarks rescued and sold to Mark Hopkins, as well as Sally No reservation required. age 12 and up; $6/child (age 6-11); member; free for children Wurtz’s restored c.1850 cottage in Madison. 2-4 p.m. Free with $10/member; $5/child of a member. ages 5 and under. reservation for Indiana Landmarks members, $10/general public.

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Polishing the Narrative

PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION LABORERS, Erickson, Laurence Boord, Bertha The murals lining the glad to have jobs in the Great Depression built the Fountain Lacey, Ethel Graham Casey, and walls of the Fountain County Courthouse County Courthouse in Covington in 1937. It’s an Art Deco Savage’s nieces, Joan and Jeanette atrium depict the treasure with an Indiana limestone exterior. Inside, a skylight Savage. Spanning 2,500 square feet, discovery and settle- illuminates Escheresque steps flanked by murals. The artwork the artwork depicts the discovery and ment of the Wabash shines brighter than it has in years, following a seven-month- settlement of the Wabash Valley. Valley. A recently completed conserva- long conservation project. The Fountain County Art Council tion project cleaned, Artist Eugene Savage, a Covington native, oversaw the led the campaign to clean, repair, and repaired, and resealed murals’ execution from 1937-1939. He relied on the talents of reseal the murals, raising $227,000 in the 1930s artwork the Wabash River Sketch Club, an almost all-women crew that donations and matching grants. You designed by a well- known national artist included Mary Weldon Dehaven, Georgia St. Clair Neikirk, can see the murals when the court- and executed largely Margaret Nave Johnson and Isabel Johnson Miller (wife and house is open for business, 8 a.m.- by local women. daughter of the courthouse architect Louis Johnson), Ellen 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. PHOTOS BY LEE LEWELLEN indianalandmarks.org