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THE FUTURE Tour Indianapolis Houses of the Mad Men Era MAY/JUNE 2018 BACK TO THE FUTURE Tour Indianapolis 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 Cincinnati, 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 Indiana 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 Sherman Minton 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.
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