Hoosiers and the Arts
A place is nothing without its culture, and that holds true especially in Indiana. Hoosiers like Gene-Stratton Porter and James Whitcomb Riley have had huge in…
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“The House of the Singing Winds” (T.C. Steele House and Studio)location_fillTheodore Clement “T.C.” Steele and his second wife, Selma Neubacher Steele, purchased the land in 1907 and con…
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James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Homelocation_fillJames Whitcomb Riley was born in 1849 in a log cabin. That cabin, constructed in 1847, is now the kitchen wing… -
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James Whitcomb Riley Homelocation_fillJames Whitcomb Riley’s writing opportunities increased with his move to Indianapolis. He worked for the Indian… -
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Limberlost Cabinlocation_fillGeneva “Gene” Stratton was born in 1863 on a farm near Wabash to nature-loving parents. It is because of their… -
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“The Cabin in Wildflower Woods” (Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin)location_fillIn 1913, Gene Stratton-Porter designed the family’s second home near Rome City on Sylvan Lake. She intentional… -
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The Hermitagelocation_fillLocated outside of Brookville along the east fork of the Whitewater River, the Hermitage was the home of Hoosi… -
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Marie Webster Houselocation_fillMarie Webster revolutionized quilt making at the beginning of the 20th century. Previously quilt designs were … -
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General Lew Wallace Studylocation_fillLew Wallace is probably best known as the author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, but his long and storied li… -
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Paul Dresser Birthplacelocation_fillPaul Dresser gained notoriety both nationally and internationally as a songwriter. His early career started wi… -
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House Designed by Joel Roberts Nindelocation_fillJoel Roberts Ninde was a self-taught architect in Fort Wayne. Her first design was the house that she and her … -
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Indiana Avenuelocation_fillOne of the four original diagonal streets of the 1821 plan for Indianapolis, Indiana Avenue tells an important… -
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Hazelden (George Ade House)location_fillHazelden, known as “The House Where Laughter Dwelt”, was the home of writer George Ade. He started as a weathe… -
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Overbeck House & Pottery Studiolocation_fillThe Overbeck sisters—Margaret, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Mary Frances, started a pottery studio in 1911 in the ba… -
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Allen County Courthouselocation_fillThe Allen County Courthouse is among the most ornate and intact county courthouses in the Midwest, completed i… -
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Carnegie Center for Art and Culturelocation_fillThe Carnegie Center is housed in the former Carnegie Free Public Library (constructed in 1902) and is a divisi… -
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The Propylaeumlocation_fillThe Propylaeum was founded in 1888 by a group of seven Indianapolis women. The original purpose of the meeting… -
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Vincennes Fortnightly Clublocation_fillThe Fortnightly Club in Vincennes is an educational, social, and humanitarian club for women. Before women wer…
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