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History On Select Houses In Farrington's
Grove
The following information is from the U.S. Department of
Interior, National Park Service, National Register of
Historic Places Inventory.
900-904 South Fourth Street
Williams-Warren-Zimmerman House
Built between 1849 and 1854
Style: Greek Revival
This one-and-one-half story Greek Revival home is the
oldest house in Farrington's Grove. It was built for
Henry D. Williams, founder of the largest pork packing
firm in Terre Haute. In 1859, it was purchased by
William B. Warren, who was involved in the dry goods and
pork packing businesses. He was also the first president
of the Terre Haute Opera House Company and president of
the Terre Haute Gas and Light Company. The house was
originally located on Sixth Street and was moved to its
current location
800 South Fifth Street
Meyer-Gantner House
Built: 1923
Style: Mission-Style
Built in 1923, this two story stucco house is the only
Mission-style structure in the district. The original
owner was Henry Meyer, who was the secretary and general
manager of the Citizen's Mutual Heating Company and
treasure of the Terre Haute Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.
823 South Fifth Street
Grover-Shannon-Lee House
Built: 1856
Style: Greek Revival
This one-and-one half story brick structure was designed
in the Greek Revival style. The original owner, Joseph
Grover, was one of the pioneer manufacturers in the area
and owned and operated the Eagle Foundry at the corner
of First and Walnut. The Grovers were one of the first
families to build in this section of town. Patrick
Shannon, a prominent Terre Haute banker, purchased the
house in 1873. It was later owned by James P. Stunkard
in 1897 and by J.G. Lee in 1955. The house remains in
the possession of the Lee family.
824 South Fifth Street
Potter-Steele-Tabor House
Built: 1870
Style: Italianate
This dignified, two-and-one-half story Italianate brick
structure was built in 1870 by Samuel Potter who sold it
in 1874 to Colonel George Kirkpatrick Steele, a
prominent Indiana businessman, Republican state
politician, and Union Army officer. Mr. Steele was
instrumental in bringing several of the railroads from
Indianapolis to western Indiana. He served for many
years in the Indiana legislature where he opposed
slavery and the southern secession. He also worked to
elect Abraham Lincoln president in 1860 and was Chairman
of the state committee which welcomed President Lincoln
to Indiana on February 11, 1861, when he was enroute to
Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.
825 South Fifth Street
Reckert-Robertson House
Built around 1890
Style: Queen Anne
Built around 1890, this two-and-one-half story Queen
Anne style structure is sheathed in clapboard siding
with a sunburst motif in the front gable. The house was
first occupied by Frederick Reckert, a cutter and later
manager of Ehrmann Manufacturing Company, a clothing
establishment in Terre Haute.
507 South Sixth Street
R.N. Hudson House
Built around 1868
Style: Italianate
This fine two-and-one-half story Italianate brick
structure was built around 1968 by S.T. Reese for
Colonel Robert N. Hudson, a lawyer and publisher who
served in the State Legislature in 1849 and 1853. In
1882, Thomas B. Johns bought the house and in 1891, sold
it to Benjamin G. Cox, a partner in Hulman & Company.
The house was purchased in 1918 by Alfred M. Ogle, a
coal operator. It was later sold in 1923 to Paul N.
Bogart, a banker. Since 1931, the building has been
occupied by the Women's Department Club.
800 South Sixth Street
Cruft-Crawford-Ward House
Built around 1893
Style: Queen Anne
Built around 1893, this massive, two-and-one-half story
Queen Anne style home has a brick and frame exterior.
From 1896 to 1907, the house was the residence of John
W. Cruft, a retired treasurer of the Vandalis Railroad.
The house was purchased in 1908 by James A. Crawford,
president of Watford Oil and Gas Company.
1000 South Sixth Street
Ludovici-Cajacob House
Built: 1873
Style: Italianate
An excellent example of Italianate style, this
two-and-one-half story brick structure has a multi-gable
roof with classic returns. It is ornately detailed and
features plain and vermiculated quoins at the corners of
the house and scroll-sawn brackets on the cornice. The
property also contains a brick carriage house. The
building was designed by J. A. Vrydagh and constructed
by Kimball and Hunter. The original owner, John B.
Ludivici, came to Terre Haute in 1850 and started a very
successful grocery business.
1200 South Sixth Street
Talley House
Built: 1928
Style: Colonial Revival
This home was built by Homer Talley, who along with his
two brothers operated numerous coal mines in west
central Indiana. The house was designed by the prominent
local architectural firm of Johnson, Miller, Miller, and
Yeager and features an exterior cladding of Pennsylvania
fieldstone, handpicked by the Talleys and hauled to
Terre Haute by railroad boxcar.
1327 South Sixth Street
Built: 1920
Style: Colonial Revival
Built by F. Macy Cogwill, this house was purchased in
1930 by Anton (Tony) and Mary Hulman as their place of
residence. Mr. Hulman was born in 1901 in Terre Haute
and attended St. Benedict's School. After receiving a
degree in engineering from Yale University's Scientific
School in 1924, he returned to Terre Haute to join the
family's grocery business �EHulman & Company, which
produced a series of baking powders, including Clabber
Girl which remains the company's main product. Tony
Hulman is best remembered for purchasing and saving the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway from destruction in 1945 and
for making the Indianapolis 500 the "Greatest Spectacle
in Racing�E Mary Hulman was from Evansville, Indiana,
and the only daughter of John Herrmann Fendrich of La
Fendrich Cigar Company.
1503 South Sixth Street
Built: 1885
Style: Queen Anne
Built by Herbert E. Madison, this house became the home
of Chapman Root who owned the Root Glass Company, which
created the Coca Cola bottle in 1915. The turret
(pictured) was built as a shady porch to overlook
Strawberry Hill, now the corner of Sixth and Seabury
streets
1515 South Sixth Street
Built: 1930
Style: English Cottage
This house is a larger example of the English Cottage
style that was popular during the 1920s. There are a
number of well-preserved English Cottages among the
newer homes in Farrington's Grove.
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