Sickles House, 514 E. Walnut St., n.d.

Description:	On slide mount: 514 E. Walnut, CA Yes Sickles House514 E. Walnut Street1863This house was moved to its present location in 1889 by William Walton Sickles. It had been built between 1862 and 1864 by Isaac Johnson and then faced East Street at the northeast corner of East and Walnut. The Reverent William Sickles, minister of First Presbyterian Church and father of William W. , had purchased the hosue in 1864 and lived here with his family until his death circa 1870.When the younger Sickles, who had inherited the property, decided to build a new house at this location, the 1860s house was moved to the back of the lot and turned to face Walnut. Until the time that their new was completed (701 N. East Street, now demolished), William an Sophie Sickles and their five children resided here. Sickles (1831-1911) had broken with family tradition and withdrawn from the ministry to enter into the insurance business. After his and his wifes death, this house passed on to their son Henry, who rented the hosue to tenants. In 1924, the hosue was converted to four apartments.The composition siding and changes in windows affect some of the early character of this house. It was probably built in two stages before its move as indiciated by the plan, the two different gable roofs, and the differing treatment of rafter ends. Early decorative features include the brackets along the cornices of the front and rear gables and the panels of the reveals of the recessed doorway sindgle-family dwelling
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Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
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Geography:	Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Italianate Greek Revival vernacular architecture gable roofs brackets clapboard siding

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