Spielhoff Cottage, 715 Lord St., 1978

Description:	On slide mount: 715 E. Lord St., Fletcher Place, Jun 78 Yes Spielhoff Cottage715 Lord Street1864Henry Spielhoff, a carpenter, bought this property from Willis W. Wright in 1864. Shortly thereafter he built this superbly detailed cottage. This house is unique to the district and the city by virtue of its detailing. The board and batten siding in the gable was a popular nineteenth century form of siding although remaining examples in this city are increasingly difficult to find. The fleur-de-lis type of decoration above the first floor level is a detail unique to this cottage.Spielhoff (1829-1907) was born in Prussia. In 1852 he was married to Fredericke Helle. He had been trained as a carpenter in Prussia before he emigrated to Indianapolis in 1859. He and Fred Prange formed a building partnership in 1865 which was short lived. He lived in the house only a short time before he sold it to Anton Schwartze. From that time on the house was rental property.Fletcher Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1980 single-family dwelling
Origin:	1978-06
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1493
Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Geography:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Spielhoff, Henry (1829-1907) Helle, Fredericke Wright, Willis W. Schwartze, Anton vernacular architecture gable roofs board and batten brackets fleur-de-lis

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