1636-38-40 N. Pennsylvania St., Louis H. Gibson House, 1986

Description:	1636-38-40 N. Pennsylvania St., Louis H. Gibson House, 1986 Yes Gibson House1636-38-40 North Pennsylvania Streetc. 1886Louis H. Gibson was responsible for the building of this dwelling between 1885 and 1887. Gibson, having graduated from M.I.T., and studied in France, was a known architect responsible for the design of several fire houses, apartment houses, and two public school buildings in Indianapolis. He was also credited with the design of the Masonic Temple in Greenfield, Indiana. After Gibsons death in 1907, his widow, Emily, continued to live in the house until around 1913. The structure was then owned by the Hall-Ballenger Company, and later by Abner Lewis in 1922. The house was divided into two apartments by 1914 and five by 1980.This 2 1/2-story, frame house features a massive roof of hips, gables, and hipped dormers; clapboard siding with flared edges at the second story; a wide overhang; squared front bay; two front porches with squared posts; and a pedimented front gable pierced by an occulus and supported by a pair of brackets.Herron-Morton Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1986 multi-family dwelling
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1600
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 Queen Anne

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