1939 N. Pennsylvania St., Block-Richardson House, 1986

Description:	1939 N. Pennsylvania St., Block-Richardson House, 1986 [Partial view right: 1935 N. Pennsylvania St.] Yes Block-Richardson House1939 North Pennsylvania Streetc. 1894John Kirkwood built this house between 1893 and 1896. William H. Block, the founder of the Indianapolis department stores, bought it and lived here from 1896 until 1906. Dr. and Mrs. Caleb Pritchard succeeded the Blocks as owner-occupants from 1906 until 1919, succeeded by Benjamin Richardson from 1919 until 1964. The house features a bowed front bay, fish scale siding, a jerkin head roof, and an unusual flared chimney. The original porch was removed and replaced with a brick porch around 1950, which has since been removed.This is a 2 1/2-story, Queen Anne Style, frame house with clapboard siding and fish scale gables. It features a jerkin head gable roof with gables on the west, south, and north facades; a full-width front porch with spindled frieze, balustrade, and turned columns; flared chimney tops; eaves brackets; flared second story clapboarding; and cutaway corners.Herron-Morton Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1986 single-family dwelling
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1825
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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