2143 N. Delaware St., Taylor House, 1986

Description:	2143 N. Delaware St., Taylor House, 1986 [Partial view left: 2147-2149 N. Delaware St.] Yes Taylor House2143 North Delaware Street1897Joseph Wineman built this house in 1897. Louisa Ducking bought it in 1898. By 1901, attorney William S. Taylor purchased the house. He and his family lived here until 1946. Taylor was general counsel and vice president for the Empire Life and Accident Insurance Company. He was elected governor of Kentucky in 1899, but had lived in exile in Indianapolis since 1900 to escape charges for the murder of his Democratic opponent. Marvin J. Craig was an owner-occupant from 1947 until 1979.A 2 1/2-story frame house, which had asbestos over the clapboard siding, it features a multi-gable roof with south and west projections. The building has a full-width front porch with grouped Tuscan columns. There is a 2-story bay on the south side and a bowed bay in the northwest corner.Herron-Morton Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1986 single-family dwelling
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1872
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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