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1514 N. College Ave., Bond-Kelsey House, 1977

Description: On slide mount: Bond-Kelsey House, 1514 N. College Ave.,South and East (College Ave., elevations
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Bond-Kelsey House1514 North College Avenue1873This Italianate structure features bracketed eaves, rounded windows, and a recessed entranceway on the south. Pleasant Bond, a prominent local educator and businessman, built the house.Bond (1835-1911) returned to Indiana after graduating from the University of Michigan. He was Superintendent of Wabash Schools for two years before coming to Indianapolis. Here he served as county Superintendent of Marion County, and later as principal of Shortridge High School. Bond eventually gave up education and turned to the insurance business in 1881. A staunch prohibitionist, he once ran on that partys ticket for Mayor of Indianapolis. He left this address in 1876.The following year, Benjamin Kelsey occupied the house. An agent with the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Kelsey lived here until 1915.Old Northside Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1979
single-family dwelling
Origin: 1977-04
Source: http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/231
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: Historic buildings--Indiana--Indianapolis
Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis
Built environment
Historic districts
Bond, Pleasant
Kelsey, Benjamin
Italianate
arches
brackets
brick
stone
sills
hip roofs
cornices
porches
lintels
two-story bay windows

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