2102 N. Delaware St., Buchanan-Ralston-Price-Baxter House, 1986

Description:	2102 N. Delaware St., Buchanan-Ralston-Price-Baxter House, 1986 Yes Buchanan-Ralston-Price-Baxter House2102 North Delaware Street1898This house was constructed by William Garstang in 1898 and sold that year to William W. Buchanan, who lived there until 1903. He was the manager of the law department of the Bowen-Merril Co., publishers. Abraham Lehman, president of H. B. Mahan Co., was the owner-occupant from 1903 to 1916. From 1913 until 1917, Samuel M. Ralston rented this house while he served as Governor of Indiana. (For a number of years, Indiana left it up to the current state governor to provide a residence for himself in Indianapolis during his term of office.) Owner Phillip Yant lived here from 1918-1921, followed by Roger Wallace, 1921-1926. George Price was the owner-occupant from 1926 to 1940. Jesse Baxter and his wife were owner-occupants from 1941 to 1969 ending an exceptional history of long-term owner-occupancy.This Queen Anne Style frame house of 2 1/2-stories features a hip and gable roof; wraparound porch with square, chamfered columns; a corner pavilion with a hip and gable roof; and conical roof. There is clapboard siding throughout the house, and decorative shingling in the east and south pedimented gables. The projecting window bays are bracketed.Herron-Morton Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1986 single-family dwelling
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/2541
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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