1704 N. Pennsylvania St., The Allen Apartments, 1986

Description:	1704 N. Pennsylvania St., The Allen Apartments, 1986 Yes The Allen Apartments1704 North Pennsylvania Street1913The Allen Apartment building was built in 1913 by Matilda Allen for Fredonia Allen who had owned the property since 1886 and had lived in the first house on the site. She was the founder and principal of Tudor Hall School for Girls, and teacher at the Girls Classical School. The apartments were high rent, judging by the early residents, including Josiah K. Lilly, Jr., of Eli Lilly & Co.; George B. Maxley, president of Kiefer-Stewart Wholesale Drug firm; and Merritt Potter, a partner of E. C. Atkins & Co. By 1950, the apartments had been divided into six units.The Allen is a Craftsman Style brick apartment building of 3 stories, with glazed tapestry brick and dark brown soldier courses framing the 2-story window panels which incorporate stucco and brick spandrels. The top half-sorry is wood-trimmed and stuccoed. Features of the first and second stories include scored corner columns on the extended, glazed porch bays. Other features of the house are the north entrance sidelights and the blind, round-arched windows incorporated in the upper story decoration.Herron-Morton Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1986 multi-family dwelling
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/2933
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 Craftsman

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