1031 N. Pennsylvania St., Calvin I. Fletcher House [Carriage House], 1986

Description:	1031 N. Pennsylvania St., Calvin I. Fletcher House [Carriage House, northwest side], 1986 Yes Calvin I. Fletcher House1031 North Pennsylvania Streetcirca 1895Historic Description: The Calvin I. Fletcher house was constructed in 1895 by the grandson and namesake of one of the most prominent and influential men in early Indianapolis history, Calvin I. Fletcher. Fletchers grandson, Calvin I. Fletcher III, was born in 1895. He was a graduate of Indiana Medical College (now Indiana University School of Medicine) and studied at clinics in London and Paris. Dr. Fletcher was best known however, as a world traveler and prolific photographer. His travels included visits to nearly every country in the world, with particularly extensive tours of the Orient and South America. Dr. Fletcher died in an avalanche on the Blackfoot Glacier in Glacier National Park. At the time of his death, his personal photo collection contained over 40,000 negatives.Architectural Description: This house is a fine example of a Free Classic Queen Anne style building. It is constructed of red brick trimmed in limestone and rests on a rusticated limestone foundation. It is a three-story structure with a generally rectangular footprint. The main roof is hipped and is intersected by gabled bays and hipped roof dormers. The windows have limestone sills and thick rusticated limestone lintels decorated with an egg and art motif and floral patterns. The main (west) facade is dominated by a three-story, eight-sided tower at the southwest corner. The tower features paired Gothic arch windows. There is a projecting oriels window above the main (west) entrance with two round arch windows surrounded by Ionic order pilasters. The western elevation was distinctly altered through the removal of a full facade classical porch and the bricking in of two windows. The south facade features a round, two-story bay windows topped by a conical roof and iron finial. The north facade has a rectangular oriel window with a bell cast roof extending from the middle of the first floor to the middle of the second floor. The north facade also includes a projecting gabled wing two bays wide. The gable end features a three part window surrounded by imbricated shingles.St. Joseph Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1991 single-family dwelling
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/3615
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 Fletcher, Calvin I Free Classic Style Queen Anne Style hip roofs gable dormers brick stone lintels two-story bay windows imbrication towers

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