538 & 542 Lockerbie St., Indianapolis, c. 1977

Description:	538 & 542 Lockerbie St., Indianapolis, c. 1977 Yes Johan Ernst Despa House 538 Lockerbie Street 1863 Johan Ernst Despa was a German immigrant who built this house between 1862 and 1863. Despa was listed as a painter in 1865; he died around 1871. The Despa family lived there until 1890. The house was recorded in the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1970. Features of this one-and-a-:-half-story brick include the gable roof with dormer, three-bay facade, three roundel attic vents, segmented arch opening, four-over-four lights, and a front entrance framed with a molded frame and entablature hood. Lockerbie Square Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1987Henry Runge House 542 Lockerbie Street 1894-95 Henry Runge built this two-and-a-half story frame Queen Anne Style house in 1894-95. A house stood here in 1866 and may have been integrated into the present house. Features of the Runge House include a hip gable roof wi h a prominent front gable. The clapboard siding is arranged in courses of six where the seventh course is indented. The front porch has grouped, slender classical columns a decorative entry gable. A three-story bay is located on the east facade and a two-sided oriel is above the front porch, below the gable. The Runge House survived with its form and most of its details intact. Lockerbie Square Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1987 single-family dwellings
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Geography:	Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Italianate gable-front houses

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