1500 N. Delaware St., Meredith Nicholson House
| Description: |
On back of photo: Meredith Nicholson House, original. 1500 N. Delaware St., House of 1000 Candles. East (N. Delaware St.) elevation. Bass Photo Co. #4096 Yes Meredith Nicholson HouseHouse of a Thousand Candles1500 North Delaware Street1903-04The Georgian/Colonial Revival Style first appeared in the East about 1885, but quickly became and has remained popular throughout the country. This house with its symmetrical facade, brick laid in Flemish bond, quoins, and multi-paned windows is an unusually fine example of the style. The entrance with its elliptical fanlight and sidelights with leaded tracery is more Federal in style, however, this mixing of elements seems to have occurred frequently in Georgian/Colonial Revival styles. The home was built as the residence of the noted Indiana author, Meredith Nicholson.Born in Crawfordsville, Nicholson came to Indianapolis as a boy. In 1899 he moved to Denver as treasurer of the Northern Coal Co. Acute homesickness precluded a move back to Indianapolis in 1903. Subsequently in this house his most famous work, House of a Thousand Candles was completed in 1905. In honor of this novel, a tradition was established wherein candles were placed in the windows of the house as the Christmas season. Nicholson continued to publish into the 1940s. In 1933 he went into diplomatic service in South America, serving in Paraguay, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Upon his retirement in 1941, he returned to Indianapolis where he died in 1947.Old Northside Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1979 single-family dwelling |
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| Publisher: |
Bass Photo Co. |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/934 |
| 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 Nicholson, Meredith Colonial Revival gambrel roofs pedimented dormers brick stone chimneys arches lintels |
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