342 N. College Ave., Joseph W. Staub House, Indianapolis, First Floor Plan, c. 1972

Description:	342 N. College Ave., [Former address: 200 N. Noble St.] Joseph W. Staub House, Indianapolis, First Floor Plan, c. 1972[This distinguished house was recorded in the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1970-1971. It was restored by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana following the plans of H. Roll McLaughlin of James Associates, Architects and Engineers. McLaughlin is the Great-grandson of Joseph Staub, the original owner. Staub (1825-1896) emigrated from Alsace, a German-speaking province of western France, and became an American citizen in 1848. His wife Magdalena Graf Staub was German born. The Staubs came to Indianapolis in 1854 from Cincinnati, as had many other Indiana Germans. Staub purchased the site of his house from T. R. Fletcher in 1859 and was listed in the City Directory as living here in 1860. Staub was the first merchant tailor in Indianapolis and during The Civil War produced Union Army uniforms in the house. After the war, he maintained a tailor shop on Monument Circle until his death in 1896. The Staubs were well known in the local German community and the city at large. Joseph Staub was one of the original subscribers for the establishment of the German-English Independent School in 1859. The house remained with the descendants of Staubs until 1938. HLFI purchased the house in 1965. The Staubs and descendants owned several pieces of property on Noble (College) and Lockerbie Streets. Staub built the commercial building at 244 East New York and Harry Roll, Staubs son-in-law, built the house at 605 East Lockerbie Street. The Staub House is an outstanding example in Indianapolis of the Federal Style. The two-story house is constructed of brick with gable and hip roofs, a side hall plan, and a three-bay main facade. The lintels and sills are limestone, as is the watertable. The front entrance has a molded wooden surround and a balcony with scroll brackets and a cast iron railing above it. Other features include a gable oculus, a side bay and a recessed two-story porch.-Lockerbie Square Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1987, Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission] Yes
Created By:	McLaughlin, H. Roll
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17312coll4/id/158
Collection:	Indiana Landmarks H. Roll McLaughlin Collection
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Copyright:	Copyright Indiana Landmarks. Copyright permissions granted for educational use by Indiana Landmarks
Geography:	Lockerbie Square Historic District Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.772496 -86.1454343 Indianapolis Marion Indiana 39.772496 -86.1454343
Subjects:	Built Environment Historic buildings -- Indiana Architecture -- Indiana single-family dwelling Federal

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