Crown Hill Cemetery, Gothic Gate & Waiting Station and Sentry House, (Office Building), 3402 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, c. 1970

Description:	Crown Hill Cemetery, Gothic Gate & Waiting Station and Sentry House, (Office Building), 3402 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, c. 1970, architect: Adolph Scherrer[Scherrer’s design for what is now referred to as the “Waiting Station,” included a sitting room, dining room, kitchen, and three bedrooms for the residence. The office consisted of a general waiting room, ladies’ waiting room, two offices, a bell tower, fireproof vault, and lavatories. Amazingly, construction of this and the archway entrance were completed by late fall of 1885. The cost of erecting the combination that now stands at the 34th Street entrance was slightly over $48,000. The precise date for its completion is not known, however a statement published in November, 1885 said the gateway project “was hastened at the last in order to admit the funeral procession of Vice-President [Thomas A.] Hendricks—the first to pass through the new gates.” Over the years, all sorts of people have visited the “Waiting Station.” During its 110-year history it has been a gathering place for those attending funerals, and others who came to be escorted to a burial site within Crown Hill’s historic grounds. During the early and middle part of this century, persons took the street car to cemetery from various locations throughout the city. When they arrived near the entrance, they walked to the administration building and waited for friends to arrive. As a result, the administration building became a rendezvous for people who came from everywhere. Thus, the administration building at Crown Hill became generally known as the “Waiting Station,” a term still used when referring to this beautiful old brick and masonry structure. The building was in use as the Crown Hill office until 1969 when a new administration building was erected inside the gate at 38th Street and Clarendon Road. In 1970, the “Waiting Station” was leased to the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana for twenty-five years for one dollar per year. From September of that year until February, 1971, it was restored by this organization, who then made it their office for the next two decades. Next to the main entrance archway stands a sentry house, designed by the architectural firm of Vonnegut and Bohn and added in 1904. Its second floor originally included a residential area. - crownhill.org] Yes
Created By:	McLaughlin, H. Roll
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17312coll4/id/644
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:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.817489, -86.164971 Indianapolis Marion Indiana 39.817489, -86.164971
Subjects:	Built Environment Historic buildings -- Indiana Architecture -- Indiana single-family dwelling/commercial Gothic Revival

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