Heustis House

Description:	Drawing by Juliet B. Peddle, Terre Haute Artist and Architect. Drawing and Descriptive Article By Juliet B. Peddle, Terre Haute Artist and Architect.The Heustis House illustrated above was located on what is now the campus of the Indiana State Teachers College where Stalker Hall stands today. This house was built by James B. Moffatt for his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Heustis. Mr. Heustis was baggage master on the Pennsylvania Railroad for many years.So far as I have been able to find out, the house had a normal and tranquil existences-no fires or tornadoes to damage it and no additions or amputations to change its design until it was sold to the Indiana State Normal School in order that the site might be used for the new Training School then being planned. The construction on the Training School was started in 1904, so the demolition of the house must have taken place shortly before this.In the Greek Revival period, several different types of houses developed quite distinct from one another, yet all related in character. The Heustis House is interesting in that it represents one of these types not so common in this part of the country as in the south, and is the only one I have located in this county. This type is characterized by the two-story cubical center portion, which with its two-story columns and portico suggests the Greek temple which inspired the Greek Revival, and the one-story wings at each side. This type of house was built of various materials depending on the locality, but the brick house with white painted wood columns and cornice as illustrated by the Heustis House, is probably the most usual combination of materials in the southern examples of this kind of a house.We, who are interested in what Terre Haute looked like in earlier days, are happy that a photograph of this house has been preserved that We may add to our knowledge of the gracious older houses of this community which are no longer left to us to see for ourselves.<br
Origin:	01/01/2005
Contributor(s):	Peddle, Juliet, 1899-1979
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/rose/id/799
Collection:	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Logan Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright:	Copyright Undetermined
Subjects:	Architectural drawings Architecture Houses Heustis, Edward Architecture Domestic Life

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