George Naylor House

Description:	Drawing of the George Naylor House on North Fourth, Near the Pennsylvania Railroad by Juliet A. Peddle, Terre Haute Artist and Architect. The Naylor House, on North Fourth, Near the Pennsylvania Railroad. Drawn by Juliet A. Peddle, Terre Haute Artist and Architect.The Naylor House stands at 618 North Fourth Street, just north of the Pennsylvania Railroad.The deed records show that this, like much of the surrounding property, was subdivided by the Sibleys and the first purchase of this lot was made by Henry T. Rockwell. Mr. Rockwell held it until 1364 when he sold it to George W. Naylor. I have not been able to establish definitely who built the house but it is decidedly an earlier house than 1864, and I think it can be pretty safely assumed that it was built by Henry Rockwell. The directories do not tell me much about Mr. Rockwell or Mr. Naylor before 1864 though after this I find Henry T. Rockwell, who was then living out on Fourteenth street, listed the first time as a foreman at Warrens Pork Packing House and at a later date as a carpenter. I think the house was probably built in the forties from the general character of it but the frame portion at the rear may have been added later. The doors, trim, mantel and stairs in the front part of the house down-stairs suggest this period.George Naylor was the son of William Naylor, a native of Virginia, who first appeared in this part of the country as one of Harrisons soldiers when Fort Harrison was built, and fought in the battle of Tippecanoe. He seems to have been more or less identified with Terre Haute \|n later years though the histories speak of his settling here permanently in 1844. His son, George, was born in Salem, Washington County, Indiana, and came to Terre Haute at the same time as his father. William Naylor, the father, was a contractor and built many miles of the National road as well as a number of buildings in Terre Haute. The county seminary was one of these.In 1861 George was given the appointment as mail agent on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad and in 1867 he was elected trustee of Harrison Township.The property passed out of the hands of the Naylors in 1878 and after being held by three or four individuals for varying periods it is now owned by Mrs. Robert brown who lives there today. The above illustration was made from a recent photograph with the entrance shelter eliminated and the shutters added as it is said to have appeared originally.This is another of our early houses that were located near the old canal, whose environment was considerably changed because of the conversion of the right of way the canal to the railroad. This neighborhood has suffered less than most of those near the railroads, however, and this particular house has been especially well kept up.
Origin:	01/01/2005
Contributor(s):	Peddle, Juliet, 1899-1979
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/rose/id/850
Collection:	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Logan Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright:	Copyright Undetermined
Subjects:	Architectural drawings Architecture Houses Naylor, George, 19th cent. Architecture Domestic Life

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