Alva Kitselman House

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Alva Kitselman House
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Alva Kitselman House, January 2012
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Location1400 W. University Ave., Muncie, Indiana
Coordinates 40°11′54″N85°24′04″W / 40.19833°N 85.40111°W / 40.19833; -85.40111
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 94001105 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1994

The Alva Kitselman House, also known as Hazelwood Christian Church, Parlour @ Hazelwood, or simply Hazelwood is a historic home and church located at Muncie, Indiana. It was built in 1915, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, "L"-plan, Colonial Revival style brick mansion. It features a central portico with Ionic order columns and consists of a hipped roof main block with 2+1⁄2-story rear service wing. Also on the property are the contributing carriage house and decorative steel fence. The property was acquired by Parlour Salon Group in 2018. [2] : 5 

The home was named for Alva L. Kitselman, a prominent industrialist and businessman from Muncie who earned his fortune during the Indiana gas boom. Born in Randolph County, Indiana, Alva Kitselman and his family operated the Kitselman Brothers Wire Fence Company in Ridgeville. The Kitselman brothers later founded the Indiana Wire & Steel Company, which made a great deal of money thanks to the increased demand for barbed wire following the American intervention in World War I. Alva Kitselman purchased part of a tract of land known as "Calvert's Woods" in Muncie and had the home constructed upon this newly-bought parcel. The abundance of hazelnut trees on the property gave the home its nickname of "Hazelwood." The property included a barn, for the purposes of housing livestock. Kitselman and his family lived in the home until the 1930s, when they moved to California. In 1950, after Kitselman's death, his widow sold the home. In 1951, the house became the "Hazelwood Christian Church", a Disciples of Christ church, which remains open to this day. [2] : 8–12  [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved October 1, 2015.Note: This includes Hugh Smith (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alva Kitselman House" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ↑ "Hazelwood Christian Church, Muncie, Indiana – Disciples of Christ" . Retrieved October 13, 2025.
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