Blacherne | |
Location | 402 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°46′22″N86°9′29″W / 39.77278°N 86.15806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1895 |
MPS | Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis TR |
NRHP reference No. | 83000058 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 15, 1983 |
The Blacherne is a historic apartment building located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1895 and is a large seven-story, 6 bay by 15 bay, red pressed brick building on a limestone foundation. It features two circular projecting bays at the corners and a semicircular limestone Romanesque Revival style entry portal. [2] : Part 1, p. 31–32
The building was constructed by Indiana native Lew Wallace with the royalties from his best selling novel Ben Hur . [2] The building is named after the palace in Wallace's novel The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell (1893). He maintained a residence in the structure until his death. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
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