William H. H. Graham House

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William H. H. Graham House
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William H. H. Graham House, February 2011
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Location5432 University Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′0″N86°4′31″W / 39.76667°N 86.07528°W / 39.76667; -86.07528 Coordinates: 39°46′0″N86°4′31″W / 39.76667°N 86.07528°W / 39.76667; -86.07528
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 82001857 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1982

William H. H. Graham House, also known as the Stephenson Mansion, is a historic home located in the Irvington Historic District, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. It was built in 1889, and is a 2+12-story, four-bay Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. The house features a front portico supported by four, two-story Ionic order columns added in 1923, and a two-story bay window. In the 1920s it was the home of D. C. Stephenson, head of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan. [2] :2–3

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01.Note: This includes Robert W. Van Buskirk (March 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William H. H. Graham House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs