The Blacherne


Blacherne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Blacherne, January 2010
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Location	402 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates	39°46′22″N 86°9′29″W / 39.77278°N 86.15806°W / 39.77278; -86.15806Coordinates: 39°46′22″N 86°9′29″W / 39.77278°N 86.15806°W / 39.77278; -86.15806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1895 (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 at Indianapolis, Indiana. 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]

The Blancherne in 1904

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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 Karen S. Niggle, Samuel A. Roberson, and Sheryl D. Roberson (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis (Part 1)" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), Karen S. Niggle, Samuel A. Roberson, and Sheryl D. Roberson (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis (Part 2)" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), Karen S. Niggle, Samuel A. Roberson, and Sheryl D. Roberson (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis (Part 3)" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), and Accompanying photographs

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