Erected
at a cost of $300,000, the home was the scene of many important social functions
and the gathering place of leaders in the city's life for 30 years. It was built
on the lot of three previous homes. Its
Tudor architecture permitted such unusual features as a 1.5 story music room,
with organ; interior walls of limestone, and garage heating plant connected to
the house by a 4-foot tunnel. Accenting
the medieval character of the house is the use of gray sandstone in the construction
The interior contains Indiana (Bloomington) limestone floor marble blocks laid
diagonally in a diamond pattern. | 
