The Ambassador House was built as a log structure c. 1826 by Thomas and Sarah West. Around 1895, Addison and India Harris enlarged the home and built the stone pillars and outbuilding. Addison served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary from . . . — — Map (db m231486) HM
This was a home where children were born and neighbors came to call.
Travelers stopped here for a warm bed and a generous table. They played music and talked about books and ideas and the wider world beyond the river.
Judges held court . . . — — Map (db m233143) HM
By the early 1900s, Indianapolis was home to multiple medical education institutions which required corpses for dissection-based learning. Extant laws failed to provide enough bodies for this use, generating a lucrative black market. In 1902, . . . — — Map (db m210940) HM
