Mansion Row Historic District Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, the Mansion Row district includes many of New Albany's finest historic homes. It is significant for its association with the city's development, and for its outstanding collection of nineteenth and early-twentieth century architecture. The district boasts an array of impressive homes representing styles ranging from the restrained Federal style to the elaborate Queen Anne. Two of the state's wealthiest men - William S. Culbertson and Washington C. DePauw - both lived on Main Street, and their homes remain today as centerpieces of the district. Information on individual properties from Mansion Row walking tour brochure and other research by Floyd County Historian Dave Barksdale, and from National Register of Historic Places nomination, prepared by Susan Adams and Michael Newkirk. Listings
apartment building 1201 Dewey Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Colonial Revival
Year Built: c.1970
house 1209 Dewey Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: gabled ell
Year Built: 1866
Originally constructed as a carriage house for the Shipman Mansion, this structure has been adapted for housing.
house 35 East 11th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: gable-front
Year Built: c.1900
Penn-Rockenbach House 216 East 11th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Arts and Crafts
Year Built: c.1914
This home appears to have been built circa 1914 for George Penn.
apartment building 208 East 12th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: contemporary
Year Built: c.1970
This apartment building was constructed sometime around 1970, on the site of the c.1855 Moody-Webber House.
house 216 East 12th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Free Classic
Year Built: c.1900
house 73 East 13th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: shotgun
Year Built: c.1890
house 75 East 13th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: shotgun
Year Built: c.1890
house 77 East 13th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: shotgun
Year Built: c.1890
house 80 East 13th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: gable-front
Year Built: c.1870/c.1920
This home was demolished in early 2020. It had been moved to this site around 1913 and significantly altered in the years since.
house 210 East 13th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Bungalow
Year Built: c.1920
house 205 East 14th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: vernacular
Year Built: c.1900
duplex 207-209 East 14th Street New Albany, IN 47150
Year Built: c.1940
Mary Harwood House 217 East 15th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Arts and Crafts
Year Built: c.1910
It is highly likely that the owners of 1417 East Main Street had this house built at the rear of their lot for either family members or for rental purposes. Mary S. Harwood, the widow of J.D., was the first resident of the home and probably lived here until her death in 1927.
house 45 East 6th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: gable-front
The original section of this house was built for William Marshall Johnson in 1850. It was enlarged and remodeled circa 1915 under the ownership of Edward Steinhauer.
house 215 East 9th Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: American Foursquare
Elias Beadle, a resident of Knox County in western Indiana, purchased this lot in July 1845 from Thomas Conner for $900.00 and had this house built shortly thereafter. It was later home to dry goods merchant James Doll and to attorney Noble C. Butler before being divided into apartments around World War II.
Isaac P. Smith House 513 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Greek Revival
Year Built: 1848-53
This stately brick home, which combines elements of both the Greek Revival and Federal styles, was constructed between 1848-53 by master builder and architect Isaac P. Smith as his own residence.
This home was built in 1850 for riverboat pilot Samuel Montgomery, and the decorative, New Orleans-style ironwork reflects his travels.
Benjamin Rowe House 519 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: American Foursquare
Year Built: 1912
Charles and Elizabeth Hassenmiller – who lived next door at 517 East Main – owned this vacant lot, and hired noted local builders Stephen Day & Sons Contractors and Carpenters to construct this home. After completion of the house, the Hassenmillers sold the property to Benjamin E. and Nelle B. Rowe for $5,500.
Designed by Isaac P. Smith, this was built as home and office for Dr. John Sloan in 1854, and was home to the Paris family from 1937 to 1996.
George H. Devol House 601 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: 1889
This Queen Anne-style home was built in 1889 for George H. and Eliza L. Devol, and remained in the Devol family for almost forty years.
Gordon-Jewett House 603 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: 1890
Harry and Helen Gordon purchased this lot in August 1889 for $1,400 and the building permit, dated June 1890, lists the cost of construction of the Queen Anne-style house as $2,000.
house 605 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: c.1900
house 607 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
This house was built circa 1845 and extensively updated in 1885, in the Second Empire style. It was home to one of New Albany's early businesswomen, Mary Ann Silliman-Ayers-Lindsay-Richardson-Lapsley.
This home was built in 1856 for Benjamin Scribner, whose father Abner was one of New Albany's founding fathers. The younger Scribner was a druggist as well as having a distinguished military record.
The early history of this shotgun-style home is interwoven with its neighbor to the east, 617 East Main Street. It is very likely that New Albany architect and master builder, James Banes, built both houses soon after purchasing the lots in April 1875.
Newburger-Lind House 616 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: 1900
This house and the one immediately to its east, at 620 East Main, were both built as investment properties in 1900.
This home was built c.1875, likely by master builder James Banes, who owned the lot at that time. It was extensively remodeled around the turn of the 20th century, when the second floor was added, and again in the 1920s, when it was updated to take on more of a Craftsman style.
Lewis R. Stoy House 619 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: 1883 Year Renovated: 1895
This was originally constructed as a single-story, gabled-ell dwelling for the Lewis R. Stoy family in 1883; the upper stories were added in a major remodeling that took place in 1895.
Like its neighbor to the west at 616, this Queen Anne-style house was built in 1900 as an investment property for John F. McCulloch. The first residents were the owner of the White House Department Store, Samuel W. Newburger, and his family.
William S. Culbertson financed the construction of this building in 1873, to provide a home for New Albany's indigent widows. It continued to function as such until 1971.
This house was constructed in 1910 as an investment property, owned by Miles and Rosa Kehoe. The Kehoes resided several blocks east, at 1118 East Main Street, and owned the house until 1920.
One of New Albany's leading citizens, Washington C. DePauw, had his winter home built here in 1870, in the Second Empire style. The house is of frame construction, but has been finished to resemble stone.
Conner-Hegewald House 716 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: 1906
This frame, late Queen Anne-style home was built on property once owned by Washington C. DePauw. William C. Conner, owner of a wallpaper company, purchased the new house in July 1906.
Day-Kenny House 800 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: 1909
Anthony T. Day, president of the Day Leather Company, purchased this lot in August 1908 from Newton DePauw, and appears to have had the home constructed the following year.
condominium building 801 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: contemporary
Year Built: 2001
This new building was constructed in 2001. It was designed by architect Ron Stiller to fit in with its historic surroundings while still being identifiable as modern construction.
house 802 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: American Foursquare
Year Built: c.1900
William Huff House 808 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Colonial Revival
Year Built: 1928
This brick, Colonial Revival-style home was builti in 1928 on a portion of the former site of the DePauw College for Young Ladies.
Miss Adelaide Packard was a music teacher at DePauw College for Young Ladies, which was located directly across the street from this structure. Adelaide purchased the lot in March 1898 and had this frame, Classical Revival style building – which originally had a center tower – constructed the following year.
This brick Queen Anne-style mansion was constructed in 1886, as a wedding present from William S. Culbertson - who lived next door - to his son, Samuel.
This Italianate-style home was built in 1853 for Charles Van Dusen, a riverboat captain. The captain wanted his home built on high ground, so he had dirt hauled in by carts to create a hill before beginning construction.
Now operated as the Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site, the William S. Culbertson home was built 1867-69 at a cost of $120,000. A noteworthy example of the Second Empire style, the mansion was individually listed in the National Register in 1974.
Built in 1852, this brick Federal/Greek Revival style house was home to James and Angelina Maria Lorraine Collins. Mrs. Collins is noted as the author of the first cookbook published in the state of Indiana.
Victor Pepin House 1003 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Italianate
Year Built: 1851
This striking example of the Italianate Tuscan Villa style was built in 1851, based on a pattern book design by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan. It was later home to the Barth family for more than six decades.
apartment buildings 1004-1006 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: contemporary
Year Built: c.1970
These apartment buildings were constructed c.1970 on the site of the Jesse J. Brown mansion. Brown was a contemporary and one-time business partner of William S. Culbertson.
house 1012 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: vernacular
Levi Ferry, a prominent New Albany businessman and insurance agent, purchased these lots in 1865 and had his Upper High Street home built in 1866. The architects of the structure were likely William and James Banes.
Phineas Kent House 1015 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Italianate
Year Built: 1854-55
An architectural companion to its neighbor to the west, this Italianate Tuscan Villa was built in 1854-55 for prominent New Albany attorney Phineas Kent. It was later home to Captain John B. Ford, a pioneer of the plate glass industry in America.
house 1016 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: vernacular
This home was constructed around 1922, replacing an earlier, two-story frame dwelling that had stood on the site previously.
Knoefel-Lofton House 1103 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: 1896
This brick, Queen Anne-style home was built in 1896 for druggist Charles D. Knoefel - proprietor of the Knoefel Drug Store - and his wife, Mary.
William P. Stein House 1104 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: American Foursquare
Year Built: 1922
The lot at 1104 East Main was purchased by William P. Stein for $1550 in 1922, and this American Foursquare-style home was constructed immediately.
Arthur E. Scott House 1106 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: American Foursquare
Year Built: 1912
This American Foursquare - almost identical to the house at 1115 E. Main - is also believed to have been built by S. Day and Sons.
Michael C. Kerr House 1109 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Italianate
Year Built: 1864
This brick Gothic Revival/Italianate-style home was built in 1864 for Michael C. Kerr. Kerr served five terms in Congress, and was Speaker of the House from December 1875 through August 1876.
This elegant home was built in 1866 for William C. Shipman, proprietor of the Phoenix Foundry, one of the many shipbuilding suppliers in New Albany. The architect and builders of the structure were likely William and James Banes, builders of many fine Upper High Street residences of the time, including the Culbertson Mansion.
Constructed in 1863, this Italianate-style brick home was built for James Marshel, wholesale dealer in coach and saddlery hardware, and manufacturer of horse collars, harnesses and carriages.
Walter A. Gadient purchased this lot in March 1914 from the administrators of the Washington C. DePauw estate. The house was constructed immediately, likely by the noted builders of the day, S. Day and Sons of New Albany.
Eugene V. Knight House 1217 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: American Foursquare
Year Built: 1912
Built in 1912 for veneer mogul Col. Eugene V. Knight, this house displays an American Foursquare form with Classical Revival details.
Louis Bir House 1218 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: c.1890
This charming Queen Anne-style home was built around 1890 for the Louis Bir family. Mr. Bir, a prominent New Albany businessman, was proprietor of the Louis Bir Lumber & Manufacturing Company.
house 1219 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Greek Revival
Year Built: c.1870
James L. Bir House 1301 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Bungalow
Year Built: 1922
This large bungalow was built in 1922 for James Bir, vice-president of the Louis Bir Lumber and Manufacturing Company, and remained in the Bir family for almost sixty years.
The American foursquare style home at 1302 East Main was constructed in 1919 as the parsonage for nearby Central Christian Church, and was used as such until the mid-1950s.
Harry Bir House 1305 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Arts and Crafts
Year Built: c.1920
This home was constructed around 1920 for the Bir family. The family business, the Louis Bir Lumber & Manufacturing Co., began in 1882 and the lumber yard was located on this site prior to the construction of this and the neighboring house.
This house was built for George O. and Addie Hart in 1862. The house was originally constructed in the Greek Revival style, but was modified over the years to take on the Queen Anne style seen today.
Warren-Morrill House 1309 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Greek Revival
Year Built: 1853
Constructed in 1853, this brick, Greek Revival-style home was built for Franklin Warren, who served as Mayor of New Albany from 1856-59. Ralph Waldo Emerson spent the night here during a February 1866 visit to New Albany.
Local attorney and judge John H. Stotsenburg purchased this lot for $1000 in July of 1867 and the frame, Italianate-style home was built shortly thereafter.
Scott-McKiernan House 1417 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Greek Revival
Year Built: 1864
Furniture dealer David R. Scott and his wife, Sophronia C. Scott, purchased these two lots from David Cadwalder in July 1864 for $1,600, and the home was constructed immediately.
Holy Trinity Rectory 702 East Market Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Romanesque Revival
Year Built: 1870
Constructed in 1870, this served as the rectory for Holy Trinity Catholic Church, which stood on the lot to the east.
This 1910 building was designed by Arthur Smith, architect for the New Albany City Schools, as an addition to the Main Street School.
house 804 East Market Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: c.1890
William Banes House 808 East Market Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
Year Built: c.1870
This was the residence of William Banes, builder of many of New Albany's finest homes in the late 19th century. Along with his brother, James, Banes was responsible for the Culbertson Mansion, the Culbertson Widows' Home, and the McCord mansion, among many others.
German-American School 810 East Market Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Gothic Revival
Year Built: 1867
This building was constructed in 1867 to house the Independent German-American Academy.
This commercial building, which may have been built as early as 1865, housed a saloon for many years before Prohibition. It later was the home of Rookie's Bakery.
Bader Building 1002 East Market Street New Albany, IN 47150 Category: Queen Anne
On July 19, 1834, a small group of people met in a private home on State Street to establish St. Paul's Episcopal Parish, the first Episcopal parish in Indiana. This building, the church's third home, was constructed in 1895-96.
