The Booth Tarkington Home, 4270 Meridian Street
Homeowners: Tim & Doris Anne Sadler
Decorators: Jenni Egger Designs and Bliss Event Design
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Home Sponsor: Mark Holeman Landscape
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Classic cars:
1941 Cadillac Convertible Coupe, Jeff Shively
1954 Cadillac Eldorado Special Sports Convertible, Joe Alberts
Built in 1910, the Booth Tarkington house was one of the earliest north of Maple Road which is now know as 38th Street. Clinton and Maria Hare had purchased the property before he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Within six months, at the age of 44 he succumbed, leaving Marea alone at age 40 with six children. She decided that a home in the country would benefit both herself and her children, and so she went forward with building the Tudor-styled country house at 4270 Meridian Street. The architect for the home was Charles Howard Byfield. Author Booth Tarkington purchased the home in the early 1920s after winning his second Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was widely considered the great American novelist. Though he spent his summers and much of his later life in Kennebunkport, Maine, Tarkington maintained his residence at 4270 until his death in 1946. (Special thanks to Sharon Butsch Freeland for her historical insights which helped to correct a previously posted history of the home).
Experience this home in person and join us November 13th & 14th 11a.m. to 5p.m. for the return of the Midtown Holiday Home Tour presented by Ivy Tech Community College. After a brief pause in 2020 due the pandemic, this nearly 40 year running tour returns with some of Indy's most remarkable homes. As Indianapolis celebrates its Bicentennial see some of the historic homes that have been an important part of the City's history.
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For Day of Tour Tickets: Visit the Parry Mansion to begin your Tour. (Credit/Debit Sales Only)
Want to Volunteer? Volunteers receive a courtesy ticket for themselves and a guest. To Volunteer Visit one of the links below:
Home Docent
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Classic Car Docent
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Proceeds from the tour support Midtown Indy a nonprofit community service organization working to cultivate an equitable, healthy, and sustainable community in which stakeholders of all incomes, backgrounds, and races have access to the resources they need to thrive! Learn more about the work of Midtown Indy at [ Ссылка ]
Learn More about Ivy Tech Community College: [ Ссылка ]
Masks will be required for all attendees. In an effort to promote social distancing entry to homes will be staggered.
