While everyone’s busy taking selfies at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, there’s a brick mansion on Madison Avenue that’s quietly holding some of the most important history in the entire state.
The Hannah House doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves, which is frankly criminal considering its role in the fight against slavery and its status as one of the finest examples of Italianate architecture in Indianapolis.
Let’s get one thing straight right from the start: this isn’t some dusty old house where nothing interesting ever happened.
This is a place where history was made, where people risked everything for justice, and where tragedy struck in ways that still resonate today…