INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana Landmarks has placed the historic Kemper House in downtown Indianapolis on the market for $800,000.
The listing includes the 1873 residence and an adjacent parking lot, located at 1028 N. Delaware St., and will continue the organization’s practice of rehabilitating historic buildings for office use before returning them to the community.
The house’s history
Indiana Landmarks says Charles Pierson constructed the home in 1873 as a wedding gift for his bride, Mary Alice Scofield.
Eli Lilly, a founder of Indiana Landmarks, saved the house from demolition and restored it in 1962. He renamed the property for Bishop Kemper, the first Episcopal bishop in Indiana and provided the space for use by the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis…