The Hermitage | |
The Hermitage, March 2012
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| Location | 650 E. 8th St., Brookville, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°25′21″N 85°0′17″W / 39.42250°N 85.00472°W / 39.42250; -85.00472 |
| Area | 6.1 acres (2.5 ha) |
| Built | c. 1835 (1835), 1898 |
| Built by | Adams, John Ottis; et.al. |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000209[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 22, 2004 |
The Hermitage, also known as the John Ottis Adams and Winifred Brady Adams Home and Studio, is a historic home located at Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana. The original house was built about 1835 by well-to-do paper manufacturer James Henry Speer. It was reconfigured in 1898 by John Ottis Adams and his wife Winifred Brady Adams.
It is a 1+1⁄2-story, Bungalow / American Craftsman inspired frame dwelling sheathed in clapboard. A full-width front porch supported by 17 tapered columns. At each end of the house are artist's studios, built for each of the Adamses. A rear section rises to 2+1⁄2 stories. Also on the property are the levee built after a flood in 1913, contributing gazebo (c. 1910), pergola (c. 1910), and outhouse.
Originally painter J. Ottis Adams (1851-1927) shared the house and studios with T.C. Steele. By 1899 he and his wife Winifred Brady Adams, a still-life painter, took over full possession of the property.[2]: 2–3
The Hermitage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] It is located in the Brookville Historic District.
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