Herron-Morton Place Historic District
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Herron–Morton Place Historic District
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Talbott Street in the southwestern part of the district
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Central Ave., 16th, Pennsylvania, and 22nd Sts., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′34″N 86°9′9″W / 39.79278°N 86.15250°WCoordinates: 39°47′34″N 86°9′9″W / 39.79278°N 86.15250°W |
| Area | 147 acres (59 ha) |
| Built | 1822 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 83000131 |
| Added to NRHP | June 16, 1983 |
Herron–Morton Place is a historic district in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to restoration and renewal. The boundaries of the neighborhood are East 16th Street on the south, East 22nd Street on the north, the alley west of North Pennsylvania on the west, and the alley east of Central Avenue on the east.
In 1859, the state purchased the land, which was still largely undeveloped, as a home for the Indiana State Fair.
At the start of the American Civil War, the area was used first as an induction center for the Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and later as the prisoner of war camp for Condederates, Camp Morton. After the Civil War, Indiana reclaimed the land as fairgrounds, and the site until 1890.
The area was then platted for residential development, and home construction began in the 1890s.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the district directly north of 16th Street was one of Indianapolis’ most elegant residential neighborhoods. Morton Place, named for Indiana governor Oliver Morton, was home to many celebrated politicians, physicians, business leaders, and artists.
Indiana Impressionist artists T.C. Steele and William Forsyth founded their famed Hoosier Group art school in Morton Place in 1888. In 1895 John Herron's bequest founded the John Herron Art Institute, and funded new construction of a new main building and an art museum in Morton Place. The Herron Museum later became the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The Morton Place neighborhood thrived until the Great Depression in the 1930s. Throughout the 1930s and World War II, many houses were subdivided into apartments. In the 1950s through 1970s many houses were lost to fire or demolition.
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