Hilker House - 214 East Saint Joseph Street

Year Built: 1863

Architecture Style: Italianate

Key Features:

• Decorative Brackets and Low Pitched Roof
• Tall, Narrow Windows with Crowns
• Large Porch

Florist business and greenhouse to the west, now an addition to Bals-Wocher Funeral Home. It was once home to Henry Hilker’s City Flower Garden. Henry Hilker was a gardner at the Indiana Blind Asylum, then located on the American Legion Mall. Note the recreation of the classical porch.The original was removed in the 1970’s.