Kunse-Pawling-Walter House

414 North Wabash Street

Built: 1846

Style: I-house/Federal

David Kunse, the owner of the first brickyard and the first cane mill in Wabash, was the original occupant of this home. Albert Pawling, the first Wabash town marshal, purchased the home in 1863. Later, the Walter family of B. Walter & Company owned the home.

This house is an example of what is sometimes called an I-house and sometimes a Federal style residence. I-house characteristics include an oblong front section with a side gable roof and an adjoining "L" meeting the main house at a right angle to the rear. Federal details on the façade include a symmetrical arrangement of windows and entry, five bays, flat stone lintels, and side-lights and transom enframing the central entry. The small Greek Revival entry porch, with its square columns and pediment, was possibly added in the 1850s.