Smith-Webb Residence - 3257 North Pennsylvania Street

Year Built: 1910

Architectural Style: Tudor Revival

- Key Features:

• Stucco and Half Timbering
• Exposed Rafters and Knee Braces
• Nightime decorative light display delighting passers by

This Tudor Revival home was designed by the architectural firm of Foltz & Parker and built in 1910 for Albert S. Pierson, director and vice president of the Lilly Hardware Company. This three-story house features different building materials on each level: stucco and half timbering at the attic level, board and batten siding on the 2nd floor, and brick on the first floor. Arts & Craft details include exposed rafters, knee braces, and a rear sleeping porch.

• The house’s second owner was attorney Henry H. Hornbrook. In 1916, Mr. Hornbrook co-founded the Indianapolis Foundation, which ranks as one of the largest community foundations in the country.

In 1996, the home’s current owners, Mark Webb and Lee Ann Smith, added a carriage house with a second floor apartment which they rent. Their inviting, large backyard is a favorite spot for neighbors to gather for our annual Chili Cookoff and Cornbread Competition. In 2015, the family dramatically expanded their kitchen and rear porch entertaining area creating an inviting oasis for entertaining. Lee Smith and Mark Webb also have the title of “renovation rockstars,” having renovated four homes within Meridian Park since moving to the neighborhood in 1993.

The Smith-Webbs also own the house to the right. One of the oldest properties in the neighborhood, this river-rock house was once a small cottage which has since undergone multiple expansions. You’ll notice its set-back from the street predates the other homes along Pennsylvania Street.