George Stumpf House
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George Stumpf House | |
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| Location | 3225 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°43′6″N 86°9′29″W / 39.71833°N 86.15806°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000039[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 14, 1979 |
The George Stumpf House is a historic residence in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Located along Meridian Street on the southern side of the city,[2]: 2 it was started in 1870 and completed in 1872.[2]: 3
The house was built as the residence of George Stumpf, a native of Bavaria who moved to Indiana with his family in 1838. A craftsman, Stumpf was both a blacksmith and a manufacturer of wagons for much of his working life. As he grew older, his eyes became damaged by the strain of smithing, so he and his wife Elizabeth purchased property on South Meridian Street[2]: 3 in northern Perry Township,[2]: 5 which was then known as Three Notch Road. Here they built a log cabin and began farming; as they prospered, they prepared to erect a brick house, but construction was delayed nearly ten years by the American Civil War.[2]: 3
Stumpf and his wife were active in local society: they were members of Zion Evangelical Protestant Church in Indianapolis, and they participated in the establishment of the General German Protestant Orphans Home. They were the parents of eight children; after the deaths of their parents, the land was divided among all the children, with the house passing into the possession of George Stumpf II. He departed from his father's career, embarking on the manufacturing of sausages; after his death, the house was owned by three successive generations of his descendants.[2]: 3