City: Indianapolis, IN

Category: Relocation

Description: Herron-Morton gets its name from two sources. In 1861 the area was a Civil War induction center named Camp Morton, in honor of Governor Oliver Perry Morton. In the 1890s, three businessmen purchased the area and renamed it Morton Place. Later the neighborhood became home to the John Herron Art Institute building, establishing the area’s artistic reputation. Famed Hoosier artist T. C. Steele once resided in the Herron-Morton Place neighborhood. Once the home of city movers and shakers, Herron-Morton Place lost many of its buildings to fire, neglect, and demolition. Today, New Jersey Street still has its original esplanades and is a good example of what the northern half of the neighborhood used to be. Renovation continues on Herron-Morton’s grand Victorians, Italianates, and Queen Annes. The neighborhood is bounded by 16th Street on the north, 22nd Street on the south, Pennsylvania Street on the west, and Central Avenue on the east.