Craycraft Building

Location: 864-876 Logan Street

Date Built: 1889

History of the Building:

This exceptional Queen Anne building was built by Daniel Craycraft in 1889.  Its galvanized cast-iron facade bears the maker's shield of Hetherington & Berner of Indianapolis.  The exuberance of detailing and ornamentation as well as the loggia-or second story balcony-is quite unusual for a commercial structure. The small panes that outline the upper window sashes of the second-floor windows are typically found on Queen Anne style residential buildings.

The building's tenants have included banks for at least twenty years, pharmacists, and drug stores.  Meade Vestal, a prominent Democrat, attorney, and circuit court judge had his office in the second floor space from 1890 to 1954.

Current Use: Alexander's Ice Cream, The Gentleman Soldier, Prizm Video Productions