Walking Tour of Historic Lockerbie Square

Herman Lieber Cottage, 407 N. Park Ave.

This 1860 residence in Lockerbie Square was home to two famous families: Herman Lieber, who co-founded The Athenaeum, and Capt. William Tarkington, brother of author Booth Tarkington's grandfather.

Photo Credit: Ellie Snyder

Continue walking west on Vermont Street to Park Avenue and turn right (north) to 407 N. Park Ave.

Herman Lieber was a civic leader and co-founder of The Athenaeum, a grand German Renaissance Revival building constructed in 1898 as a home for the Sozialer Turnverein and other liberal German societies of Indianapolis. Lieber built the cottage on Park Avenue in 1860, and it was purchased in 1868 by Capt. William Tarkington, brother of author Booth Tarkington’s grandfather and secretary to Gov. Oliver P. Morton.

• Welcome to Historic Lockerbie Square
• Former Home of Indiana Gov. James Ray, 302 N. Park Ave.
• The Holler House, 324 N. Park Ave.
• Katie Kindell Cottage, 517 Lockerbie St.
• The James Whitcomb Riley Museum, 528 Lockerbie St.
• The Webber House, 621 Lockerbie St.
• Joseph Staub House, 342 N. College Ave.
• New Construction Award Winner, 628 E. Vermont St.
• Herman Lieber Cottage, 407 N. Park Ave.
• Lockerbie Square United Methodist Church, 237 N. East St.