Foster Hall, also known as Melodeon Hall, is located on the campus of

Park Tudor School Park Tudor School is a coeducational independent college preparatory day school founded in 1902. It offers programs from junior kindergarten through high school. It is located in the Meridian Hills neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. A mer ...

at 7200 N. College Ave. in

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mar ...

. The

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

style building was designed by Robert Frost Daggett and built in 1927. It is a -story, stone building with a steeply pitched

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

gable roof with seven gables. It features leaded glass windows and sits on a raise basement. It was built for

Josiah K. Lilly Sr. Josiah Kirby Lilly Sr. (November 18, 1861 – February 8, 1948), nicknamed "J. K.," was an American businessman, pharmaceutical industrialist, and philanthropist who became president and chairman of the board of Eli Lilly and Company, the pharm ...

(1861-1948) to house his collection of

Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known also as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period. He wrote more than 200 songs, inc ...

materials and serves the community as a reception, concert, and meeting facility. ''Note:'' This includes an
Accompanying photographs
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2005.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Tudor Revival architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1927 Butler University Buildings and structures in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis 1927 establishments in Indiana {{Indianapolis-stub