Avriel Shull Houses

House designed by Avriel Shull, Thornhurst in Carmel Indiana.

House designed by Avriel Shull, Thornhurst in Carmel Indiana.

House designed by Avriel Shull, Thornhurst in Carmel Indiana.

I was returning to the office one evening and ended up parked in traffic gridlock on a road that I'd traveled thousands of times before. This time, while I was setting there, I saw a house that I'd never noticed before ... obviously a very grand house at one time, but looking pretty worn and tired that day. I commented to the student trainee riding with me that the house must have been really something in it's day ... and I didn't think anymore about it. Later that winter I got interested in researching a famous local architect, Avriel Shull. I decided to track down the house where she once lived and worked. I was somewhat surprised when I arrived at the very same spot I found myself stuck in traffic before some months before. The house was no longer there ... and the only thing marking its former existence was some rubble, bits of its foundation and the swimming pool. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avriel_Shull en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_Century_Modern

One of my favorite Life Magazine photos of Indiana architect Avriel Shull. Famous for her Mid-Century homes. Access Indiana program on Avriel: www.wfyi.org/wvx/AIND.1611.1.wvx