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253:-designed building, which was named the John Herron Art Institute in honor of its major benefactor. The new building officially opened on November 20, 1906. Harris also established Herron's reference and served as chair of its library committee. In addition to her support of the Herron Art Institute, Harris was active in other civic affairs, including support of the Indianapolis Orphans Asylum and service on the board of the Children's Guardian Home. 241:. India Crago Harris was among the first members of the Art Association when it was founded in 1883. She also served on its board of trustees, including roles as recording secretary (1893–1899) and as its fifth president (1904–1907). (Harris was the second woman to serve as the Art Association's president; 312:
the Hamilton County property she inherited from her husband. She also left instructions to sell the property and use the proceeds to establish a trust to support a law lecture series in her husband's honor. The Addison C. Harris Memorial Lecture continues to bring prominent legal scholars to Indiana
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to paint a portrait of India Harris to hang in the Herron Art Museum. Although the Indianapolis Museum of Art relocated to a new site, the painting remains a part of its collection, as well as her court gowns and other personal items from her residence in Vienna, Austria, from 1899 to 1901.
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While Harris was serving as its president, the Art Association began construction on its new art museum and art school building at the corner of 16th and Pennsylvania Streets. During ceremonies held on November 25, 1905, she laid cornerstone for the two-story,
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After her husband's death in 1916, Harris inherited the West-Harris House (Ambassador House), the couple's summer home in Hamilton County, Indiana. It served as Harris's primary residence after her Indianapolis home on North Meridian Street was demolished.
193:, during his diplomatic service. He was also active in Indiana's legal community as a founding member and president (1883 and 1890) of the Indianapolis Bar Association, a founder and president (1899 to 1904) of the Indiana Law School (a forerunner to the 126:). During her tenure as president, Harris laid the cornerstone for the association's first new building, named the John Herron Art Institute, at 16th and Pennsylvania Streets. In addition, Harris established Herron's reference library. As the wife of 336:, supervised the relocation of Harris's summer home in Hamilton County from its original location at 96th Street and Allisonville Road to 106th Street and Eller Road (present-day Heritage Park at White River) in 1996. The 114:, Indiana, who served on the Art Association of Indianapolis's board of trustees, including roles as recording secretary (1893–1899) and its fifth president (1904–1907). The Art Association was the predecessor to the 228:
Following her marriage, Harris studied law with her husband and assisted him in legal research; however, she is best known for her affiliation with the Art Association of Indianapolis, the forerunner to the
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Harris is best known for her service as the fifth president and a board member of the Art Association of Indianapolis, which evolved into the present-day
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The couple's primary home was located on North Meridian Street in Indianapolis. Addison Harris also acquired property in rural
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in 1999. The restored home is operated as a local history museum and a site for community events and private rentals.
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in Hamilton County was later nicknamed Ambassador House in reference to his diplomatic service.
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was constructed in 1962. These two historic buildings serve as the campus for the present-day
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Addison Harris, an 1862 graduate of North Western Christian University, became a prominent
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During the 1860s Crago enrolled at North Western Christian University (present-day
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McKee, Ann Milkovitch, and Carol Ann Schweikert (March 26, 1997).
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Biographical Sketches and Review of the Bench and Bar of Indiana
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Monks, Leander J., Logan Esarey, and Ernest V. Shockley (1916).
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Ann Milkovitch McKee and Carol Ann Schweikert (March 26, 1997).
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Harriet G. Warkel, Martin F. Krause, and S. L. Berry (2003).
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The Trustees and the Officers of Purdue University, 1865–1940
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For a list of the Addison C. Harris Memorial Lectures, see:
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Leander J. Monks; Logan Esarey; Ernest V. Shockley (1916).
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Warkel, Harriet G.; Martin F. Krause; S. L. Berry (2003).
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To prevent its demolition the Town (present-day City) of
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A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly
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David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows, ed. (1994).
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Index

Indianapolis
Butler University
Addison C. Harris
Connersville, Indiana
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Herron School of Art and Design
Addison C. Harris
lawyer
Vienna
U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (ambassador) to Austria-Hungary
Butler University
Indianapolis
Addison C. Harris
Wayne County, Indiana
lawyer
Republican
Indiana Senate
U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (ambassador) to Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indiana State Bar Association
Purdue University
board of trustees
Hamilton County, Indiana
West-Harris House
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

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