Marie Webster House, Colonial Revival residence in Marion, Indiana.
The Marie Webster House is a two-and-a-half-story wooden building on South Washington Street in Marion, Indiana, with a gambrel roof, dormer windows, and a two-story gabled bay window. The exterior displays Colonial Revival architecture with carefully worked wooden details that are typical of the style.
The house was built in 1902 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, largely because of its connection to Marie Webster, a pioneer in quilt design. Webster lived and worked here, developing a new approach to quilt patterns that spread across the country.
The house is now home to the Quilters Hall of Fame, which honors people who shaped quilting across the United States. Visitors can see displays showing how quilt patterns made their way into everyday homes and popular magazines during the early 20th century.
The house sits in a residential part of Marion and is easy to reach on foot if you are already in the downtown area. It is worth checking opening times before you go, since guided tours may not run every day.
Webster ran the Practical Patchwork Company from this address, the first mail-order quilt pattern business in the country. Her designs were published in Ladies Home Journal starting in 1911, making her one of the first women to have her own patterns featured in that magazine.
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