Hanna-Ochler-Elder House, Historic residence in Indianapolis, United States.

Hanna-Ochler-Elder House is a brick residence with five bays located at 3801 Madison Avenue in Indianapolis. The structure features a low-pitched hipped roof with bracketed eaves and includes a two-story kitchen addition built several years after the main house.

Built in 1859, the residence combines Italianate style with Greek Revival details popular in that era. A two-story kitchen extension was added in 1872 to meet the changing needs of the household.

The house carries the names of its former residents and shows how affluent families lived in Indianapolis during the 1800s. The way the building was designed and furnished tells the story of the people who called it home.

The house stands on 21 acres bought by Roman Oehler in 1899, a remnant of the 240 acres Alexander Hannah purchased from his father. It is a private home still owned by Oehler descendants, so grounds and interiors are not open to casual visitors. Access comes through booked event rentals, haunted house tours, overnight paranormal investigations and murder mystery dinners.

The house's reputation rests on an urban legend: fugitive slaves hiding in the cellar were said to die in an oil-lamp fire, and Alexander Hannah supposedly buried them in the basement. Historian Jessica Fischer notes there is no evidence the house was an Underground Railroad stop, only that Hannah was a Quaker and abolitionist. Paranormal reports began in the 1960s and 70s, when John and Gladys O'Brien rented the house for an antique store.