Christopher Apple House

Built in 1859 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Christopher Apple House, also known as the Apple Farm House, is a historic home located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1859, and is a two-story, four bay Federal style brick dwelling with Greek Revival style design elements.”
Wikipedia article Christopher Apple House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 274 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1859, Federal architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Apple, Christopher, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 11663 Pendleton Pike, Oaklandon, 46236
When was it listed? September 1980
Category. building
Township. Lawrence township
When was it built? 1859
Architectural style. Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 80000055 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

25,786 words

The chapter on Lawrence Township in History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884 names Oaklandon. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Post-Offices and Villages. - The following-named post-offices are located in Lawrence township, viz. : Castleton, Lawrence, and Oaklandon. At. and from each of these offices the mail arrives and departs twice daily. Mail matter intended for Germantown is sent to Oaklandon, and that bound for Vertland goes to Castleton.

Passage source: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884.

The village of Oakland is situated thirteen miles from Indianapolis, on the Bee-Line Railroad. It was laid out June 18, 1849, by John Emery. The name Oakland was suggested by Dr. Moore. The streets have never been improved and many of the houses are in a dilapidated condition, and the village presents the appearance of age and decay. Subsequent to 1849 John Mock, Andrew F. Cory, John ' W. Combs, and Enoch Hanna laid out additions. The first merchants were the firm of John W. & William Combs ; the first practicing physician was James W. Hervey. The town has a population of about two hundred, and has a telephonic connection and a Western Union Telegraph office. The railroad company recently completed a commodious depot, which adds greatly to the comfort of the traveling public. The present merchants are David G. Hanna and Naaman G. Plummer, both of whom are dealers in general merchandise. Andrew F. Cory and Jeff. K. Heltman are the physicians, and Naaman C. Plummer is the postmaster. The name of the postoffice is Oaklandon. The town has three churches, - a Methodist, a Christian, and a Universalist. The last two named have a large membership and are well attended. The first Darned, however, is in a precarious condition. The village contains a graded school, and the Masons, Odd-Fellows, and Grangers have lodges located there.

Passage source: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Lawrence Township - 25,786 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Christopher Apple House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Lawrence City-Own Crews	Stone	Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this property

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oaklandon, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	$10,000	Furniture blown, large limbs, and tree tops downed from thunderstorm winds.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	$10,000	Rotted or partially rotted trees were blown down in a few locations within the Geist Reservoir area due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. These locations included the 10500th block of Fall Creek Road, the 900th block of Brigs Way, and the 10300th block of Stormhaven Way.
May 2008	Hail	Oaklandon	$5,000	Tree limbs were down and structural damage occurred to a house due to large damaging hail.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	$3,000	A healthy tree about 50 feet tall and 16 to 18 inches in diameter was downed across a road and partially on to a pickup truck due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	$1,000	Large tree branch downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	$1,000	Large tree snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	$750	A tree was reported down on East 56th Street in Lawrence due to thunderstorm gusts estimated at 45 mph.
June 2011	Flood	Oaklandon	$500	Street flooding was occurring near the intersection of 79th Street and Fall Creek Parkway, due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	$500	Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and a large limb.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklandon	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a healthy tree/tree limb at its 10-inch diameter base.
July 1998	Hail	Oaklandon	-	Reported by TV meteorologist.
July 2023	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
June 2021	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
January 2018	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Oaklandon	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Oaklandon Historic District	0.5 miles	2013
Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District	2.9 miles	1995
Fort Harrison Terminal Station	3.0 miles	1984
Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District (Boundary Increase)	3.1 miles	1995
Camp Edwin F. Glenn	3.4 miles	1995
Hillcrest Country Club	5.4 miles	2004

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80000055 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marion County	All 274 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.