Last month, the Indy Star ran an update on Doris Sadler’s renovation of Tarkington’s Indianapolis home… and there are some great pictures to along with the online article!  You really ought to click through to see the pictures if you’re at all interested.

Here’s some of what the article has to say:

Marble tiles line the floor, and a small marble staircase with full balustrades leads into the partly sunken room lined with bookshelves. A bank of French doors, each containing 15 panes of glass, lines one wall facing a lawn; each door is topped by a six-paned transom.

There’s also a self-contained intercom system that connects the different rooms of the house. Made of wood and steel, it looks not much different than a regular phone system circa 1911. Sadler is certain the system is original.

An upstairs “Jack and Jill” bathroom features the original tub and separate marble shower stall.

Part of the intrigue is identifying what’s original to the house, and what came later. For example, there’s a large ship’s anchor stuck, rusting, in the front yard. It’s definitely not from around here.

“My husband made up the story that it was the anchor on Booth Tarkington’s schooner in Kennebunkport,” Sadler said. “But the truth is that the previous owner liked nautical things.”