The Lillian Holley House (Crown Point, Indiana)

USA / Indiana / Crown Point / Crown Point, Indiana / South Court Street, 205
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This fanciful Queen Anne house more than any other in Crown Point has fascinated local residents young and old. This house was built c: 1890 for Flora Norton Biggs the widow of James H. Biggs of Cincinnati. Biggs had been engaged in real estate and was a dealer for the United States Cotton Press and Hay Press. Flora was the daughter of Aaron Hart and Martha Reed Dyer who were the largest land owners in Lake County before the turn-of-the-20th-century. Flora's mother had built the neighboring home at 105 E. South Street for Malcolm and Maquerit Hart, her brother and sister-in-law. Perhaps the longest and best known resident of this house was the late Lillian Holley who died at the age of 102 in 1994. Mrs. Holley was a patron of the Old Lake County Courthouse, and the large clocks in the central tower were restored to working order because of her generosity during the nation's bicentennial.
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Coordinates:   41°24'45"N   87°21'46"W

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  • My mother's name is Lillian Holly...too funny
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