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4 unusual facts about Herron School of Art and Design


Herron High School

It is located at 110 East 16th Street, just north of downtown Indianapolis in the building formerly occupied by Herron School of Art and Design of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.

Herron School of Art and Design

Herron's Main Building was designed by Paul Philippe Cret in 1929 and was the second facility in the nation designed specifically for art education.

Caroline Marmon Fesler: The daughter of local industrialist and automobile manufacturer Daniel Marmon (Ray Harroun drove a Marmon car to victory in the first Indianapolis 500 race in 1911), she studied painting in Europe.

The Herron Arch 1

The sculpture is located at the corner of New York and Blackford Streets, the north-east corner of the Herron School of Art and Design.



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