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The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, formerly known as the Ben-Hur Museum, is located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, [2] and in 2008 was awarded a National Medal from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. It is located in the Elston Grove Historic District.
Lewis "Lew" Wallace was born on April 10, 1827, in Brookville, Indiana.He was the second of four sons born to Esther French Wallace (née Test) and David Wallace. [2] Lew's father, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, [3] left the military in 1822 and moved to Brookville, where he established a law practice and entered Indiana politics.
Lew Wallace was a Civil War general, governor of the New Mexico Territory, and minister to the Ottoman Empire, and he is best known for writing Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. He used this building as his study from 1895 until his death in 1905. Wallace designed it himself, and it is now a museum. [47] 41: Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company
Gen. Lew Wallace ordered a pontoon bridge across the Ohio River to Northern Kentucky to help defend against the siege of Cincinnati in September 1862. Black Brigade given the dignity of ...
General Lew Wallace Study and Museum: Crawfordsville: Montgomery: Central: Biographical: Home and study of Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The Lew Wallace Study Preservation Society manages the 1895 National Historic Landmark. Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site: Rome City: Noble: North: Biographical: Home of author ...
Lew Wallace is a statue by Andrew O'Connor that has been produced in both marble and bronze versions.. The marble version, a gift from the State of Indiana, was unveiled in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 11, 1910, [1] in a commission that O'Connor received through the intervention of architect Cass Gilbert, with whom O’Connor had ...
Jun. 8—At Lew Wallace Elementary School, the arts are not just extracurricular activities. As an elevated arts school, arts are integrated into lessons to help promote creativity and ...
Referred to in the General Lew Wallace raid of June 12, 1861, Sycamore Dale was built by David Gibson in 1836. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wallace wrote a portion of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ here. Taggart Hall (c. 1790s), Gravel Lane and High Street