The Hermitage

Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana

Subject:                          The Hermitage

Erected by:                    Twin Forks Chapter DAR 1971

Located:                         Northeast corner of 8^th and River Streets, Brookville, Indiana

Text:                               J. Ottis Adams and T.C. Steele, Indiana artists came to Brookville in 1895 and selected this site on which to erect their studios which they called “The Hermitage.”  It was home for an art colony for several years, where artists, J. Ottis Adams, T.C. Steele, William Forsythe and Otto Starke painted.  To the east of this point stood the old Speer’s Mill.