HISTORY OF THE PROPYLAEUM

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Organization

The Propylaeum

Started in 1888 as a space for women to meet, outside of church or the tearoom...

Location

The Building

This is what beer could build you in 1890- preserved for the past 130 years, if these walls could talk...

Our Founder

May Wright Sewall

Suffragist, activist, and spiritualist, the Propylaeum was not the only thing Sewall founded...

Tours

The Propylaeum is open to the public for self-guided tours through the mansion, carriage house, around the grounds on Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Please call ahead and let us know if you are going to stop in! Call us at 317-638-7881.

We also offer a virtual history and tour of specific rooms in our video series If the Walls Could Talk.