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Alva Kitselman House

Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubsColonial Revival architecture in IndianaHouses completed in 1915Houses in Muncie, IndianaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Muncie, Indiana
Alva Kitselman House
Alva Kitselman House

Alva Kitselman House, also known as "Hazelwood" and Parlour @ Hazelwood, is a historic home located at Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. It was built in 1915, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, "L"-plan, Colonial Revival style brick mansion. It features a central portico with Ionic order columns and consists of a hipped roof main block with 2+1⁄2-story rear service wing. Also on the property are the contributing carriage house and decorative steel fence. The property was acquired by Parlour Salon Group in 2018.: 5 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Alva Kitselman House
West Beechwood Avenue, Muncie

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West Beechwood Avenue
47303 Muncie
Indiana, United States
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