“Staub (1825-1896) emigrated from Alsace, a German-speaking province of western France, and became an American citizen in 1848. Staub purchased the site of his house from T. R. Fletcher in 1859 and was listed in the City Directory as living here in 1860. The Staubs were well known in the local German community and the city at large. Joseph Staub was one of the original subscribers for the establishment of the German-English Independent School in 1859. The house remained with the descendants of Staubs until 1938.” (Digital Public Library of America)
“The house is a good example of a city home of a small businessman of modest means in the period just before the Civil War. The Joseph Staub House is a city home built for a small businessman of modest means in the Lockerbie Square area of Indianapolis in 1859. Built of common bond brick, the original section of the house was three rooms deep on the first floor and one room deep on the second floor. Two early additions added a second and third room on the second floor while a later addition on one and one half stories with a side porch was made at the rear of the structure. The south elevation includes a two story inset porch and a two story bay window; the entrance on the east elevation is recessed into the building under a cast iron balcony supported on wooden scroll brackets. The house is to be restored by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.” (Library of Congress website)
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