The Hermitage, also known as the John Ottis Adams and Winifred Brady Adams Home and Studio, is a historic home located at Brookville,

Franklin County, Indiana Franklin County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Indiana. In the 2020 United States Census, the county population was 22,785. The county seat is the town of Brookville. Franklin County is part of the Cincinnati, OH–KY� ...

. The original house was built about 1835 by well-to-do paper manufacturer James Henry Speer. It was reconfigured in 1898 by John Ottis Adams and his wife Winifred Brady Adams. It is a -story,

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American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...

inspired frame dwelling sheathed in clapboard. A full-width front porch supported by 17 tapered columns. At each end of the house are artist's studios, built for each of the Adamses. A rear section rises to stories. Also on the property are the levee built after a flood in 1913, contributing gazebo (c. 1910), pergola (c. 1910), and

outhouse An outhouse is a small structure, separate from a main building, which covers a toilet. This is typically either a pit latrine or a bucket toilet, but other forms of dry toilet, dry (non-flushing) toilets may be encountered. The term may als ...

. Originally painter

J. Ottis Adams John Ottis Adams (July 8, 1851 – January 28, 1927) was an American Impressionism, American impressionist Painting, painter and art educator who is best known as a member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana landscape painters, along with William For ...

(1851-1927) shared the house and studios with another artist. By 1899 he and his wife Winifred Brady Adams, a still-life painter, took over full possession of the property. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. The Hermitage was listed on the

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in 2004. It is located in the Brookville Historic District.

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