William H. H. Graham House, also known as the Stephenson Mansion, is a historic home located in the Irvington Historic District,

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

Marion County, Indiana Marion County is located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States census, 2020 United States census reported a population of 977,203, making it the largest county in the state and 51st List of the most populous counties in the United ...

. It was built in 1889, and is a -story, four-bay Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. The house features a front

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

supported by four, two-story

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

columns added in 1923, and a two-story bay window. In the 1920s it was the home of

D. C. Stephenson David Curtis "Steve" Stephenson (August 21, 1891 – June 28, 1966) was an American Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader, convicted rapist and murderer. In 1923 he was appointed Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan and head of Klan recruiting for seven other s ...

, head of the Indiana

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...

. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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* Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana Houses completed in 1889 Houses in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis {{MarionCountyIN-NRHP-stub