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T. C. Steele State Historic Site, Belmont, IN

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T. C. Steele State Historic Site

Former home, studio and gardens of Hoosier painter T. C. Steele in rural Brown County, Indiana.

Belmont, IN

About T. C. Steele State Historic Site

The site preserves the home, studio and grounds where American impressionist painter Theodore Clement Steele and his wife Selma lived and worked after moving to Brown County in 1907. Visitors can take a guided tour of the house and studio, where many of Steele's paintings hang, and walk the gardens and trails across the 211-acre property. Selma donated the land to the state before her death in 1945, and the Indiana State Museum now runs the historic site.

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