The home where Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) lived from 1883 until his death in 1916 is open to the public. The brick, “late-Victorian” home is much as it was in Riley’s time, including furnishings owned by the author and personal items of the prolific poet. The James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 3:30 p.m. For additional tourist information, or a virtual tour if you’re unable to visit, see the museum website.
Such a dear little street it is, nestled away
From the noise of the city and heat of the day,
In cool shady coverts of whispering trees,
With their leaves lifted up to shake hands with the breeze
Which in all its wide wanderings never may meet
With a resting-place fairer than Lockerbie Street!
-- from “Lockerbie Street”
Related Websites
James Whitcomb Riley.com
Project Gutenberg (scroll down to James Whitcomb Riley)
Lockerbie Square Website (includes walking tour)
