INDIANAPOLIS — The 2024 St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild Decorators’ Show House and Gardens, the longest running decorator show house event in the nation, will once again welcome the public to tour a classic Indianapolis home with proceeds benefiting Eskenazi Health. This year’s residence is the Sylvan House at 4521 Sylvan Rd.
The annual event runs from Saturday, April 27, through Sunday, May 12. Hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday. Mondays are closed. General Admission online is $35 plus service fee for adults. Some tickets will be available at the door for $40 (cards only no cash). Tickets can be purchased at www.showhouseindy.org. There will be no parking available on site or in the neighborhood. Parking is available at the shuttle location at The Indy Cycloplex, 3649 Cold Spring Rd. The shuttle will run Friday and Saturday from 9:45 a.m.-7:45 p.m. and Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m. A virtual experience will launch on May 13 and allow virtual visitors an opportunity to explore the rooms of the house and access exclusive behind-the-scenes videos from the comfort of home. Cost of the virtual tour is included in price of tour.
This year’s show house marks the 63nd time the St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild has hosted the event, which will feature the work of local design firms and landscape companies who have used their talents and creativity to transform the historic Sylvan House. The house was built in 1927 for Arthur and Emma Wolf. One of the later owners, Dr. John Warvel, Sr., was a pathologist for Methodist Hospital, and gave testimony against D.C. Stephenson regarding the abduction, rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer. His wife Ruth was a nurse who gave the first injection of insulin to a diabetic patient after the new drug was approved.
This year’s show house will benefit the John & Kathy Ackerman Mental Health Professional Development Center at Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center.
To purchase tickets or for additional information, please visit www.showhouseindy.org.
