The Woods House at 252 W Beverly Dr: a 1967 midcentury modern designed by Indianapolis architect Clyde E. Woods for his own family, set into a private wooded ravine in north Butler-Tarkington. First time offered for sale in 59 years.
A bold orange front door opens to warm hardwood and an open view across the main level. Just inside, the floating staircase drops to the bedroom level, a signature of Clyde E. Woods' 1967 design.
From the foyer the plan flows open in every direction, decades ahead of its time: hardwood floors, clean lines and windows into the trees at the far end of the living room.
The long living room runs the full back of the house, with north-facing windows placed by design for soft, even natural light all day and a stone fireplace anchoring the room.
A wall of glass into the treetops. Clyde E. Woods oriented these windows north so the living room glows with indirect light from morning to evening, and every fall the leaves change right outside.
Living room to dining room in one continuous space wrapped in glass and trees, with the two-sided stone and wood fireplace defining the rooms while keeping them open. Organic modern design in Indianapolis.
Room to gather. The living room's scale, hardwood floors and windows on two sides make it easy to host a crowd, or settle in with a jazz record and watch the woods.
Stacked stone meets dark wood at the fireplace, a material palette from the organic modern tradition of Bruce Goff and E. Fay Jones, with the woods framed in the windows beyond.
Gallery-worthy walls and long sightlines run from the living room back to the orange front door. Open, light and ready for a midcentury collector's furniture and art.
Living room with the statement stone fireplace and its textured mosaic panel, original architectural details from 1967 that give the Woods House its character.
The see-through stone fireplace opens to both the living and dining rooms, with the updated kitchen beyond. Original stone hearth, custom ironwork and hardwood floors.
Two-sided fireplace detail: stacked stone, raised stone hearth and the original dark wood surround with textured mosaic inlay. A one-of-one architectural moment in Butler-Tarkington.
Dining area open to the updated kitchen, with a geometric pendant overhead and corner windows pulling the trees inside.
Dining room with a picture window into the canopy and a door straight out to the covered balcony in the treetops. Dinner here feels like dining in a treehouse.
Updated kitchen with granite counters, breakfast bar, stainless appliances and mosaic tile backsplash, open to the dining room across the bar exactly as the architect designed it.
Kitchen windows look straight into the trees. Granite counters, an oversized sink, stainless appliances and generous cabinetry make this a kitchen for real cooking.
Kitchen, dining and living in one view, with the orange balcony door and stone fireplace beyond. The open plan Clyde E. Woods drew in 1967 still feels modern today.
Dining room bathed in light from the window wall, with the two-sided fireplace and living room just beyond. Easy flow for entertaining.
Breakfast bar seating for four, granite surfaces and updated cabinetry. The kitchen connects to the dining room across the bar, keeping the cook in the conversation.
The open staircase descends from the main level to the walk-out lower level, where all three bedrooms sit tucked into the hillside among the trees.
Laundry room that doubles as a mudroom off the front entry, with a shortcut to the kitchen, built-in cabinetry and the original patterned glass panel.
The family room Clyde E. Woods added in 1974: a recessed wood pyramid ceiling with skylight crowns a room made for gatherings, with windows to the woods and a door to the patio.
Under the wood pyramid ceiling, the 1974 family room offers flexible space for lounging, dining, a studio or play, with a hallway leading straight to the attached garage.
Family room with its geometric patterned floor and wood ceiling. The Woods family simply called it "the room": birthday parties, records playing and decades of memories happened here.
The family room's dry bar and built-in cabinetry sit beneath the soaring wood pyramid ceiling, with a dining area by the windows. Ready for game nights, entertaining or a home office.
Built-in dry bar with cabinetry and counter beneath a wide window. Original patterned flooring adds authentic midcentury character.
The floating staircase with slim iron balusters leads down to the lower-level bedrooms and a full bath.
A double-height stairwell with an open, floating staircase, one of the home's most dramatic architectural moments. The bedrooms open off the lower hall.
Primary bedroom on the walk-out lower level with a large window into the trees. Quiet, private and sheltered by the hillside.
Primary suite with a mirrored walk-in closet and private bath. Every bedroom in the Woods House sits among the trees on the lower level, a rare and deliberate plan.
Primary bedroom with room for a king bed and nightstands, dark-tone floors and soft natural light.
The primary bedroom opens toward its private bath and a view of the yard. A calm retreat a short walk from Butler University.
Updated primary bath with a walk-in glass shower, stone-look vanity top and LED-lit mirror.
Primary bath walk-in shower with glass enclosure and handheld shower head, updated for today.
Lower-level bedroom with a sliding door straight out to the wooded backyard. The architect's daughter remembers spring Saturdays napping here with the door open to the trees.
Behind double doors at the foot of the floating staircase, this flexible bedroom also works beautifully as a study or office, with direct access to the yard.
Updated full bath on the bedroom level with a long vanity, wide mirror and soft blue walls.
Tub and shower with crisp white tile, built-in niche and rain-style shower head.
Third bedroom with a statement accent wall and a window framing the hillside. Built into the hill, this room has sheltered three generations of the Woods family.
Third bedroom with a full-wall closet and dark-tone floors, ready for guests, a nursery or a home office.
Covered balcony in the treetops, off the dining room. Morning coffee, dinners outside and squirrels close enough to say hello: the treehouse life the Woods family loved for 59 years.
Covered balcony in the treetops with a full stone wall, a built-in stone grill space and deep eaves overhead. Grill out above the ravine. Stone and wood, inside and out, define this organic modern home.
Private wooded ravine lot of about 0.28 acre, with terraced timber walls and mature trees on every side. Rare privacy this close to Butler University and 56th & Illinois.
Arrival: a footbridge leads to the bold orange front door, framed by vertical wood siding and stone. The house sits into the land, just as Clyde E. Woods intended.
Deep eaves overhang the sheltered lower-level walk-out, with the wooded ravine stretching beyond.
The rear elevation reveals the full design: one level at the street, a walk-out lower level to the trees, deep overhangs and the signature conical roof peaks.
From the backyard, the house rises from the ravine in stone, wood and glass, with the covered balcony set among the trees. Architect-designed midcentury modern in Washington Township.
Stone and glass at the family room patio, sheltered by a deep roof overhang. A side door brings friends straight in from the yard.
Sweeping pyramidal rooflines and stone walls among mature trees: the Woods House, a 1967 Clyde E. Woods design in north Butler-Tarkington, Indianapolis 46208, with an attached 2-car garage.
The conical roof peaks, inspired by Japanese architecture, have made this home a neighborhood landmark for decades. A true original among Indianapolis midcentury modern homes.
Aerial view of the lot, outlined in red, under a full canopy of mature trees in north Butler-Tarkington.
Butler University sits just minutes from the home, a short walk to Hinkle Fieldhouse, the Sellick Bowl and campus events.
Butler University and the downtown Indianapolis skyline beyond, with the home marked among the trees. City access with the privacy of a wooded ravine lot.
Tree-lined streets and established homes in Butler-Tarkington, a storied north side Indianapolis neighborhood.
Butler athletics and campus life minutes from the door, with the downtown skyline on the horizon.
The Central Canal and its towpath wind nearby, a favorite route for walking, running and biking to Broad Ripple and beyond.
The Central Canal Towpath, minutes from the home, links to Broad Ripple Village and miles of trail.
Between the Central Canal, Butler University and the shops at 56th & Illinois, daily life sits within a short walk or bike ride.
Home marked in red: close to the Central Canal Towpath, Butler University and the downtown skyline, with the seclusion of a wooded ravine lot.
Lower level floor plan: primary bedroom with private bath, two additional bedrooms, a second full bath and the floating staircase. All three bedrooms sit on the walk-out level.
Full floor plan of the Woods House: an open main level with the architect's 1974 family room addition, and a walk-out lower level holding all three bedrooms.
Main level floor plan: living room, dining room, kitchen, family room, covered deck, laundry/mudroom and foyer flowing as one open space, as Clyde E. Woods designed it in 1967.
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252 W Beverly Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46208

$425,000

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3 Beds 2 Full 1 Half Bath 2317 sq ft 1 Day on Market

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For the first time in 59 years, the Woods House is offered for sale. Indianapolis architect Clyde E. Woods designed this midcentury modern in 1967 for his own family, and it has never left their hands. Drawing on Japanese architecture and the organic modernism of Bruce Goff, Paul Rudolph and E. Fay Jones, Woods set the house into the hillside of a wooded ravine in north Butler-Tarkington, under sweeping pyramidal rooflines, deep eaves, stone and wood. It belongs to the land. His daughter, who grew up here, calls it a literal treehouse. A footbridge carries you to the front door. The main level opens as one flowing space, decades ahead of its time; a stone fireplace and a long living room with north-facing glass windows across the entire back wall, placed by design for soft, even light all day. Every fall, the leaves change right outside. The dining room steps onto a balcony in the treetops, and a laundry/mudroom is set off the entry gives easy access to the kitchen. A floating two-story open staircase, rising through a double-height space, descends to all three bedrooms on the walk-out lower level, a rare plan that gives every room the trees and the quiet shelter of the hillside: a primary suite with walk-in closet, a study-ready bedroom with its own sliding door to the yard, two full baths. Updated kitchen and baths, the architect's 1974 family room with recessed wood pyramid ceiling, ...

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