The Parish House of St. Paul's Episcopal is over 150 years old. Aside from the solid structure and striking architecture, it's greatest importance is in the families who occupied this home and who have contributed so significantly to the history and culture to this area. From it's very beginning, this home had a number of associations with St. Paul's Episcopal.This structure (with a cupola tower which at the time provided a magnificent view of the Ohio River and surrounding area) was the first of three large houses built on Main Street in New Albany. It's still one of the oldest remaining homes in New Albany with a location at the east end of what's commonly known as "Mansion Row" which includes structures on Main Street between State and 15th Street, and Market Street between 7th and 11th Streets; since 1983. "Mansion Row" has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The design is "Italianate Tuscan Villa" architecture built during what is termed the "Eclectic Period" which assembled ideas from both Gothic and Greek revivals; it's the same style as the neighboring house on the west side (1003 E. Main) designed by Samuel Sloan (1815-1864), one of the leading Philadelphia-based architects of the mid-nineteenth century. It was built in 1851 for Victor A(dolphus) Pepin,Jr. (1814-1864) and his wife Lucetta Woodruff (1819-1891)-married in 1840. Pepin was an officer of the first bank of New Albany

Owners of 1015 E. Main Street in New Albany; Spring of 1855 construction completed

1856- Phineas and Cornelia Kent

1859- Randall and Hannah Crawford

1865- John and Mary Ford

1880- Newland and Carrie DePauw

1914- Peter and Johanna Klerner

1951- The People of St. Paul's Episcopal, New Albany

Although the Culberson Mansion has had it's sightings of the ghost of Cornelia Culbertson, the second wife of William Culbertson, for whom he built the home, our own ghost Stella (Stella L. Klerner) appears more of a legend of ghostly apparitions in the Parish House as at his point, there are no confirmed witnesses as of recent memory. Over 177 years years after the founding of New Albany, on February 27,1951 the Vestry (under Rector George T. Mackey) purchased this home as it's new Parish House for 20,000 from the Heirs of of Peter Klerner. At the time, the home was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pickens and her sister Miss Stella Klerner who planned to move to the Klerner Farm following the sale. On April 15th 1951, the house was dedicated as St. Paul's Episcopal Parish House. In 1951, the Indiana Diocesan Convention was held at St. Paul's proudly utilizing the newly acquired Parish House.

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