David Hedden House

ID: 1248 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections ~ Date: 1945

This file appears in: Hedden's Grove Neighborhood

David Hedden, one of New Albany's earliest merchants, built this handsome dwelling on a site overlooking the Ohio on Dewey Street in 1867. The total cost of construction reached $10,000.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections

This file appears in: Hedden's Grove Neighborhood

Hedden's Grove Neighborhood

By Alex Covington, Jacob Burress, Trish Nohalty & Tommy Skaggs

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