Agnes McCullough Hanna, "The Howe-Maxwell House," the second of two parts, Indianapolis (IN) Star, 1931 (no specific date noted), Reel 12, Local History Microfilm Collection, Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. In 1843, Dr. James Darwin Maxwell, son of Dr. David Hervey Maxwell and Mary Dunn, married Louisa (Dovie) Howe in this house. The only bridesmaid was Jane Nowland, youngest daughter of Matthias P. Nowland of Indianapolis. Miss Nowland made her home with the Howe family while she attended the female seminary. Ten children were born to the James Maxwell, and in spite of the fact that the grounds about the house were large and that through them ran a brook, Mrs. Maxwell said that when each of her four boys brought a companion to play, and the six little girls wanted space for their games, she felt the need of a farm at the very least. So the family went to the country where there was room to spare. The house they occupied a few miles from town has been made over into two large houses. When the children were grown, they came back to this house. Here Dr. David Hervey Maxwell came to spend his last years. He had been much interested in the development of the railroads and, as a man of vision, had hoped to see one come to Bloomington. From whispers and hushed sentences about him, he was convinced that the first train was about to enter the town, and he was ill! When he was left alone on that day in 1854, he got up from his bed, dressed himself and ran across the field between his home and the tracks and was present at the momentous entrance of the Monon train. This Dr. David Hervey Maxwell had written the constitution of our state with his own hand, and it may be seen to this day in our archives. In 1838, his son, Dr. James D. Maxwell, was elected to the board of Trustees of Indiana University.He saw it develop to the new and enlarged institution on its new campus. Maxwell Hall is named in honor of David Hervey and James Darwin Maxwell. His services were rendered with no financial reward. In this spacious house he and Mrs. Maxwell entertained twice each year the trustees and members of the faculty and their wives at dinner parties. Dr. James Darwin Maxwell was born in 1815 near Hanover, Indiana. Of his ten children, three daughters are living-Mrs. Allan B. Philputt of Indianapolis, Miss Juliette Maxwell, who resigned recently from the department of physical training at the university, and Miss Fannie Bell Maxwell, formerly an instructor at Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, Ill. Mrs. Grace Phiputt Young, his granddaughter, is a member of the department of Romance languages, of which her husband is head, at Indiana. This is a family that is tied intimately to our state and its university. This house, which was for many years connected with the town and college, still holds its place as it is now the home of the Burton Woolery post of the American Legion, many of whose members were graduated from the university, some of whom are attached to the university, and all of whom see and take part in its activities. A long life and happy one this How-Maxwell house has had in Bloomington, few can belong more closely to the community.