Selma Neubacher Steele

Selma Neubacher Steele
Born
Selma Laura Neubacher

October 21, 1870[1]
Indianapolis, Indiana
DiedAugust 28, 1945(1945-08-28) (aged 74)
Indianapolis
Resting placeBrown County, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPratt Institute
Occupation(s)art educator, writer
Known forLandscaped grounds and gardens at
T. C. Steele State Historic Site
Spouse(s)T. C. Steele (1846–1926), married 1907–26
Parent(s)Ludwig (Louis) Neubacher
Margaret Berg Neubacher

Selma Neubacher Steele (October 21, 1870 – August 28, 1945) was an American educator and writer from Indiana who was the second wife of Hoosier Group artist T. C. Steele. She is best remembered for her efforts to landscape the grounds and establish the gardens at the House of the Singing Winds, the Steele home and studio in Brown County, Indiana. It 1945 she donated the property to the Indiana Department of Conservation to established the T. C. Steele State Historic Site. Her remains are buried beside her husband's in the T. C. Steele Memorial Cemetery at the state historic site near Belmont, Brown County, Indiana.

  1. ^ The U.S. census and the headstone at her gravesite at the T. C. Steele State Historic Site in Brown County, Indiana, incorrectly indicate the year of her birth was 1872. See "Selma Newbacher Steele (1872–1945)" in Judith Vale Newton and Carol Ann Weiss (2004). Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press. p. 360, footnote 105. ISBN 0871951770.