served as its vice president. Fesler was especially known for frequently hosting private chamber music concerts performed by renowned musical groups at her Indianapolis home. She also became acquainted with numerous musicians, including Alexander Schnieder, who collaborated with pianist Eugene Istomin at one of her annual concert events. Death and legacy Fesler died at her home in Indianapolis on December 28, 1960. Her remains are interred at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Evans Woollen III considered Fesler to be Indianapolis's "first lady of the arts." The Marmon Memorial Collection, which she began in the mid-1940s, remains intact at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Blanche Stillson, who knew Fesler well, wrote that her longtime friend had "an intuitive appreciation of quality." Fesler's "keen eye" and generous donations brought what Ellen Lee, an Indianapolis Museum of Art curator called "the bones of a great collection" to Indianapolis. The Herron Art Institute's Paul Cret-designed building, constructed in 1928 from funding that Fesler provided, and Fesler Hall, the three-story modern building designed by Evans Woollen III that was funded through a Fesler bequest and completed in 1962, are still standing. The two historic buildings serve as the campus for the present-day Herron High School. The Ensemble Music Society continues to operate in Indianapolis. It's 2018–2019 season marks the 75th anniversary of its founding. Honors and tributes In 1961, to honor Caroline Marmon Fesler, the Indianapolis Museum of Art mounted a memorial exhibition, "Tribute to Caroline Marmon Fesler, Collector: Exhibition of Paintings, November 15 to December 17, 1961, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana." Notes References "Caroline Marmon Fesler" in Further reading External links "Alexander Schneider Papers, 1951-1960," at the Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis "Portrait of Caroline Marmon Fesler," a bronze memorial to Fesler’s contributions to the Herron art school and museum by David Kresz Rubins, Indianapolis Museum of Art "Revisiting the Fesler Collection with Roger Rosenblum," YouTube Caroline Marmon Fesler bequests, Indianapolis Museum of Art 1878 births 1960 deaths People from Indianapolis People from Richmond, Indiana Smith College alumni Indianapolis Museum of Art people