Herron-Morton Place Commercial Pest Control Specialists
From converted-mansion law offices on North Alabama to Herron School-adjacent art studios, East 22nd Street small-batch kitchens, neighborhood churches, and the walk-ups between 16th and 22nd — we service the preservation-district commercial fabric the national chains underserve.
- ✓ Licensed & Insured
- ✓ Marion County Technicians
- ✓ Aprehend® Certified
- ✓ 100% Commercial Focus
We service the preservation district — building by building.
Herron-Morton Place runs on buildings most of the metro's pest companies have never learned to treat correctly. Pre-1920 mansions converted to law firms, medical practices, architecture studios, and small professional services — each with original brick exteriors, decades-layered framing, basement office conversions, and pest entry points a template-driven national chain simply doesn't know to check. The district's historic-preservation status means you can't just tear into a wall to run treatment — you work around the fabric of the building.
Add the Herron School of Art & Design adjacency and you pick up a working creative community: small-batch kitchens on East 22nd, artist studios in converted carriage houses and garden apartments, and the gallery-adjacent commercial spaces on College Avenue. Add the churches and walk-up multifamily along North Pennsylvania and North Delaware, and the commercial mix is real — just not one that fits a national chain's service template.
We're a small, owner-operated commercial-only team. Your Herron-Morton office, kitchen, studio, or walk-up gets the same in-house ProTech tech every visit. Preservation-aware treatment approaches, documentation that satisfies both Marion County Public Health Department and the historic district preservation rules when applicable, and an owner you can text directly.
Built around the district's actual commercial mix.
Professional offices in converted mansions. Small emerging kitchens. Art studios and creative spaces. Neighborhood churches and event venues. Walk-up multifamily. The real commercial fabric of the preservation district.
Converted-mansion law firms and medical practices along North Delaware, North Pennsylvania, and North Alabama. Client-aware, appointment-sensitive IPM that works around patient and client hours.
Architecture studios, design firms, small accounting practices, and consultancies operating out of historic mansion conversions. Discreet service during business hours or off-hours.
East 22nd Street emerging kitchen row, small cafes, neighborhood coffee operators. German roach and drain fly programs built for basement-served kitchens in pre-war buildings.
Herron School-adjacent artist studios, converted carriage houses, garden-apartment creative spaces, and small galleries. Stored-product pest monitoring for paper, canvas, and fabric inventory.
Neighborhood churches, wedding-rental sanctuaries, and converted-church event spaces. Pre-event IPM, old-foundation rodent exclusion, bird-issue remediation on historic facades.
Pre-war walk-ups and mansion-conversion multifamily along the 1700-2200 blocks. Stacked-unit roach programs, coordinated Aprehend® bed bug response.
Small-portfolio Herron-Morton landlords — the operator with three mansion conversions and a walk-up. Coordinated common-area and tenant-space programs, preservation-aware approach.
Arts non-profits, neighborhood associations, and foundations operating out of converted-mansion office space. IPM built around tight operating budgets without sacrificing documentation.
We service every commercial vertical in the preservation district — small galleries, ceramic studios, frame shops, boutique fitness, wellness practices, tutoring centers, and event-rental venues. If you operate a commercial address between 16th and 22nd, College and Pennsylvania, we can help.
Every commercial pest service Herron-Morton operators need.
All commercial — no residential side-jobs. So when a patient notices mouse droppings in the waiting-room baseboard at your converted-mansion medical practice, you reach a real commercial tech — not a call-center queue.
Commercial Bed Bug Treatment with Aprehend®
Aprehend® is an EPA-registered biopesticide that eliminates bed bugs and their eggs without the prep, evacuation, or heat treatment traditional methods require. Critical for Herron-Morton walk-up landlords and short-term rental operators where unit downtime means lost bookings or lost rent. Thin, near-invisible band along baseboards and harborage points — bed bugs contact it, die over 5-10 days, eggs included.
- ✓No room evacuation required
- ✓Kills eggs + adult bed bugs
- ✓Protection lasts up to 3 months
- ✓Preservation-district friendly — no heat treatment damage to historic fabric
All-pest programs sized for converted-mansion offices, small kitchens, art studios, and walk-ups across the preservation district.
View service →Prevention-first programs built around historic buildings, client-facing offices, and the emerging East 22nd food corridor.
View service →Pre-1920 brick foundation rodent programs. Mortar-gap sealing, foundation perimeter exclusion, basement-window exclusion, tamper-resistant exterior baiting.
View service →German roach gel baiting in basement-served kitchens and walk-up stacks. Coordinated treatment when shared plumbing drives tenant-to-tenant cascade.
View service →Drain fly source-tracing in basement kitchen floor drains — the #1 fly call we get from Herron-Morton food operators. Bio-enzymatic treatment at the breeding source, not aerosol knockdown.
View service →Odorous house ants dominate the district — non-repellent baiting that clears supercolonies. Carpenter ant treatment in original wood framing with targeted injection.
View service →Century-old wood framing in Herron-Morton mansions and walk-ups drives heavy carpenter ant pressure. Moisture source diagnosis plus gallery injection.
View service →Pre-war wood sill plates throughout the district — active subterranean termite pressure. Monitoring, soil treatments, and retrofit programs appropriate for historic fabric.
View service →Pigeon and starling exclusion for Victorian and Italianate facades, decorative cornices, and church steeples. Custom netting and discreet spike installation that respects historic aesthetics.
View service →Bats, raccoons, and squirrels in the attic spaces of converted mansions and walk-ups. Structural exclusion with one-way doors, not relocation traps.
View service →Art studio paper and canvas storage, small-batch food operators on East 22nd, church pantry and food-bank dry goods. Inventory-walk inspections and IGR treatment.
View service →Pre-client-meeting office pest sightings, mid-service kitchen roach discoveries, pre-wedding church pest issues — commercial emergency response from a real technician.
View service →What Herron-Morton operators actually face.
Pest pressure for the preservation district — what we see on service calls, by building type and by corridor.
Every mansion conversion and walk-up in Herron-Morton over 80 years old has mortar-joint and foundation-penetration mouse entry points. Fall migration (October–February) is severe. Exterior exclusion on the frontage and alley sides matters more than interior traps.
Century-old wood framing with moisture damage from old roof flashing, masonry wicking, and original window caulk drives heavy carpenter ant pressure. They colonize joists, door framing, and sill plates. Treatment requires inspection, moisture remediation, and gallery injection.
Basement kitchens with original cast-iron floor drains are the #1 drain fly source in Herron-Morton commercial space. Biofilm in century-old pipes breeds flies constantly — surface spray never reaches it. We brush, foam, and bio-enzymatically treat the actual drain.
Lower volume than Mass Ave or Broad Ripple but consistent. Walk-up turnover and Herron School-adjacent student rentals drive steady bed bug calls. Aprehend® lets landlords keep units rentable through treatment.
Historic facades with decorative details are pigeon-loafing magnets and starling-nesting heaven. Visible droppings damage historic stonework and brick over time. Custom netting and discreet spike installation — preservation-aware, not just brute force.
OHAs form supercolonies in pre-war brick voids. Wrong product (repellent spray) fragments them into multiple budding populations and makes things worse — we only use non-repellent baits in the district.
Spring swarms (March–May) reveal active termite pressure throughout Herron-Morton. Century-old sill plates and original framing have been accumulating exposure for generations. Monitoring stations and targeted soil treatment — appropriate for preservation fabric.
Little brown bats and big brown bats colonize old attic spaces in Herron-Morton — common in mansion conversions where the attic access is sealed but structural gaps in the soffit, fascia, or ridge line remain. One-way exclusion doors during appropriate seasonal windows.
Herron-Morton pest pressure runs mouse-heavy year-round with peak indoor migration October through February, carpenter ant activity reveals itself April through August, drain fly pressure stays steady year-round in basement-served kitchens, termite swarms peak March–May, and bird pressure on historic facades is year-round with nesting spike April through July. Planning service against that rhythm — and around the district's preservation constraints — is how we keep Herron-Morton operators ahead of issues.
What Herron-Morton operators get with us — and don't get with national chains.
100% Commercial
No residential side-jobs. Every hour of our week is commercial pest management — so the judgment calls on converted-mansion offices, basement-served kitchens, and walk-up stacks are built for Herron-Morton operators, not homeowners.
Preservation-Aware Treatment
Historic-district buildings can't take the blunt-instrument treatment approaches national chains default to. Our Herron-Morton protocols assume decorative plaster, original millwork, historic window assemblies, and brick facades you can't drill into — treatment methods respect the fabric of the building.
Aprehend® Bed Bug Specialist
Heat treatment is a terrible option in historic buildings — it damages wood finishes, loosens veneer glue, and can warp original window frames. Aprehend® gives Herron-Morton operators an effective bed bug solution without the collateral damage to the building.
Marion County Health Dept-Ready
For the East 22nd Street kitchens, coffee operators, and emerging food corridor, every service generates the documentation Marion County Public Health Department inspectors actually want to see. Pull it up in two clicks.
No Subcontractors
Every Herron-Morton service call is handled by an in-house ProTech technician. Same face, same notes, same accountability. No regional manager three states away with a rotating sub roster.
Small-Operator Pricing Honesty
We don't try to sell the solo architecture practice the same program we run for a 200-employee corporate office. Herron-Morton operators get programs sized for their actual operating reality — and we tell you the truth about what you need.
How we protect your Herron-Morton business.
On-Site Inspection
We walk your space — office floor, client-facing areas, kitchen (if applicable), basement, attic access, roof, original window and door assemblies, foundation perimeter. Map conducive conditions specific to your pre-war Herron-Morton building.
Custom Pest Plan
Treatment selection, service frequency, and reporting format built around your vertical, your client-facing schedule, the building's historic fabric, and the specific pressure your Herron-Morton address actually faces.
Targeted Treatment
Low-toxicity, preservation-aware products in the right places — not fogged across client-facing offices or art studios. Scheduled around your appointment calendar, not ours.
Monitoring & Reporting
Ongoing monitoring stations, every-visit documentation, trend tracking, and Marion County Health Department-ready reports for food tenants. You always know what we did and why — and the documentation is there when you need it.
Commercial operators across the preservation district.
Our law firm is in a converted 1890s mansion on North Delaware. We had mice coming through the original baseboards and the previous pest company just put out snap traps. ProTech found the mortar-gap entry points on the foundation, sealed them, and we haven't had a sighting in a year. Real diagnosis instead of just reaction.
Our East 22nd Street cafe had drain flies that wouldn't go away — another company sprayed for months and they kept coming back within the week. ProTech traced it to a basement floor drain we'd stopped using, foamed it, and the flies disappeared. Should have called them first.
We manage three converted-mansion medical practices in the district. Preservation rules mean we can't do heat treatment for bed bugs, but Aprehend® has been our go-to whenever a patient brings them in. ProTech treats the room, documents it for our compliance file, and we're back in service the same day.
Herron-Morton sub-areas & nearby near-north neighborhoods.
From Herron-Morton Place we cover the entire preservation district plus the surrounding near-north Indy neighborhoods — all parented under our broader Indianapolis service area.
- East 16th Street Corridor
- East 22nd Street Corridor
- North Delaware Street
- North Pennsylvania Street
- North Alabama Street
- Talbott Street
- Broadway (north of 16th)
- North Central Avenue
- College Avenue (16th–22nd)
- East 18th Street
- East 19th Street
- East 20th Street
- East 21st Street
- Herron School of Art Block
- Morton Place Historic Core
- Herron Place Historic Core
- Bellefontaine Street (north)
- North New Jersey Street
- Ft. Wayne Avenue (north end)
- Park Avenue (north extension)
Commercial pest questions — Herron-Morton edition.
We operate a law firm out of a converted 1890s mansion. How do you handle pest treatment without damaging the historic fabric?
Our East 22nd Street cafe has a drain fly problem we can't shake. Why?
We have Herron School students renting one of our walk-up flats. Can you handle bed bugs without tearing up the unit?
Our church has pigeons roosting on the steeple and leaving droppings all over the front steps. What's the fix?
Do you work with small medical and dental practices in the mansion conversions?
We run an art studio out of a converted carriage house behind a mansion. Do we need pest management?
Can you coordinate pest service across multiple Herron-Morton properties we manage?
Talk to a Herron-Morton commercial pest specialist.
Tell us your building, your vertical, and what you're seeing — we'll put together a plan, a price, and a realistic timeline. No high-pressure sales, no call center, no forced contract.
- ✓Free on-site preservation-district inspection
- ✓Preservation-aware treatment methods
- ✓Marion County Health Dept-ready documentation