Fred and Vivian White Azbell moved into 1115 North Butler Avenue in 1936. Built in 1928, two previous families, the Stanleys and Vornholts, had already called the modern looking dwelling "home." Most of the houses in the 1100 block of North Butler Avenue were built in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The architectural style of this home was more reflective of those built in the 1940s and 1950s rather than the usual Tudor-Revival or bungalow of the 1920s. There was no front porch and in fact, the front facade hosted a false wall that followed the angle of the roofline. The Azbells eventually removed that feature so they could have a small open seating area by the front door. The couple would raise two children in the house and live along the block for decades.
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| Vivan Azbell stood with her parents, Pearl and T. Newtown White, in front of her new home at 1115 North Butler Avenue in 1936. |
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| Fred Azbell, dressed in his riding clothes, posed in front of his home at 1115 North Butler Avenue in 1938. |
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| Vivan Azbell, prepared for a ride in the country on her horse, stood in front of 1115 North Butler Avenue in 1938 |
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| 1115 North Butler Avenue c1938. Note the false wall that followed the front gable. |
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| 1115 North Butler Avenue in 2014. The false wall has been removed. |
The historic images are courtesy of Barbara Sanders.
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