If Walls Could Talk

Sometime in the mid-1950s, Indianapolis Public Schools teacher, Barret Diehl, heard that the city of Indianapolis was removing the stone blocks in between the interurban tracks on East Washington Street in Irvington. For ten cents a stone, local residents could dig up the stones and use them on their property. Mr. Diehl laid the blocks for his driveway and built a lovely wall at the rear of his home and along the alley behind 336 North Audubon Road. Over sixty years later, Mr. Diehl's stone wall still stands.

Stone wall constructed from pavers formerly in between the interurban tracks on East Washington Street (Behind 336 North Audubon Road)

Stone Wall behind 336 North Audubon Road

Information for this story is courtesy of Judy Niedenthal.