Vintage Irvington

      Four years after the end of World War II, the city of Indianapolis faced a housing shortage. Prices for existing homes remained out of...

      Throughout 1937 and 1938, a photographer from the Bass Photo Company documented the construction of the new International Harvester fa...

      They gathered under a beautiful shade tree at the intersection of South Drexel and Young Avenues each race-day weekend for the unoffic...

On Friday, June 4, 1965, a member of the Indianapolis Police Department arrived in Irvington to document some of the larger potholes around...

Irvington has gone through many changes over the years. The neighborhood began as an exclusive enclave, morphed into a college town, and by ...

One of the most intriguing and unusual homes in Irvington is located at 380 South Emerson Avenue. Likely built in 1907 for Elmer and Luella ...

Dr. Daniel Shimer Adams and Ruth Brown Adams moved into the large house at 59 North Irvington Avenue in 1924. The 48-year-old ear, nose, and...

As more people purchased automobiles in the 1920s and 1930s, they enjoyed venturing out into the countryside and into nearby villages.  A po...

The Shimer family predates Irvington.  Elias and Mahala Dunn Shimer purchased 240 acres of farmland along the Brookville Road in 1829.  They...

Charles Dorn, a popular Irvington grocer, operated a Standard Grocery Store on the northwest corner of Brookville Road and Grand Avenue. In ...

Charles Dorn operated a small Standard Grocery store on the northwest corner of Brookville Road and Grand Avenue. (just east of South Emerso...