Vintage Irvington

        Last year the Irvington Historical Society acquired a recording of the dedication of I.P.S. #77 and then had it digitally converted ...

In 1949, the IPS School Board announced plans to replace the portable classrooms at 401 North Arlington Avenue with a brand new building to...

In 1932, the Indianapolis Public Schools constructed four adjoining portable classrooms with a t-shaped hallway connecting the classes at 40...

Leland and Anna Belle Dickerson moved into 322 North Ridgeview Drive in the early 1950s along with their two children, Linda and Robert. Ano...

Arlington Avenue could be a dangerous street even in 1942 so that is why School #77 commissioned patrol boys.  They helped to assist childre...

IPS #77 used to sit on the northeast corner of North Arlington and Pleasant Run Parkway.  (It is a charter school in 2012.)  In this image, ...

School #77 began on September 6, 1932, to help alleviate the crowding in nearby elementary schools.  With the development of neighborhoods n...

Mrs. Edith Green Forrest was a popular teacher and principal at School #77, a primary school located in the 400 block of North Arlington Ave...