Saturday, June 30, 2012

Craftsman Stunner on Beechwood Avenue

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Irvington has an amazing diversity of housing stock.  Grand Italianate villas sit near small post-World War II cottages, and then there is 5...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

A Deal Near for Historic Building?

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The Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission reports that Tharp Investments has asked for another continuance until August.  The firm...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Chaille's Shoes Operated During Much of the Twentieth Century

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Howard L. Chaille (1890-1963) opened his first shoe business, a repair shop, in the 1920s at 9 North Ritter Avenue.  In 1935,  he began sell...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

The Missing Tooth--A House Reemerges From the Grave 36 Years Later

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Sometimes when you are a historian, you get sent into directions you never imagined.  For instance, when local Irvington resident, Kent Hank...
Friday, June 22, 2012

The Phelps Family Moves into the Wheeler Home--1954

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For the past week, we have been celebrating the centennial of the Wheeler Home (5317 Lowell Avenue).  Clifton and Hilah Drake Wheeler saw to...
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Monday, June 18, 2012

Clifton Wheeler--Noted Artist, Muralist, Teacher

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For the past several days, we have been celebrating the centennial anniversary of 5317 Lowell Avenue.  Clifton and Hilah Drake Wheeler built...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

The Talented Wheeler Women of Lowell Avenue

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I ask you to remember the ladies...                Abigail Adams to her husband, John Adams Two very talented ladies dwelled at 5317 Lowe...