Monday, May 25, 2015

A Grand Home Along East Washington Street

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Some of the most fashionable homes in Irvington sat along Washington Street. The founders of the community never envisioned that great avenu...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

The Stevenson Home Along Audubon Road

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Robert and Mary Stevenson moved into 275 South Audubon Road in 1915.  They rented the home from John R. Gray, a developer who built several ...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

The Stevensons Move to Irvington--1915

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Robert E. Stevenson and his wife Mary Pulver Stevenson moved to Irvington in 1915. They had eloped six years earlier to Benton Harbor, Michi...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Rare Photo of First Irvington Presbyterian Church c1917

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Mary and Robert Stevenson moved into Irvington in 1915.  The couple had married in 1909 and first dwelled in Muncie before moving to 275 Sou...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

East Side Treasure to be Destroyed

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Giant Eagle, Inc. has won its fight to demolish the historic St. John's United Church of Christ in nearby Cumberland. German immigrants ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Julian Avenue During World War II

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In the summer of 1942, American troops fought an intense battle at Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.  That small island struggle turned ou...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Memories of Julian Avenue

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Can you hear the laughter of children?  Can you hear the call of the train? Steve Lawton moved away from Irvington in 1945 when he was thr...