Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Book Recommendation

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      If you are looking for a great book to read that involves an Irvington family, then I can absolutely recommend Lost Rights: The Misadv...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Historic Horner House Visible in Shimer Family Photos

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      The Horner House located at 410 South Emerson Avenue has intrigued residents for years primarily because of its condition. No one has ...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Ladies Gathered on Former Church Steps

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      In 1909, the Presbyterians of Irvington worshipped in their newly-constructed brick church located at the intersection of Johnson and ...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Emerson Avenue Home Then and Now

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      Little has changed over the decades of the home located at 246 South Emerson Avenue. Likely built around 1909, the first residents wer...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

John T. Mahorney: Political Candidate, Businessman, Writer, and Inventor

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      Over the past several years, a few local historians have been researching Gertrude Mahorney, the first African-American in the state o...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Who Lived Here? The Schoenholtz Family

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      John Jacob Schoenholtz and his wife, Alma Glore Schoenholtz, moved into their beautiful Arts-and-Crafts-era home at 240 South Emerson ...
Monday, January 1, 2024

Many Changes to Emerson Avenue Home Over the Years

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      In the spring of 1903, Charles O. and Jessie Pearl Shimer sold several lots on Auvergne Avenue in southwestern Irvington for $5000. Mr...