Monday, September 22, 2025

The Goes of South Ritter Avenue

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      Hezekiah and Cornelia Goe arrived in Irvington in 1884. He was 47 and she was 36. They left their comfortable home and business in Ind...
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Monday, September 15, 2025

The Goes Hired an Architect for Their South Ritter Avenue Residence

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      Hezekiah and Cornelia Goe moved to Irvington in 1884. They first leased the Downey family home at 5433 University Avenue and then boug...
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Sunday, September 7, 2025

M.C. Goe Groceries and Notions--1905

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      Hezekiah and Margaretta Cornelia Farnsworth Goe moved to Irvington in 1884 to open one of the earliest groceries in the new town.  Mr....
Monday, September 1, 2025

A Layman Avenue Scene in 1962

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      Frank and Marie Widner frequently visited with their good friends, Louis (Bud) and Anna Lucille (Lucy) Downey of 315 North Layman Aven...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Lost Irvington: The Downey Home

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      Several wealthy families resided in the grand home that used to sit at 5433 University Avenue from 1874 until 1929 including the Downe...
Friday, August 22, 2025

A Walk Down East Washington Street in 1989

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         36 years ago, Robert Phelps, who lived at 5317 Lowell Avenue, walked down East Washington Street on a sunny day in 1989 and snapped...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Family Moved Into an East Washington Street Cottage in the 1920s

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      In the summer of 1905, John Woodward purchased a lot in Irvington and erected a pretty cottage at 5858 East Washington Street. William...