Sunday, November 2, 2025

Emerson Avenue Home For Sale--1946

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       The Little Flower neighborhood sits to the north and west of Irvington. Many of the homes in the area date to the 1920s including the...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

South Ritter Avenue in the Late 1970s

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   Jimmy Carter was President of the United States and Otis Bowen was the Governor of Indiana. Disco dominated the airwaves in the late 1970...
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Thursday, October 9, 2025

Goe Family Photos Show Neighboring Houses on South Ritter Avenue

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      Often, when searching for historic photos of a house, we try to find descendants of various homeowners, but sometimes you can also fin...
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...