Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Horner-Terrill Home

The Horner-Terrill home, located at the southwest corner of Emerson and Brookville, was built in 1875. It was vacant for nearly 20 years before homeowners Amanda and Eric Browning purchased the property in 2011. (photo...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Dear Katherine …

Dear Katherine, I hope this letter finds you. It was difficult to track you down. In fact, it was practically impossible. The directories listed you as “Catherine”—with a ‘C’—so I can only assume that this...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Dearborn Building

“Cheery” is a word I would use to describe a front-yard flower garden, not an abandoned building. But when it comes to the property at the corner of 10th and Dearborn, it’s hard to attach...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers The Multi-Family Italianate on Olive

You don’t even notice the house at first. It’s the lush, green thicket that catches your eye. The overgrown bushes, the heavy vines. The path to the alleyway that has been devoured by grass. Once your...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: the Shortridge-Voss house (1301 Broadway)

“A country whose buildings are of wood can never increase in its improvements to any considerable degree.” Thus spoke Thomas Jefferson. The quote, part of a discussion on the durability of architecture, appeared in Jefferson’s...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: 2015 N. Senate Ave.

 We meet again, plywood. Once more you grace the windows of an aged Victorian. Though you mark a property as uninhabited, you blend into the beige paint. I hardly notice you. No, I pay heed...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: A Community on Cottage

These doubles are located at 1726 Cottage Ave. and have been vacant for some time. The development, constructed circa 1922, was once a mildly upscale area for newly married couples to start their lives. (photo...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Readers’ Choice

It was my co-worker who posed the question. “So, you write about dilapidated properties, right?” “Yes,” I grinned, “and I’m always up for more ideas.” Historic Indianapolis appreciates and loves your comments, suggestions, and questions....

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: A Pair on South Park Avenue

421 S. Park Ave. (left) and 423 S. Park Ave. (right) are currently for sale. They were built in 1865 by William H. Loomis. (photo by Dawn ) We’re curious beings, humans. The “air of...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Westwood Country Club

Dilapidated Westwood Country Club, Speedway Indiana – Photo by Ryan Hamlett Nestled between 10th and 21st Streets on High School Road on the western edge of Speedway, what was once the Westwood Country Club sits...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: 3470 N. Meridian (Frontenac Apartments)

3470 N. Meridian, the Frontenac Apartments (photo by Dawn Olsen)“Is that a jail?” The query came from a curious youngster, a boy out for a walk with relatives. With one foot on the ground and...

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