Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: The Prail/Haley Cottage, 1106 E. Ninth Street

When neighbors surveyed the near eastside Cottage Home Neighborhood in 1984, the house at 1106 E. Ninth Street was abandoned with the back door standing wide open. Despite the overgrown yard, extended lack of maintenance,...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Cottage Home Historic Neighborhood

We love historic neighborhoods and we know many of you do, too. So, it’s always fun when one of our historic neighborhoods offers a home tour, giving you the chance to wish, dream, admire or...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then & Now: Von Spreckelsen Cottage/Cottage Home Community Space 722 N. Highland Avenue

This charming Folk Victorian cottage was built at 722 N. Highland Avenue in the 1880s by carpenter John Amandus von Spreckelsen (1859-1933). The German-born carpenter came from a family of plaster workers, carpenters, and contractors....

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Posted in: Then & Now Then and Now: The Dorman Street Saloon (aka “The Hog”), 901 Dorman Street

The Dorman Street Saloon has a long and fabled history in Cottage Home Neighborhood on the near eastside. Variously known as Anacker’s Tavern, the 9th Street Tavern, The Mahogany Bar (shortened to “The Hog,” a...

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