Posted in: Then & Now Then & Now: 1400 Block of Delaware

A neighborhood is not just a collection of houses in one geographic area. It’s part of the identity of those who live there. It’s a patchwork quilt of stories–to the city, state and families. It...

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Posted in: A Room with a View A Room with a View – Eden-Talbott House

Scraping away an iced up window from a Delaware Street apartment building reveals the Eden-Talbott House, now home to a local law firm. Just north of 13th on North Delaware Street, the Eden-Talbott home was built...

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Posted in: Penny Post Penny Post: Hugh J. McGowan’s Residence

Hugh J. McGown’s Residence, Indianapolis, Ind. The turrets and spires of architect William LeBaron Jenney’s chateau made for one of the most grand homes that made up Indianapolis’ “Gold Coast” in the 1300 block of...

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Posted in: What’s in a Name? What’s in a Name – The Kemper, Pierson-Griffiths, or Wedding Cake House

Kemper House or (Pierson-Griffiths House) Location:  St. Joseph Historic District, Delaware Street Right Reverend. Jackson Kemper, Indiana first Episcopal Bishop Charles Clark Pierson, the owner of a dental supply company originally built this house as...

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Posted in: WTH WTH: You Haven’t Heard?

It’s fairly common throughout the city–houses that have seen better times–and of course, there are as many reasons as houses. A small selection of such homes have been featured in this space for just shy...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Paving Over The Past

(photo by Dawn Olsen) The intersection of South and Delaware streets wasn’t exactly paradise … but it was paved and made into a parking lot. Several parking lots, in fact. Though the lots are used...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Ad: Cajun meets Birdseye view Artists

This vintage advert for the Edward Mason Company (circa 1910?) at the southwest corner of Wabash and Delaware Streets shows a building that luckily still stands, now home to  a “Southern” restaurant called Miguel’s. Elsewhere...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then & Now: 1424 Delaware, Old Northside

If you’ve ever been on North Delaware Street, across the street from the Harrison Center for the Arts, you might notice the B&B that looks like an old-fashioned fortress/ castle. Immediately south of that imposing...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: 10 North Delaware

This sweet little brick commercial building at 10 North Delaware Street sorta breaks my heart. Clearly this is quite a vintage building, clearly it has ‘survived’ many a decade, clearly…not gracefully. Keep your eyes on...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Favorite Fridays: Wishard Estate

For those of us who are overly sentimental and who also happen to live in historic homes, it seems a common practice–maybe even a point of pride–to refer to the home not with the surname...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Preservation Denied: 1305 North Delaware Street

Concluding Preservation Month at HI, we examine one of the biggest residential architectural murders perpetrated upon the citizenry of Indianapolis. It’s hard not to wince when passing the northeast corner of 13th and Delaware, knowing that...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Herron-Morton Place connection to California

1928 N. Delaware St. before renovation Who doesn’t love learning about a home’s past and its former inhabitants. Usually the journey starts with someone wanting an “original” photograph of their house as it was when it...

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