Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Brick Double, Fletcher Place

There are so many special buildings and places to love in Fletcher Place, but this one is a standout, as it is so unusual compared to other homes in the area. The earliest listing for...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Indianapolis’ First Public Schools, Part Two

Reader’s Question:  In your recent article on schools, I did not see any information about the Calvin Fletcher School.  Wasn’t it one of IPS’s earliest grade schools?  ~ Peggy H., Indianapolis HI’s Answer: In the previous Mailbag column...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Wood Lawn and Fletcher Place

Reader’s Question:  I am interested in the history of Wood Lawn, Calvin Fletcher’s farm.  By all accounts, the Fletchers came to Indianapolis in the 1820s, and the land that had been their home was known as Fletcher...

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Posted in: In the Park In The Park: Edna Balz Lacy Family Park

Lacy Park is located at 700 Greer Street in the Fletcher Place neighborhood. Nestled into the quiet corner of Greer and East streets lies Edna Balz Lacy Park.  This two-acre neighborhood park in Fletcher Place...

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Posted in: Vintage Flats Flats Saved: Virginia Avenue

Renna, 1912, Bass Photo Co., courtesy Indiana Landmarks What’s your favorite bar or shop on Virginia Avenue?  Chances are it’s a two-story building that used to contain flats or rooms for rent on the second...

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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: Vintage Flats Flats Saved: the L’Avon

What’s your favorite flatiron building downtown? This apartment building is a potential contender–one of the oldest apartment buildings in Indianapolis. Six years after the Blacherne was constructed, the L’Avon was built in 1901 at 615...

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Posted in: Vintage Flats Flats Saved: Fletcher Avenue

Due to the large population increase of downtown in 1890-1920, the addition of apartments was absolutely necessary; Fletcher Place was one neighborhood that built flats very early during this increase. The irregularly shaped Fletcher Place...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Standard Oil Company, Indianapolis

This one is doing my head in a bit, but it’s located at 802 Lord Street, in Fletcher Place–and you can see it from I-65 if you’re looking for it. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: IOOF Lodge and John Koch Furniture / Interstate 65-70, 824-30 Virginia Avenue

Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, William H. Bass Photo Company Collection, Neg. 35980-F John Koch’s furniture store occupied this ca. 1900 brick building located between Fountain Square and Fletcher Place for over five decades....

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Posted in: Building Language Building Language: Muntin

Steel windows with muntins, Virginia Avenue State Bank building, 630 Virginia Avenue Muntin. I was recently asked about this architectural term and figured it would be a great one to feature for today’s Building Language....

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Posted in: WTH WTH Weds: The Forbidden Cottage

You haven’t stumbled across an ancient Chinese palace. It is a cottage in Fletcher Place, which happens to have a very imposing craftsman gateway structure. This wouldn’t necessarily be a problem, but the cottage is...

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