A Room with a View – Eden-Talbott House
Scraping away an iced up window from a Delaware Street apartment building reveals the Eden-Talbott...
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In The Park: Babe Denny Park
This fall, over half a million football fans dressed in their blue and white finest will visit...
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At Your Leisure: At the Museum
John Herron Art Institute as it appeared in 1906. (Image: eBay) The Indianapolis Museum of Art is...
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Sunday Prayers: Horner-Terrill Home
The Horner-Terrill home, located at the southwest corner of Emerson and Brookville, was built in...
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Sunday Prayers: the Shortridge-Voss house (1301 Broadway)
“A country whose buildings are of wood can never increase in its improvements to any considerable...
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Sunday Prayers: 2015 N. Senate Ave.
We meet again, plywood. Once more you grace the windows of an aged Victorian. Though you mark a...
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Sunday Prayers: 619 E. New York St.
Homeowner Krsana Henry was devastated when she first walked through 619 E. New York St. Only weeks...
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Then & Now: 1841 N. Delaware Street
The Milnor sisters in 1909 Attics, storage trunks and second hand shops throughout Indianapolis...
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Sunday Prayers: 1415 Olive St.
(photo by Dawn Olsen) Charm. It’s one thing this gambrel-roofed property still has, despite the...
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WTH Wednesday: STOP in the Name of…
What a coincidence that the predominant shape discernible here just happens to correlate with the...
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HI Mailbag: The Henderson Motor Car Company
Reader’s Question: Do you have any information, URLs, or other references that might assist...
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WTH Wednesday: Beige Monopoly Hotel
No need to drone on endlessly here: it’s beige; it’s tall; it’s got a...
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Sunday Prayers: 430 N. Walcott
(photo by Dawn Olsen) Lloyd D. Hammond was a working man. He was a travel agent for at least a...
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Friday Favorite: Saving Old Housing Stock
2515 North Broadway For those of us who are both sentimental and care for the aesthetics of...
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HI Mailbag: Indianapolis’ Upside-Down House
Reader’s Question: Do you know where I could locate a photo of an upside-down house that was...
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WTH Wednesday: Neopolitan Spice
This little feast for the eyes immediately brought to mind a box of Neopolitan ice cream…you...
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Room With a View: Riley’s Lockerbie Street
Birthday of beloved Hoosier, James Whitcomb Riley is just 5 days away (born 7 October1849). In his...
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Building Language: Italian Renaissance
Italian Renaissance residence on North Meridian Street at 46th Street Italian Renaissance. Another...
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Building Language: Shingles
Shingles. Although this architectural term should be well-known to most, I thought I’d explore...
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Building Language: Infill
Infill. If you live in a locally designated historic district, today’s Building Language term...
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