Posted in: Misc Mondays Misc Monday: Twin Oaks Home & Garden Tour

At 555 Kessler Boulevard, West Drive, Lyman S. Ayres II and his wife, Isabel, built a Colonial Revival style home named “Twin Oaks” in 1941. The Ayres family moved into the house in January 1942,...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Early Indianapolis and Indiana Photography

With the help of smart phones, people have the ability to take decent quality photographs at a moment’s notice–quite different than 100 or so years ago. In today’s technologically advanced environment, it can be difficult to understand...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Residence at 1504 Park Avenue

Reader’s Question: My friends live in the Old Northside at 1504 N. Park Avenue. We think it may have been a Vonnegut-designed home and built at the same time as and by the same brick...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Indianapolis, Lilly Played Key Role in Ending U.S. Polio Epidemics

You Are There 1955: Ending Polio will be open at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in Indianapolis until Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013.  Mention you read this...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania A Brief History of Downtown Indy’s Canal

In the early 1800s, transportation and trade in Indiana and the United States as a whole was extremely limited.  People mainly traveled by foot, horseback, wagons pulled by animals or by water when possible.  Hoosiers...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Indianapolis Turnvereins

Reader’s Question:  When I was growing up, we were members of a gym called (I think) the Lincoln Turners. My dad’s side of the family was German, and I remember being told something about German...

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Posted in: A Room with a View A Room With A View – Circle Tower from the Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Circle Tower From the Observation Deck of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument One of the things I’ve taken away from the few weeks that I’ve been manning this feature, is how intertwined the origins of...

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Posted in: Heritage Steward Heritage Steward: George Hanlin

NAME: George Hanlin TITLE: Consultant FOR: FlashPoint SINCE? 2004 (before this I was an assistant editor at the Indiana Historical Society from 1993 to 2004) ORIGINALLY FROM? Pennville, Jay County, Indiana YOUR JOB DUTIES INCLUDE?...

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Posted in: Heritage Steward Heritage Steward: Ray E. Boomhower

NAME: Ray E. Boomhower TITLE: Senior Editor FOR: Indiana Historical Society Press SINCE? Started working at the Indiana Historical Society on May 26, 1987, as its public relations coordinator. Became editor of the IHS’s popular...

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Posted in: Heritage Steward Heritage Steward: Susan Sutton

NAME:  Susan Sutton TITLE:  Coordinator, Visual Reference Services  FOR:  Indiana Historical Society SINCE?  1986 ORIGINALLY FROM? Indiana YOUR JOB DUTIES INCLUDE? I help people find images of Indiana for a wide variety of projects. I...

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Posted in: A Room with a View Room With a View: Indiana Historical Society

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve passed this view…any research project relating to Indiana or Indianapolis should include a visit to the Indiana Historical Society. The collection is extensive, impressive and well-maintained....

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