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A Ku Klux Quaker?

by Stephen J. Taylor | Sep 28, 2015 | Historic Miscellania | 8 |

Daisy Douglass Barr, Imperial Empress of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, circa 1923. Women are...

Of Spirits and Soldiers

by Stephen J. Taylor | Sep 21, 2015 | Historic Miscellania | 3 |

Fall is here. So it’s time to keep on the spectral side of life. On June 6, 1910, the...

Yeats in Irvington

by Stephen J. Taylor | Jul 31, 2015 | Historic Miscellania | 0 |

W.B. Yeats in 1903, just before he visited Irvington. Photo by American photographer Alice...

Misc Monday: The Russian Connection

by Stephen J. Taylor | Jul 6, 2015 | Misc Mondays | 1 |

Dos Equis might have “The Most Interesting Man in the World” doing beer ads today. ...

Agitatin’ on the Fourth of July: The Hidden History of Dietz’s Grove

by Stephen J. Taylor | Jul 4, 2015 | Historic Miscellania | 3 |

On July 4, 1913, Americans celebrated their national holiday with pride as always, even as the...

Penny Post: Yuletide Joys

by Ashley Haynes | Dec 24, 2014 | Penny Post | 0 |

Postmarked: IND., 1916 – 6 PM Message: My dear little Granddaughter, I have been wondering...

At Your Leisure: When Black Friday Comes!

by Jeff Kamm | Nov 28, 2014 | At Your Leisure | 1 |

Happy Black Friday! After stuffing ourselves on the most thankful of holidays, many will trek out...

Misc. Monday: William J. Forsyth’s Irvington Connections

by Guest Author | Nov 3, 2014 | Misc Mondays | 1 |

Forsyth Irvington House ca. 1914, photo courtesy of Susan Forsyth Selby Sklar Guest Author: Rachel...

Indianapolis Collected: Mission Accomplished

by Libby Cierzniak | Aug 23, 2014 | Indianapolis Collected | 3 |

The recent death of Lauren Bacall brought to mind the movie magic she made over the course of four...

The Arlington Theater

by Ryan Hamlett | Aug 12, 2014 | Historic Miscellania | 8 |

In between the days of the grand vaudevillian movie houses like the Circle and Indiana Theaters...

The Scot Butler House and the Office in the Round

by Ryan Hamlett | Jul 29, 2014 | Historic Miscellania | 7 |

The former Board of Church Extension Building or “office in the round” at 110 South...

Friday Favorite: The Battle of Irvington

by Lisa Lorentz | Mar 28, 2014 | Friday Favorites | 5 |

The first Irvington school began as one room in 1874 and grew to two stories with a tower by the...

Indianapolis Then and Now: Irvington School of Music, 269 S. Audubon Road

by Joan Hostetler | Feb 13, 2014 | Then & Now | 3 |

Photograph owned by Sandy Burton courtesy of Vintage Irvington The most common research request I...

Saturday in the Park: Wonderland Amusement Park

by Gwen Sunkel | Feb 8, 2014 | In the Park | 4 |

Welcome to Wonderland Amusement Park! At the turn of the 20th century, residents desirous of...

In The Park: Ellenberger

by Gwen Sunkel | Jan 25, 2014 | In the Park | 19 |

Indianapolis’s Irvington neighborhood, located five miles east of downtown, is a well-established...

Sunday Prayers: Horner-Terrill Home

by Dawn Olsen | Dec 15, 2013 | Sunday Prayers | 4 |

The Horner-Terrill home, located at the southwest corner of Emerson and Brookville, was built in...

The Thomas Askren House

by Ryan Hamlett | Dec 10, 2013 | Historic Miscellania | 7 |

I have to admit, I am guilty of being too downtown-centric when it comes to thinking about...

HI Mailbag: 411 Downey Enigma

by Sharon Butsch Freeland | Oct 22, 2013 | Mailbag | 9 |

Reader’s Question: My great-grandparents lived first at 411, then at 417, Downey. I have...

The Arlington Theater

by Ryan Hamlett | May 14, 2013 | Historic Miscellania | 8 |

The Arlington Theater Building, now Central Ace Hardware – Photo by Ryan Hamlett In between...

The Bona Thompson Memorial Building – Irvington Historical Society

by Ryan Hamlett | Apr 23, 2013 | Historic Miscellania | 10 |

Bona Thompson Memorial Building, Irvington Historical Society – Photo by Ryan Hamlett The...

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HI Mailbag: Stone Bridge Over Pleasant Run

A Ku Klux Quaker?

Of Spirits and Soldiers

Yeats in Irvington

Misc Monday: The Russian Connection

Agitatin’ on the Fourth of July: The Hidden History of Dietz’s Grove

Penny Post: Yuletide Joys

At Your Leisure: When Black Friday Comes!

Misc. Monday: William J. Forsyth’s Irvington Connections

Indianapolis Collected: Mission Accomplished

The Arlington Theater

The Scot Butler House and the Office in the Round

Friday Favorite: The Battle of Irvington

Indianapolis Then and Now: Irvington School of Music, 269 S. Audubon Road

Saturday in the Park: Wonderland Amusement Park

In The Park: Ellenberger

Sunday Prayers: Horner-Terrill Home

The Thomas Askren House

HI Mailbag: 411 Downey Enigma

The Arlington Theater

The Bona Thompson Memorial Building – Irvington Historical Society

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