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: 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 The Multi-Family Italianate on Olive

You don’t even notice the house at first. It’s the lush, green thicket that catches your eye. The overgrown bushes, the heavy vines. The path to the alleyway that has been devoured by grass. Once your...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: the Shortridge-Voss house (1301 Broadway)

“A country whose buildings are of wood can never increase in its improvements to any considerable degree.” Thus spoke Thomas Jefferson. The quote, part of a discussion on the durability of architecture, appeared in Jefferson’s...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: 619 E. New York St.

Homeowner Krsana Henry was devastated when she first walked through 619 E. New York St. Only weeks before, she had inherited the Italianate-style home from her mother, Emma Jean (Gina) Rotstein. Rotstein, as it were,...

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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 Lost & Saved: Mass Ave & Vermont Street

The Sanborn map above is of the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Vermont Street, and Alabama Street in 1914.  Originally, the 400 block of Mass Ave was set aside for ‘religious purposes.’  However, by 1870, the...

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Posted in: Building Language Building Language: Italianate

Italianate. Driving through the older historic neighborhoods of Indianapolis, you will realize that Indy has some amazing examples of the Italianate style. To give you a better understanding of the Italianate, let’s look at the...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then & Now: West Residence / Colonel’s Cupboard, 1500 E. Michigan Street

One of the city’s little-known gems is the Colonel’s Cupboard, tucked away on the grounds of Arsenal Technical High School. The restaurant, operated by high school students, is located in a brick Italianate house completed...

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Posted in: Building Language Building Language: Window Hoods

Window Hood on 1336 North Delaware Street Hood. You might see hoods every day, but not realize the feature has a specific name and purpose. A hood is the piece found above window openings, typically...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Chatham Arch Beauty on Broadway

Before our weather took a turn for the cold and wet, I spent a few hours cruising the streets of Indianapolis just looking around and getting better acquainted with her. Wandering and weaving through the...

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Posted in: Outside the Circle Fall in Franklin

Early fall is a great time to leave the big city behind, and take a day trip to one of our area’s lovely small towns. The town of Franklin is only about a half hour’s...

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