Posted in: Vintage Flats Flats Lost: Falling Through the Cracks

How do historic properties, listed on multiple National Registers, become abandoned neighborhood eyesores? Lawsuits were filed against the owners of two such buildings, the Chadwick and the Lodge apartments two years ago. While National Register...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Irvington Masonic Lodge #666

photo by Ryan Hamlett This flat-iron shaped, brick and terra-cotta edifice at 5515 E. Washington St. exhibits the ominous lodge number 666, a fact made that much more interesting in that the building, currently houses...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: IOOF Capital Lodge 2102 E. Washington Street

In May 1927 a tornado slammed into the east side of Indianapolis destroying dozens of buildings. This photo, looking east on East Washington Street toward the intersection of Hamilton Avenue, shows some of the damage...

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