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: Historic Miscellania Metropolitan Hall: Indianapolis’ First Theatre

While the Hilbert Circle Theatre and the Indiana Repertory Theatre are the last remaining structures of what was once a vast network of downtown theaters, neither can boast as having been the city’s first. That distinction...

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Posted in: What’s in a Name? What’s in a Name: Charlotte Place

We are delighted to have a first person account and guest contribution from former neighbor and artist, Dick Lutin, relaying the details of how Charlotte Place in Herron-Morton Place got its name. Editor’s note: When...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Delapidated Double, Talbott

I love the awnings, if only because houses of this era typically had them–hey, there wasn’t any air conditioning, they  had to get creative. This double is simple, but has so much potential. While there...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Talbott Theatre 2143 N. Talbott Street

The Talbott Theater has housed a variety of entertainment venues at 2143 N. Talbott Street since the mid-1920s. The building was designed by architect George V. Bedell and opened as a 1,042-seat silent movie theater....

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Talbot Street Art Fair: Take 56

(Photos courtesy J.R. Poradek, circa 1957) “Wanna buy some art?” Much like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano Mission every year—artists and craftsmen (and their admirers) will make their annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis’ “Talbot...

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Posted in: What’s in a Name? TALBOTT AVENUE, not STREET

The old Tinker homestead, looking north from 16th Street, formerly Tinker Street Once upon a time, before there was a thoroughfare of any name or form, much of current day Talbott Avenue (within Herron-Morton Place)...

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