Downtown Indianapolis

Built between 1930 & 1935, this 8-unit building was constructed on a location previously occupied by a single family home.

Built in 1855, this is one of the oldest buildings in the district, reflecting that pre-Civil War period when the neighborhood was still only sparsely settled. It was utilized as a double residence until its rehabilitation in the late 1980s when it was converted to a single family home, following years of vacancy and neglect. 

Thudriss-Halford Home (left)

218 E 10th St

Constructed in 1865 by Johann Thudriss, it was sold the same year to Ann Halford whose family occupied it for a decade. It was converted to 5 apartments by 1922. In recent years it served as an office before being restored to a single family home. 

Wilmington Home (right)

222 E 10th St

The Wilmingtons had owned this property since 1865 and had the home constructed around 1875. They occupied the home from 1913 to the early 1940s. By 1929, it was converted to four apartment units. It has since been returned to a single family home.

Constructed around 1875, this home demonstrates the high style in the period of prosperity following the Civil War. It was occupied by Lorenzo and Mary Moody until 1913. Soon after, it was converted to six housing units. It is presently a single family home.

Originally built in 1860 as a single story cottage by Phillip Krause, it was enlarged to two stories in 1910 by Lewis K. Kurtz who occupied it until 1923. The house was a rental unit until the 1940s when David J. & Bettina Baker took ownership. Baker was a photographer and operated his "Universal Studios" here until the 1980s.

Widower Flora Agness had this American Foursquare double residence constructed in 1925. She occupied one side until the 1940s. Foursquare construction became very popular since it could be easily configured for one or two families.

Leonard & Louise Bodenmiller purchased this land from developer and platter James Morrison in 1864. Leonard was a blacksmith and this cottage was representative of other working class cottages built in the 1860s. The home was built circa 1865 and they occupied until mid-1884 when it became a rental property, later inherited by Fred Bodenmiller, who sold the property in 1922. Grace Lanman purchased the house in 1926 and occupied it until the mid-1950s.

Photo date unknown. Business was established in 1877 and operated by brothers William and John Schulmeyer. William immigrated with his parents at age two from Germany to the US. They landed in New York and immediately moved to Indianapolis. He studied the baking trade in Greencastle for 5 years. The younger brother John studied jewelry making for five years before joining this venture with William. They had two full time assistants and two wagons for deliveries.

A book published in 1883 which accounted for merchant and mercantile resources in Indiana stated, "The members of the firm are reliable in all business transactions and representations made by them will be found to accord strictly to the facts."

This house was constructed sometime between 1871 and 1887 at 220 E. 11th Street (where the garage west of 226 E 11th now stands), and moved to its current location on 10th St on November 4,1992. Alice and Edward Sickler were longtime residents from 1910 to 1929, but the Sickler family had owned the house since the 1890s. Except for its relocation, the building history shows that this house remains mostly unchanged. (Photo from 1994)

David W. Howe purchased the lot from platter Elliah Martindale in 1885, and later constructed this house sometime before 1887. The two-story house appears to have always been a rental property with many short-term tenants. Today it is occupied as a single family home that is part of St. Mary's Commons condominiums. 

David W. Howe purchased the lot from platter Elliah Martindale in 1885, and later constructed this house sometime before 1887. The two-story house appears to have always been a rental property with many short-term tenants. Today it is occupied as a single family home that is part of St. Mary's Commons condominiums. 

Christopher A. Schabel had this house built between 1879 and 1880. George Marrott purchased this house from Schabel in 1883. Between 1898 and 1915 the corner porch was slightly extended and a rear addition was erected. In 1991, the house was moved from its original site at 918 North Alabama (next to The Seminole where the addition now stands on the south side) to its new location on 10th street.

Cottage (far left)
329 E 10th St
This cottage was constructed sometime between 1866 and 1887, and in this century, has had a long succession of short-term occupants. The building's form has changed very little since 1898.

Hefferman- Murphy House (2nd from left)
327 E 10th St
This cottage was constructed sometime between 1866 and 1887. Thomas Hefferman, a carpenter, occupied the house from 1911 to 1917, followed by a series of short-term occupants until Carl Murphy in 1920, who remained for over thirty years.

House

325 E 10th St (3rd from left)
We only know that this house was constructed sometime between 1866 and 1887. The front gable is a jerkin type. Other features include decoratively sawn rafter ends, exposed purlins and brackets

Helmich House (far right)

323 E 10th St

This house was constructed sometime between 1854 and 1866. Carpenter John Hemich lived here in 1881. He and his wife, Pauline, owned the house from 1875 to 1888. Two single story sections at the rear of the home appear to be original.

This house was built sometime between 1866 and 1887, and its basic form has changed very little since 1887. Nathan Smith, a dry-goods merchant, occupied the house from 1919 to 1929, followed by Susan Dowell from 1934 to 1945, and Emma Glass, a widow, between 1949 and 1965.

This house was constructed sometime between 1866 and 1887. Carpenter Henry Canter was the occupant in the 1910s and early 1920s. Lonnie Clayton, a painter, lived here in the 1950s. John and Bertha Hunter occupied the house from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. The form of the house has not changed its basic look since 1897. It is currently a multi-unit home.