Because of shortening days, you are welcomed to come to the neighborhood at 6 PM
At 7PM, we will meet a resident of Irvington at the Bona Thompson Memorial Center/Irvington Historical Society for a 15 minute introduction to this truly historic neighborhood.
The Center -- formerly Butler College's library -- is located at 5350 University Ave.
Click here for a map of Irvington Press the + key to expand the map to show the location of the Irvington Historical Society/Bona Thompson Center. Feel free to print out the map.
A promising tour is to take South Downey -- which runs past Bona Thompson -- past the historic Benton House to Ritter, where Downey turns into East Burgess, which we'll take north east up to Irvington Circle Park.
Jay van Santen will be the PVCC representative. His cell phone is 317-513=2825 if you need further information.
Irvington was founded as the first planned suburb of Indianapolis, 5 miles due East of the
Downtown Circle. Developers in 1870 purchased/contributed a total of nearly 400 acres of
farmed land alongside the National Road for a community of “refinement and culture” named for author Washington Irving. They platted the town with 109 randomly sized lots situated
along meandering curved streets, in the spirit of the Cincinnati suburb Glendale with its
romantic Victorian plan. In the year of its incorporation, 1873, a grant from the town brought
North Western Christian University, renamed Butler University in honor of its founder. Admitting students regardless of race or gender reflected the Quaker abolitionist background of the founders of school and community. Faculty members, the Irvington Group all contributed to the cultural life of the city.
Walking Tours links:
https://tours.huniindy.org/tours/indianapolis-irvington-walking-tour
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/Indianapolis-Irvington-Neighborhood-4193
https://tours.huniindy.org/tours/indianapolis-irvington-biking-tour
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/Indianapolis-Irvington-Neighborhood-Biking-Tour-4243
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis link
https://indyencyclopedia.org/irvington/
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