National Register of Historic Places
Irvington Terrace Historic District
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
The record
- Listed
- December 19, 2011
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Roughly bounded by E. Washington St., Pleasant Run Pkwy., N. Arlington Ave., and E. side of N. Irwin St., Indianapolis
- County
- Marion
- State
- Indiana
- Contributing resources
- 634 buildings, 1 site
- Coordinates
- 39.77845, -86.05813
- Reference number
- 11000913
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The story
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The Irvington Terrace Historic District is a residential district in Indianapolis, Marion County, roughly bounded by East Washington Street, Pleasant Run Parkway, North Arlington Avenue and the east side of North Irwin Street. Listed in the National Register in 2011, it covers 98 acres with 634 contributing buildings and a contributing site, most built from 1910 to 1940 in styles including Queen Anne, American Four Square, Craftsman bungalows, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival.
Why it's listed
The district was listed under criteria A, B and C, with local significance in community planning and development, architecture and art. Its period of significance runs from 1913 to 1935, reflecting the 1913 founding of the Buckeye Realty Company to develop the Irvington Terrace plat.
Physical character
Most houses are frame, with weatherboard or wood clapboard walls on concrete block or brick foundations, though some show limestone veneer or dark red textured face brick, under asphalt-shingled hip or gable roofs. Individual alterations include a porch enclosed with metal windows around 1965 at 22 North Ridgeview Drive and a storefront room added around 1950 at 6036 East Washington.
Historical context
Pleasant Run Parkway, along the district's edge, was planned in 1909 as part of George Kessler's park and boulevard system for Indianapolis. A studio was added to Dorothy Morlan's house around 1913, and her family lived in the district from about 1900 to 1967.