Articles: May Frances Aufderheide (May 21, 1888-Sept. 1, 1972). Daughter of John Henry and Lucy Deel Aufderheide of Indianapolis, May was raised in a… Read More »May Frances Aufderheide James Blake (Mar. 3, 1791-Nov. 26, 1870). Colonel James Blake, a veteran of the War of 1812, arrived in Indianapolis from York County,… Read More »James Blake Butler-Tarkington Bounded by the , Meridian Street (west side), 38th Street, and and named for and former resident and Pulitzer Prize-winning… Read More »Butler-Tarkington Noble Chase Butler (Feb. 21, 1844-Oct. 7, 1933). Born in Salem, Indiana, Butler attended Hanover College (1860-1863) before joining the 93rd Indiana Volunteer… Read More »Noble Chase Butler George Alexander and Jacob Page Chapman George Alexander (Oct. 18, 1808-Mar. 15, 1851) and Jacob Page (Dec. 3, 1810-May 20, 1866). Originally from Massachusetts, the brothers… Read More »George Alexander and Jacob Page Chapman Danes The migration of Danes to America was sparse and slow, with the largest movement occurring late in the 19th century.… Read More »Danes Dramatic Club In 1889, 25 young women from the city’s leading families formed an amateur theatrical group called the Matinee Club. The… Read More »Dramatic Club Fred S. Duesenberg and August S. Duesenberg (Fred S., Dec. 6, 1877-July 26, 1932, and August S., Dec. 11, 1879-Jan. 18, 1955). Sons of Conrad and Kora… Read More »Fred S. Duesenberg and August S. Duesenberg Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers Early in 1881, using $500 borrowed from his mother, opened a funeral parlor at 172 North Illinois Street in partnership… Read More »Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers Calvin Fletcher (Feb. 4, 1798-May 26, 1866). Early settler, lawyer, banker, civic leader, and diarist, Calvin Fletcher was born in Ludlow, Vermont,… Read More »Calvin Fletcher Stoughton A. Fletcher II (Nov. 24, 1879-Oct. 8, 1957). Grandson of bank founder and a native of Indianapolis, Stoughton A. Fletcher II attended local… Read More »Stoughton A. Fletcher II Stoughton A. Fletcher Sr. (Aug. 22, 1808-Mar. 17, 1882). The youngest of 15 children, banker Stoughton A. Fletcher Sr. remained on the family farm… Read More »Stoughton A. Fletcher Sr. Elias Pym Fordham (May 18, 1788-Oct. 1850). Born on his family’s ancestral estate in eastern England, Fordham was one of two sons and… Read More »Elias Pym Fordham Golden Hill The historic neighborhood of Golden Hill is bounded by the , Woodstock Club, Bertha Ross Park, and 36th Street. It… Read More »Golden Hill Holy Rosary-Danish Church Holy Rosary-Danish Church is a historic district bounded by Virginia Avenue and Wright, Buchanan, and East streets. The neighborhood is… Read More »Holy Rosary-Danish Church Max Robinson Hyman (Mar. 16, 1859-Apr. 28, 1927). Born in Edinburgh, Indiana, the son of Robert and Helena Hyman, Max Robinson Hyman, journalist… Read More »Max Robinson Hyman Irvington Irvington is an eastside neighborhood bounded roughly by 10th Street, Arlington Avenue, Brookville Road, and Emerson Avenue. In 1987, a… Read More »Irvington Johnson Woods Johnson Woods is a small northside neighborhood bounded by 44th and 46th streets, College and Central avenues. Oliver Johnson, a… Read More »Johnson Woods Kahn Tailoring Company The son of Alsatian Jewish immigrants, Henry Kahn (1860-1934) attended and trained as a tailor with his father. In 1886,… Read More »Kahn Tailoring Company L. Strauss and Company In 1853, Jewish tailor Max Dernham and German clothier John Gramling purchased the stock of G. Simon & Co. (founded… Read More »L. Strauss and Company John McCormick, Jr. (Sept. 25, 1791-Sept. 1825). John McCormick, Jr. is credited as one of the two first settlers in Indianapolis. A resident… Read More »John McCormick, Jr. Meridian-Kessler The Meridian-Kessler neighborhood derives its name from its western and northern boundaries—Kessler Boulevard and Meridian Street, respectively. The former Monon… Read More »Meridian-Kessler George Pogue (ca. 1765-Apr. 2, 1821). Born in North Carolina, Goerge Pogue is one of the two individuals credited with being the… Read More »George Pogue Alexander Ralston (1771-Jan. 5, 1827). Born in Scotland, Alexander Ralston immigrated to the United States following the Revolutionary War. He used his… Read More »Alexander Ralston James M. Ray (1800-Feb. 22, 1881). Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, James Ray studied at Columbia University before migrating in 1818 to Lawrenceburg,… Read More »James M. Ray Tomlinson Hall Local druggist Stephen D. Tomlinson died in November 1870, leaving his estate to his wife, Mary. His will stipulated that… Read More »Tomlinson Hall
May Frances Aufderheide (May 21, 1888-Sept. 1, 1972). Daughter of John Henry and Lucy Deel Aufderheide of Indianapolis, May was raised in a… Read More »May Frances Aufderheide
James Blake (Mar. 3, 1791-Nov. 26, 1870). Colonel James Blake, a veteran of the War of 1812, arrived in Indianapolis from York County,… Read More »James Blake
Butler-Tarkington Bounded by the , Meridian Street (west side), 38th Street, and and named for and former resident and Pulitzer Prize-winning… Read More »Butler-Tarkington
Noble Chase Butler (Feb. 21, 1844-Oct. 7, 1933). Born in Salem, Indiana, Butler attended Hanover College (1860-1863) before joining the 93rd Indiana Volunteer… Read More »Noble Chase Butler
George Alexander and Jacob Page Chapman George Alexander (Oct. 18, 1808-Mar. 15, 1851) and Jacob Page (Dec. 3, 1810-May 20, 1866). Originally from Massachusetts, the brothers… Read More »George Alexander and Jacob Page Chapman
Danes The migration of Danes to America was sparse and slow, with the largest movement occurring late in the 19th century.… Read More »Danes
Dramatic Club In 1889, 25 young women from the city’s leading families formed an amateur theatrical group called the Matinee Club. The… Read More »Dramatic Club
Fred S. Duesenberg and August S. Duesenberg (Fred S., Dec. 6, 1877-July 26, 1932, and August S., Dec. 11, 1879-Jan. 18, 1955). Sons of Conrad and Kora… Read More »Fred S. Duesenberg and August S. Duesenberg
Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers Early in 1881, using $500 borrowed from his mother, opened a funeral parlor at 172 North Illinois Street in partnership… Read More »Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers
Calvin Fletcher (Feb. 4, 1798-May 26, 1866). Early settler, lawyer, banker, civic leader, and diarist, Calvin Fletcher was born in Ludlow, Vermont,… Read More »Calvin Fletcher
Stoughton A. Fletcher II (Nov. 24, 1879-Oct. 8, 1957). Grandson of bank founder and a native of Indianapolis, Stoughton A. Fletcher II attended local… Read More »Stoughton A. Fletcher II
Stoughton A. Fletcher Sr. (Aug. 22, 1808-Mar. 17, 1882). The youngest of 15 children, banker Stoughton A. Fletcher Sr. remained on the family farm… Read More »Stoughton A. Fletcher Sr.
Elias Pym Fordham (May 18, 1788-Oct. 1850). Born on his family’s ancestral estate in eastern England, Fordham was one of two sons and… Read More »Elias Pym Fordham
Golden Hill The historic neighborhood of Golden Hill is bounded by the , Woodstock Club, Bertha Ross Park, and 36th Street. It… Read More »Golden Hill
Holy Rosary-Danish Church Holy Rosary-Danish Church is a historic district bounded by Virginia Avenue and Wright, Buchanan, and East streets. The neighborhood is… Read More »Holy Rosary-Danish Church
Max Robinson Hyman (Mar. 16, 1859-Apr. 28, 1927). Born in Edinburgh, Indiana, the son of Robert and Helena Hyman, Max Robinson Hyman, journalist… Read More »Max Robinson Hyman
Irvington Irvington is an eastside neighborhood bounded roughly by 10th Street, Arlington Avenue, Brookville Road, and Emerson Avenue. In 1987, a… Read More »Irvington
Johnson Woods Johnson Woods is a small northside neighborhood bounded by 44th and 46th streets, College and Central avenues. Oliver Johnson, a… Read More »Johnson Woods
Kahn Tailoring Company The son of Alsatian Jewish immigrants, Henry Kahn (1860-1934) attended and trained as a tailor with his father. In 1886,… Read More »Kahn Tailoring Company
L. Strauss and Company In 1853, Jewish tailor Max Dernham and German clothier John Gramling purchased the stock of G. Simon & Co. (founded… Read More »L. Strauss and Company
John McCormick, Jr. (Sept. 25, 1791-Sept. 1825). John McCormick, Jr. is credited as one of the two first settlers in Indianapolis. A resident… Read More »John McCormick, Jr.
Meridian-Kessler The Meridian-Kessler neighborhood derives its name from its western and northern boundaries—Kessler Boulevard and Meridian Street, respectively. The former Monon… Read More »Meridian-Kessler
George Pogue (ca. 1765-Apr. 2, 1821). Born in North Carolina, Goerge Pogue is one of the two individuals credited with being the… Read More »George Pogue
Alexander Ralston (1771-Jan. 5, 1827). Born in Scotland, Alexander Ralston immigrated to the United States following the Revolutionary War. He used his… Read More »Alexander Ralston
James M. Ray (1800-Feb. 22, 1881). Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, James Ray studied at Columbia University before migrating in 1818 to Lawrenceburg,… Read More »James M. Ray
Tomlinson Hall Local druggist Stephen D. Tomlinson died in November 1870, leaving his estate to his wife, Mary. His will stipulated that… Read More »Tomlinson Hall