This is Lockerbie square and Mass ave.

It was settled in the 1830s and is on two of the oldest streets in the city, aging almost 180 years old, Mass ave and East street, along with other streets. The houses mostly were constructed by german immigrants in mostly cottage style. The area was heaviely german for several decades throughout Indianapolis history.

Today the neighborhood is highly preserved and very expensive to live in, being only blocks east of the circle.

 

 

 

I dident take this. But this neighborhood is about 180 years old.

I really haven't seen much of Indy before.  Looks like they have some nice new construction!

Second photo looks very pleasant for infill.

I dident take this. But this neighborhood is about 180 years old.

 

Worst grammatical sentence ever!

I dident take this. But this neighborhood is about 180 years old.

 

Worst grammatical sentence ever!

 

And, it's not really true. I mean, parts of the neighborhood were platted when the city was founded in 1820, but none of those building are that old. The oldest photographed were probably built in the 1870s (Lockerbie), and most of the Victorians, apartment buildings and churches were built around or after 1900.

I dident take this. But this neighborhood is about 180 years old.

 

Worst grammatical sentence ever!

 

And, it's not really true. I mean, parts of the neighborhood were platted when the city was founded in 1820, but none of those building are that old. The oldest photographed were probably built in the 1870s (Lockerbie), and most of the Victorians, apartment buildings and churches were built around or after 1900.

 

The old governors mansion built in the 1830s is in chatham arch(one of the photographed neighborhoods) and several pre-civil war houses, and old commercial buildings.

As far as around 1900, very false, most of the italianate commercial structures, german huas, etc, were built in the mid 19th century, and late 19th century, there are some early 1900s structures, but most of the structures in the neighborhood are from the mid to late 19th century.

heres a link, a large amount of the historic homes were built during the civil war, are right before it.

http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/lockerbiesquare.html

^ I was checking out the link and it seems that most of the older homes in say Lockerbie are maybe placed here and there, but there aren't really entire rows of homes (or whole neighborhoods) that were built in the late 19th century.

^ I was checking out the link and it seems that most of the older homes in say Lockerbie are maybe placed here and there, but there aren't really entire rows of homes (or whole neighborhoods) that were built in the late 19th century.

practicly all the homes built in the neighborhood are from the mid and late 19th century.

As a whole, there arent blocks of pre-civil war houses, but there are several. That just shows examples of housing within Lockerbie square. The area is actually dominatly made up of 19th century structures.

a few houses were moved there as so they would not be demolished, like the governors mansion.

But, only a few, not many.

 

 

What exactly am I looking for in those photos or what should I be able to tell from them?

What exactly am I looking for in those photos or what should I be able to tell from them?

 

well, if you look, you can see that alot of the houses are civil war era cottages. Mostly built by Germans. And also a few italianate homes, but a majority are mid 19th century cottages. You cant see either of the cathedrals in the photos, except a portion of the German cathedral st. marys.

This area is practicly a bubble of mid and late 19th century architecture in Indianapolis.