Kessler Driveway Plans Approved

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, December 5, 1924:  After considerable change from the original route, the board of park commissioners adopted plans for the construction of Kessler Boulevard from Illinois St east to Ft. Benjamin Harrison.  The 100-foot-wide driveway begins at the Crow’s Nest bridge west of White River and goes east across the land of Dr. Homer H. Wheeler, following 59th St across the canal and Westfield Blvd to Keystone Av.  The route proceeds through the estate of William H. Roberts, across the lands of Silas Johnson, southeast to Millersville Rd, across Fall Creek, and east along 56th St to the fort.  Originally, the east section of Kessler Blvd was to run over 56th St from Meridian St to Ft. Harrison, but much of the area had been built up and would be too costly to acquire the land.

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                   “Kessler Driveway Plans Approved,” The Indianapolis Star, 5 December 1924, p. 1:3

New Orphans Home Almost Completed

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, November 22, 1924:  The new Colored Orphans’ Home, erected by the Marion County board of commissioners, is scheduled to open January 1.  The new facility at 25th St and Keystone Av, consisting of four brick fire-proof buildings, will replace the old home at 21st St and Boulevard Pl which has been in use since 1869.  Designed by architect Donald Graham, the complex includes a two-story administration building with offices, dining room and kitchen, isolation ward, and two schoolrooms in the basement; two cottages, one for boys and one for girls containing eleven rooms each; and a powerhouse with a laundry room.  The home for colored orphans was established in 1869 as a result of a movement started by the Friends church and supported by Quaker contributions.  The county took over the home two years ago.

“New Orphans Home Almost Completed,” The Indianapolis News, 22 November 1924, p. 4:1

Club is Organized by South Irvington Folk

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, November 18, 1924:  The South Irvington Community Club met last evening and selected R. O. Shimer, who earlier was elected president, chairman of the board.  Over 200 residents met last week at school No. 82 to organize the club whose first objective is to obtain a streetcar line extension along English Av, the old mule-car right-of-way which carried Butler students to the Irvington campus.  Pavements in English Av has been completed on both sides of the proposed extension.  Many residents of South Irvington are one mile from streetcar lines.  A second objective of the South Irvington Community Club will be street and sidewalk improvements, an adequate sewer system, and a modern schoolhouse.  The area along the south side of English Av has waited many years to be redeemed from the forlornness of frustrated early hopes.

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“Directors Selected for Community Club,” The Indianapolis News, 18 November 1924, p. 30:1

“Club is Organized by South Irvington Folk,” The Indianapolis News, 11 November 1924, p. 33:5