Vintage Irvington posts by Bill Gulde

N.B.: Irvington was incorporated in 1870 and annexed into the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1902.
This webpage is based on the Vintage Irvington blog of local historian Bill Gulde. It includes all photos
from his blog related to the Pulver, Stevenson, and Lollis families who lived at eight different addresses
in Irvington from 1915 until c.1970. Go directly to Bill's blog to see his accompanying texts.

Date
of Event
Address
of Event(s)
Photos Then
Photos Now
Title of Post
Date
of
Post
Source
of
Photos
1873 113 S. Audubon Rd.
(at Julian Ave.)
[Home of George Washington Julian] ? ?
1903 1914
1922 1928
George W. Julian School
5435 E. Washington St.
(at Ritter Ave.)
Early Twentieth Century Views
of School #57
12/17/12
1/7/10
1/1/11
1/6/11
?
1909-1928 Irvington
Presbyterian Church
55 Johnson Ave.
(at Julian Ave.)
Rare Photo[s] of First
Irvington Presbyterian Church
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
5/12/15 Ted
Lollis
1910-1926 Missions Building
222 S. Downey Ave.
Christian Women's Board of Missions
(United Christian Missionary Society)
5/1/11 ?
1915 275 S. Audubon Rd.
(also 269)
The Stevensons [Robert & Mary] move to Irvington
[from Muncie, IN]. Orphan Ed Lollis (age 11) returns
to Indiana from Texas & moves in with them.
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
5/17/15
and
1/30/16
Ted
Lollis
1915-1916 275 S. Audubon Rd.
(also 269)
The [Robert & Mary] Stevenson Home
Along Audubon Road [including Ed Lollis
dressed as Charlie Chaplin]
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
5/21/15 Ted
Lollis
1918-1921 269 S. Audubon Rd. Irvington School of Music
[of Signorina Adelaide Conte]
[& present home of Bill Gulde]
5/21/12 Sandy
Burton
1918-1927 5698 E. Washington St.
(at Audubon Road)
A Grand Home [of Robert & Mary
Stevenson] Along East Washington St.
[including Ed Lollis in Boy Scout
Troop 3 at Irvington Presby Church]
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
5/25/15 Ted
Lollis
June 23
1922
Arsenal Technical
[High] Schools
1500 E. Michigan St.
[Graduation of Ed Lollis from
Arsenal Technical [High] Schools]
?
1924-1927 Butler University
Vicinity of Butler
& University Avenues
[Ed Lollis attends
Butler University]
6/10/15 ?
c1924 1936 Downey Avenue
Christian Church
111 S. Downey Ave.
(at Julian Ave.)
Downey Avenue Christian Church 11/20/11
7/13/13
?
1925 Irvington
Methodist Church
30 Audubon Circle
(at Lowell Ave.)
Irvington Methodist Church
Then and Now
6/4/13 ?
c.1925 112 Johnson Ave.
(near Julian Ave.)
The Pulvers [Ed & Ohio]
Move to Johnson Avenue
[from Montpelier, IN]
6/13/15 Ted
Lollis
c.1925 112 Johnson Ave.
(near Julian Ave.)
A Gathering by the Stoop
[Ed & Ohio Pulver]
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
6/15/15 Ted
Lollis
1928-1930 Irvington
Presbyterian Church
55 Johnson Ave.
(at Julian Ave.)
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Then & Now
5/19/13 Bob
Alloway
Before
Dec 1
1933
Butler Apartments
5230 E. Washington St.
(at Butler Ave.)
New Life for Historic Apartment Build-
ing
[residence of Georgia May Campbell]
[now Suites of Irvington-Reverie Estates]
3/13/13 ?
1930s 56 S. Irvington Ave.
(at Julian Ave.)
Life Along Irvington Avenue
[home of Robert & Mary Stevenson]
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
6/2/15 Ted
Lollis
1932-1939 56 S. Irvington Ave.
(at Julian Ave.)
The Stevensons [Robert & Mary]
Spend Their Final Years Together
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
6/10/15 Ted
Lollis
1933-1937 Cathcart Apartments
103 E. 9th St.
Cathcart Apartments
[Residence of Ed Lollis
& Georgia May Campbell Lollis]
?
1934 Irvington
Presbyterian Church
55 Johnson Ave.
(at Julian Ave.)
IPS #57 Grade Eight School Photo
[at Irvington Presbyterian Church]
6/10/13 Don
Rouse
Aug 1936 5866-5868 Julian Ave.
5872-5874 Julian Ave.

[Ed & Georgia May Lollis purchase]
A Pair of Doubles Along Julian Avenue
[photos by Georgia May Lollis]

7/17/15 Ted
Lollis
Winter 1937 56 S. Irvington Ave.
George W. Julian School
25-27 S. Irvington Ave.
5451 & 5457 Julian Ave.
Snowfall Along Julian Avenue
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
6/8/15 Ted
Lollis
1937 c1941 56 S. Irvington Ave.
(at Julian Ave.)
Snookie the Cat
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
6/7/15 Ted
Lollis
Aug 1937 5919 Julian Ave.
(also 5915 & 5925)
The Lollis Family [Ed, Georgia May
& Ted born July 15, 1937] Set Up
Housekeeping Along Julian Avenue
6/19/15 Ted
Lollis
1937-1938 5919 Julian Ave.
(also corner of Julian
& Arlington Aves.)
Julian Avenue Scenes in 1937 and 1938
[Ted Lollis born July 15, 1937]
[photos by Georgia May Campbell Lollis]
6/26/15 Ted
Lollis
1937-1938 5919 Julian Ave.
(also 5925)
Backyard Scenes in 1937 and 1938
[Ted Lollis born July 15, 1937]
[photos by Georgia May Campbell Lollis]
6/28/15 Ted
Lollis
1937-1941 5919 Julian Ave.
Welcome to the Lollis Home
-- A Complete Tour

[photos by Georgia May Campbell Lollis]
6/22/15 Ted
Lollis
Nov. 23
1938
5919 Julian Ave.
5922 Julian Ave.
5925 Julian Ave.
5884 Julian Ave.

An Early Snowstorm [Ed Lollis,
Georgia May Lollis, Ted Lollis
& Campbells from Yakima, WA]
7/3/15 Ted
Lollis
1938-1939 Thomas Carr Howe HS
4900 Julian Ave.
An Early Snapshot of
Thomas Carr Howe High School
12/26/13 Leland
Dickerson
Nov 1, 1939 Indianapolis, IN [Death of Robert E. Stevenson (age 65)] None
Summer
1940
5915 Julian Ave.
5914 Julian Ave.
Mrs. [Emma McCord] Lawton walks home
[photo by Georgia May Lollis]
11/01/15 Ted
Lollis
Early 1940s 5915 Julian Ave.
5919 Julian Ave.
Memories of Julian Avenue
[Mr. Lawton, Steve & Bill Lawton,
Ted Lollis] [Photos by Mrs. Lawton]
4/19/15 Steve
Lawton
Early 1940s 5915 Julian Ave. Lawton Family
Dwelled Along Julian Avenue

[Photos by Mrs. Lawton]
4/15/15 Steve
Lawton
May 11
1941
5919 to 5866 Julian Ave.
5925 Julian Ave.

Saying Goodby to Their First Home
[& Moving to a Double at 5866 Julian
Ave.] [photos by Georgia May Lollis]
7/19/15 Ted
Lollis
1942 5915 & 5925 Julian Ave.

Julian Avenue During World War II
[Jean & Jane Seaton, Steve & Bill Lawton,
Ted Lollis] [Photos by Mrs. Lawton]
4/25/15 Steve
Lawton
1940s 112 Johnson Ave.
5543 & 5603 Julian Ave.
Irvington Presby Church
Neighborhood Scenes at the
Intersection of Johnson & Julian Avenues
[including 1948 Buick of Lollis family]
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
6/16/15 Ted
Lollis
c1944-c1947 72 S. Audubon Rd.
(at Julian Ave.)
South Audubon Road Scenes [at home of
Carold & Blanche Bastin Stevenson -- cousins
Ted Lollis, Jerry Land, Joanne Stevenson,
Carole Ann Stevenson & Ennis Stevenson]
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
10/18/15 Ted
Lollis
c1948 112 Johnson Ave.
(near Julian Ave.)
A Gathering by the Stoop
[Mary Pulver Stevenson, Lois Omer,
unidentified girls & Ted Lollis]
[photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson]
6/15/15 Ted
Lollis
1950 5925 Julian Ave.
5919 Julian Ave.
Family Reunion--Julian Avenue
[Readle Family]
7/11/12 John
Readle
June 1951 George W. Julian School
5435 E. Washington St.
[Graduation of Ted Lollis] None
1953 112 Johnson Ave.
(near Julian Ave.)
Neighborhood Scenes at the
Intersection of Johnson & Julian Avenues
[Mary Pulver Stevenson & Lois Omer]
[Photos by Ted Lollis]
6/16/15 Ted
Lollis
June 1955 Thomas Carr Howe HS
4900 Julian Ave.
[Graduation of Ted Lollis] None
Apr 11, 1969 Peabody Home
North Manchester, IN
[Death of Mary Melissa Pulver Stevenson (age 84)] None
Dec 1, 1983 Greenwood Village South
Greenwood, IN
[50th Wedding Anniversary
of Ed & Georgia May Lollis]
None
Mar 27, 1991 South Suburban Hosp
Indianapolis, IN
[Death of Georgia May (GM) Campbell Lollis (age 90)] None
June 2, 1995 South Suburban Hosp
Indianapolis, IN
[Death of Edward Wesley (Ed) Lollis (age 90)] None
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Lollis & Stevenson Family Properties (Mainly in Indiana)

Edward Franklin Pulver [1854-1936]
Ohio Estella Snider Pulver [1860-1941]
RES = Robert Eldridge Stevenson [1874-1939]
MMPS = Mary Melissa Pulver Stevenson [1883-1969]
GMCL = Georgia May (GM) Campbell Lollis [1901-1991]
EWL = Edward Wesley (Ed) Lollis [1904-1995]
Ted = Edward Wesley (Ted) Lollis II [b.1937]

Photos
Address
Date
Acquired
Date
Disposed
Notes
Farm on Walnut Creek
Near Maysville, IN
About 1878 1900 Home of Wesley Stevenson & Kate Dodd after their wedding in 1873
Birthplace of Georgia in 1879, Frank in 1884 & Bernice in 1889
"Wes hasent done a days work since September [1900]." (Wes died in 1911.)
Houses on 4 lots, Whitesville
Montgomery County, IN
(+ nearby farm)
About 1885 Today Settled by Lollis family after moving from Carvin's Cove, VA
Adjacent to Universalist Church; along Monon Railroad
William Edward (Ed) Lollis died here in 1902 (buried in Mace, IN)
All houses are burned down or otherwise destroyed; Ted still pays taxes on vacant lots
One lot is site of Whitesville World War II Memorial (maintained by Terry Nichols)
Virtually surrounded by Nucor Steel Corporation & Gavilon Grain Elevator
651 Territorial Street
Benton Harbor, MI
By 1895 About 1915 Home of Major Martin Maxfield Pulver & Mary Elizabeth Warner
RES & MMP got married here in 1909; Major Pulver died here in 1914.
House is now in deteriorated condition; is this address correct?
___ S. Main Street
Montpelier, IN
? 1919 Home of Ed Pulver, Ohio Snider Pulver & Mary Melissa Pulver
Ed Pulver was cabinetmaker & accountant; he made desk in Minneapolis, MN
Mary Elizabeth Warner Pulver died here in 1916
Ted has nine postcards addressed to MMP in Montpelier (with no street address)
Stevenson Home
Eastern part of Roachdale, IN
1900 1939? Family home after sale of farm on Walnut Creek
Scene of family photo in Summer 1909 (right photo)
Home of Kate Stevenson until her death in 1939?
___ California Street
North Salem, IN
1903 1907? Wm Montray (Will) Lollis & Georgia Stevenson moved here after their wedding in 1903
Edward W. Lollis was born here in 1904; Will left his wife & son in 1907
Argyle Cottage
Campbell Park
Pentwater, MI
1907 Today Constructed by GAC & LMJC while living & working in Chicago
GMCL inherited 1/5 when GAC died here in 1943.
Ted inherited 1/3 but sold 1/4; Cynthia & Alec still own 1/12
Right image shows EWL, GMCL & SC day before SC's wedding here to Ted in 2000
Chastain Funeral Home
102 E. Washington Street
Roachdale, IN
? 1965 Next to Carnegie Library (right photo)
Operated by Stanley Chastain until his death in 1940
Operated thereafter by his widow Bernice Stevenson Chastain
___ N. Meridian Street
Roachdale, IN
? 1965 At corner of E. Forest Home Street (IN highway 236); faced Roachdale school
House occupied by Bernice Stevenson Chastain until her death in 1965
1907 photo includes Stanley Chastain; 2nd photo shows tombstone of EWL & GMCL
2 Windemere Place
St. Louis, MO
When
came from
Hannibal
1938 Parsonage of Union Avenue Christian Church (right photo); home of GMCL's parents
EWL & GMCL were married here in 1933
Whole Campbell family photographed here on Christmas 1937; house no longer exists
1600 E. Main Street
Muncie, IN
1909 1915 RES & MMP moved here after their wedding in Benton Harbor, MI, in 1909
Ted has seven postcards sent to this address in 1911, 1912 & 1913
RES had law office in Nysor Block, Muncie, IN
275 S. Audubon Road 1915 1918? Near Irving Circle; on site of former Irvington school
RES & MMPS moved here in 1915 from Muncie, IN
EWL moved here in 1915 after his mother died in Austin. (Photo shows him on bike.)
Ted has one postcard sent to this address in 1916
5698 E. Washington Street
(at Audubon Road)
1918 1927 or 1928 Built c1905; near 1911 Jacob Forest house which became Methodist Church in 1925
EWL walked from here to Butler University (1924-27)
Replaced by Tudor-Revival commercial strip mall (right photo)
112 Johnson Avenue
(3 doors from Julian Ave.)
1923 About 1968 Built in 1921; occupied new by the Pulvers?
Ed Pulver died here in 1936 & Ohio Snider Pulver in 1941 (both buried in Piper City, IL)
MMPS moved here after RES died in 1939; Ted mowed grass here for several years
Within sight of Irvington Presbyterian Church (right photo)
Lois Omer & Edith Eberlee rented rooms here in 1940's & 1950's
Rental house(s) 1928 1932 Rented by RES & MMPS in between houses of their own
56 S. Irvington Avenue
(at Julian Avenue)
1932 About 1940 Within sight of school #57; Weesner family lived across the street
Ted has two postcards sent to this address from Texas by Arthur Stevenson in 1938
RES' funeral held here in 1939 (RES buried in Roachdale, IN)
Widow MMPS moved from here c.1940 to her parents' home at 112 Johnson Avenue
Cathcart Apartments
103 E. 9th Street
1933 1937 Built in 1909
EWL & GMCL moved here after their wedding in 1933
72 S. Audubon Road
(at Julian Avenue)
? ? Home of Carrold Stevenson, Blanche Bastin Stevenson & their 2 daughters
Across intersection from 1873 George W. Julian house (right photo)
5919 Julian Avenue 1937 About 1944 EWL & GMCL moved here from Cathcart Apartments downtown
Called "Apple Tree Manor;" backed up to Pennsylvania Railroad
Lollis home when Ted was born in 1937
Between Seaton home (2nd photo) & Lawton home; see Vintage Irvington
Cabin near Martinsville, IN About 1934 Still
registered
Called Whiporwill Cabin; in summer home development near White River
Only access is through property of Indianapolis Power & Light Company (right image)
5866-5868 Julian Avenue
(including "Back Forty")
1936? About 1944 "Double;" called Ennie & Meenie; Johnson family lived in 5868
5866 was Lollis home until sold to Otis Becker
5872-5874 Julian Avenue
(including "Back Forty")
1936? About 1970 "Double;" called Minne & Mo; Eichacker family lived in 5874
5872 was Lollis home until EWL & GMCL moved to Medowbrook Apartments
Ted walked from here to PS #57 (1948-55) & Howe High School (1951-55)
5000 block
E. New York Street
About 1944 About 1948 "Double;" investment property; never lived in by Lollis family
160-acre Farm, Blue River
Township, Hancock County
About 1945 Today Called Bobolink Farm; mostly sold to Bob & Linda Muegge when EWL died in 1995
Ted sold 26-acre woods in 20___; Cynthia still owns 25-acre field
60-acre Farm, Blue River
Township, Hancock County
About 1950 1995 Called Bluebird Farm; sold to Bob & Linda Muegge when EWL died in 1995
Peabody Home
North Manchester, IN
About 1964? 1969 MMPS moved here when she left 112 Johnson Avenue
MMPS died in North Manchester on April 11, 1969 (buried in Roachdale, IN)
4938-34th Street, North
Arlington, VA
About 1973 2014 Ted & Vivian purchased this house for $85,000
Cynthia sold it after Vivian died in 2014
5322 S. Westwood Drive
Knightstown, IN
About 1980 Today Home of Dick Davidson & Janet Jeffries (granddaughter of Bernice Stevenson Chastain)
On Lake Haven (right photo); near I-75
1035 Smock Drive
Greenwood Village South
Greenwood, IN
About 1980 1995 EWL & GMCL moved here from Medowbrook Apartments in Indianapolis
They built 1035 Smock Drive, later moved into the "main building"
GMCL died in 1991; EWL died in 1995 (both buried in Roachdale, IN)
9211-9219 George Williams
Road
, Knoxville, TN
2002 Today Ted & Schera purchased these four houses when they were under construction