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.
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113 S. Audubon Rd. | (at Julian Ave.)
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| [Home of George Washington Julian]
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| 1922 1928 George W. Julian School | 5435 E. Washington St. (at Ritter Ave.)
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| Early Twentieth Century Views | of School #57 12/17/12 | 1/7/10 1/1/11 1/6/11 ?
| Irvington | Presbyterian Church 55 Johnson Ave. (at Julian Ave.)
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| Rare Photo[s] of First | Irvington Presbyterian Church [photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson] 5/12/15
| Ted | Lollis Missions Building | 222 S. Downey Ave.
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| Christian Women's Board of Missions | (United Christian Missionary Society) 5/1/11
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| 275 S. Audubon Rd. | (also 269)
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| 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 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 269 S. Audubon Rd.
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| Irvington School of Music | [of Signorina Adelaide Conte] [& present home of Bill Gulde] 5/21/12
| Sandy | Burton 5698 E. Washington St. | (at Audubon Road)
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| 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 1922 Arsenal Technical | [High] Schools 1500 E. Michigan St.
| [Graduation of Ed Lollis from | Arsenal Technical [High] Schools]
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| Butler University | Vicinity of Butler & University Avenues
| [Ed Lollis attends | Butler University] 6/10/15
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| Downey Avenue | Christian Church 111 S. Downey Ave. (at Julian Ave.)
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| Downey Avenue Christian Church
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| Irvington | Methodist Church 30 Audubon Circle (at Lowell Ave.)
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| Irvington Methodist Church | Then and Now 6/4/13
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| 112 Johnson Ave. | (near Julian Ave.)
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| The Pulvers [Ed & Ohio] | Move to Johnson Avenue [from Montpelier, IN] 6/13/15
| Ted | Lollis 112 Johnson Ave. | (near Julian Ave.)
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| A Gathering by the Stoop | [Ed & Ohio Pulver] [photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson] 6/15/15
| Ted | Lollis Irvington | Presbyterian Church 55 Johnson Ave. (at Julian Ave.)
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| Irvington Presbyterian Church | Then & Now 5/19/13
| Bob | Alloway Dec 1 1933 Butler Apartments | 5230 E. Washington St. (at Butler Ave.)
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| New Life for Historic Apartment Build- | ing [residence of Georgia May Campbell] [now Suites of Irvington-Reverie Estates] 3/13/13
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| 56 S. Irvington Ave. | (at Julian Ave.)
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| Life Along Irvington Avenue | [home of Robert & Mary Stevenson] [photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson] 6/2/15
| Ted | Lollis 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 Cathcart Apartments | 103 E. 9th St.
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| Cathcart Apartments | [Residence of Ed Lollis & Georgia May Campbell Lollis]
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| Irvington | Presbyterian Church 55 Johnson Ave. (at Julian Ave.)
| | IPS #57 Grade Eight School Photo | [at Irvington Presbyterian Church] 6/10/13
| Don | Rouse 5866-5868 Julian Ave. | 5872-5874 Julian Ave.
| [Ed & Georgia May Lollis purchase] 7/17/15
| Ted | Lollis 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 56 S. Irvington Ave. | (at Julian Ave.)
| Snookie the Cat | [photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson] 6/7/15
| Ted | Lollis 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 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 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 5919 Julian Ave.
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| Welcome to the Lollis Home | -- A Complete Tour [photos by Georgia May Campbell Lollis] 6/22/15
| Ted | Lollis 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 Thomas Carr Howe HS | 4900 Julian Ave.
| | An Early Snapshot of | Thomas Carr Howe High School 12/26/13
| Leland | Dickerson Indianapolis, IN
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| [Death of Robert E. Stevenson (age 65)]
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| 1940 5915 Julian Ave. | 5914 Julian Ave.
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| Mrs. [Emma McCord] Lawton walks home | [photo by Georgia May Lollis] 11/01/15
| Ted | Lollis 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 5915 Julian Ave.
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| Lawton Family | Dwelled Along Julian Avenue [Photos by Mrs. Lawton] 4/15/15
| Steve | Lawton 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 5915 & 5925 Julian Ave.
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Julian Avenue During World War II | [Jean & Jane Seaton, Steve & Bill Lawton, Ted Lollis] [Photos by Mrs. Lawton] 4/25/15
| Steve | Lawton 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 72 S. Audubon Rd. | (at Julian Ave.)
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| 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 112 Johnson Ave. | (near Julian Ave.)
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| A Gathering by the Stoop | [Mary Pulver Stevenson, Lois Omer, unidentified girls & Ted Lollis] [photos by Mary Pulver Stevenson] 6/15/15
| Ted | Lollis 5925 Julian Ave. | 5919 Julian Ave.
| Family Reunion--Julian Avenue | [Readle Family] 7/11/12
| John | Readle George W. Julian School | 5435 E. Washington St.
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| [Graduation of Ted Lollis]
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| 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 Thomas Carr Howe HS | 4900 Julian Ave.
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| [Graduation of Ted Lollis]
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| Peabody Home | North Manchester, IN
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| [Death of Mary Melissa Pulver Stevenson (age 84)]
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| Greenwood Village South | Greenwood, IN
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| [50th Wedding Anniversary | of Ed & Georgia May Lollis] None |
| South Suburban Hosp | Indianapolis, IN
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| [Death of Georgia May (GM) Campbell Lollis (age 90)]
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| South Suburban Hosp | Indianapolis, IN
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| [Death of Edward Wesley (Ed) Lollis (age 90)]
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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]
Acquired | Disposed | ||||
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 |