920 N. College Ave., 1989
| Description: |
On slide mount: 920 N. College Ave. (CA), AC, IHPC, April 1989 Yes McGinnis/Thomas House920 N. College Avenue1871This house was built by James Hasson, Secretary of the Builders and Manufacturers Association, in 1871. It immediately was sold to Francis McGinnis, whose family lived in the house from 1873 to 1881. In 1882, they moved next door to 924 N. College and rented 920 to the Thomas family. Members of the Thomas family residing here at that time were: Alice, a teacher at Public School 25, Rachael, widow of Lewis L., and Mary J. and Walter S., both clerks. Around 1910, Roy H. Thomas, a laborer/electrician purchased the house and with him lived James K. P. Thomas, a carpenter. After the Thomas sold the house in 1919, it changed hands often and was generally maintained as a rental income property.The original plan of this classic Italianate house was composed of two rectangular sections offset from each other, each capped with a hipped roof. A narrow addition was made to the south side, probably when the house was converted to flats. Composition siding covers the original wood siding, and the first floor windows of the facade were altered to provide a commercial storefront. A few carved brackets remain in place at the front under the stylistically wide roof overhang.Chatham-Arch Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1982 single- family dwelling |
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| Origin: | 1989-04-02 |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1242 |
| Collection: |
Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright |
| Geography: |
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804 |
| Subjects: |
Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Hasson, James McGinnis, Francis Thomas, Alice Thomas, Rachel Thomas, Mary J. Thomas, Lewis L. Thomas, Walter Thomas Roy H. Thomas, James K. P. Italianate hip roofs clapboard siding |
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