Tag: demolition
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The demolition of the Lafayette Road bridge over Eagle Creek
This concrete-arch bridge was in sorry, sorry shape. It had carried Lafayette Road across Eagle Creek in northwest Indianapolis since 1925. The southbound lanes had, at any rate; the bridge was widened to add northbound lanes in 1935. But in 2009, when I took these photos, it had been neglected for a long time. I think…
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Moving the 153-year-old Flanagan/Kincaid House
The 1861 Flanagan/Kincaid House has crept its way one-half mile to its new foundation on the grounds of Navient, a student loan processing firm in Fishers. The house made its journey on October 4. I was in Auburn looking at old cars that day, so I didn’t see this house hoisted and rolled away. These photos…
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Saved? The 1861 Flanagan/Kincaid House
I’ve been following the efforts to save the Flanagan/Kincaid House, built in 1861 in what is now Fishers, Indiana. I had been curious about this house for years, as I drove by it frequently after dropping my sons off at their mom’s in Fishers. But then the house made news when the land developer that came to…
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Endangered: The 1861 Flanagan/Kincaid House
This lovely 153-year-old house is among a small number of houses from this era that remain in Hamilton County, Indiana – and it’s in very real danger of being demolished. As I said when I first shared this house with you last year, it stands next to I-69 on 106th Street in Fishers, which is a suburb of…