The best place to start your research is the Indiana Room at the Noblesville library. They have Sanborn Fire Insurance maps on microfilm and city directories. I use the maps to gauge a timeframe for when a building was constructed, if the Sanborn maps cover that area. As Noblesville grew, the area covered by the maps also grew,…
2015 Josiah Durfee Award Winner – Individual Merit category The Josiah Durfee Award is given at the discretion of the NPA’s Board of Directors on behalf of the NPA membership to the local citizen or organization that has made the most significant positive contribution to NPA’s mission. Outstanding achievement in historic preservation may be a single event…
2015 Josiah Durfee Award Winner – Neighborhood Spirit category The Josiah Durfee Award is given at the discretion of the NPA’s Board of Directors on behalf of the NPA membership to the local citizen or organization that has made the most significant positive contribution to NPA’s mission. Outstanding achievement in historic preservation may be a single event…
2015 Josiah Durfee Award Winners The Josiah Durfee Award is given at the discretion of the NPA’s Board of Directors on behalf of the NPA membership to the local citizen or organization that has made the most significant positive contribution to NPA’s mission. Outstanding achievement in historic preservation may be a single event or a cumulative contribution…
When you saw her working in her yard or strolling down Logan Street, you sometimes had to remind yourself that in her century of living, Denzel had witnessed unimaginable change. When she was born in a farmhouse on 216th Street, north of Noblesville, the automobile was a new and unreliable invention sharing the road with…