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Broad Ripple Historic Home Tour 2016
posted: Sept. 30, 2016
There were seven homes on the 12th Annual Broad Ripple Historic Home Tour (2016). 6270 Delaware Street, 6302 Delaware Street, 6120 Central Avenue, 6017 Carrollton Avenue, 6040 Winthrop Avenue, 5875 Crestview Avenue, and 5829 Haverford Avenue. The weather was great and so were the crowds of interested tour-goers.
Tour co-chairs Chad Thompson and Mary Holland. Mary received a plaque at the pre-tour party at Joy's House for her 5 years of service to the tour.
image courtesy of Bill Malcolm
5875 Crestview Avenue
5875 Crestview Avenue: The house is outfitted like it was the 1950s.
5875 Crestview Avenue: This tropical backyard has a Koi pond.
5829 Haverford Avenue
5829 Haverford Avenue: Built-ins flank the large dining room window.
5829 Haverford Avenue: The Lux sisters - Linda, Luann and Lisa, came back on the tour to see their childhood home. The girls shared stories of growing up with seven people in a house with one bathroom.
6017 Carrollton Avenue
6017 Carrollton Avenue: An archway to the dining room. The homeowner found original Tee Pee Drive In menus in the house.
Tee Pee Drive-In menu
6040 Winthrop Avenue
6040 Winthrop Avenue: In this home every inch counts. Here, the owner's work-from-home desk is part of a Murphy bed.