Michael's Great House Hunt: In Search of Indiana Eichler

Seems like the story ends ... in midsentence? "The front of the home had a brick wall tha" :-)

Argh! I blame MySQL. It should be fixed now. :/

I think after the WWII the name of the game was building homes fast ... and the ranch style home was fast, easy, and inexpensive to build. It sounds like you found yourself a treasure ... now what would that same home of cost in California? :-)

What a trade off?

California: Indiana:

Lots of sun Less sun
Nice ocean Nice cornfields
Big earthquakes Small earthquakes
Lots of people Less people
Lots of traffic Less traffic
Expensive housing Affordable Housing
MJ lives there ... Former home of MJ

Michael- Have you checked out the Pleasant Run or Irvington neighborhoods? Might be worth a look see...

Aimee

"Just north and south of 46th street, around Emerson and Arlington Avenues."

My Aunt use to live in a split level just south of East 46th on Cheviot Place. The large glass windows made the house seem like you were outside. It was a nice compromise with a garage under the house and a carport off of the garage ... very retro in the 50s styling.

I've some cool houses on Cheviot, I believe - lots of flat roofs and open flor plans in more of a Bauhaus style. Audubon, Bolton and Leslie (I think) have smaller 3 bedroom homes, all with a similar '50s style, if even, the same floorplans. And I can see how Michael Jackson being a pro/con for location being an issue :D

Oh but I wish I could afford to snag one of the homes in Irvington! Though the houses there are more 20s -30s it seems like, they still have plenty of style.

The house on Cheviot Place was a two bedroom with a small office across from a small kitchen. The dining room created an L-shape with the large front room. The central stone fireplace was extended to the exterior of the house and the lower level. The family room was directly below the front room and contained a fireplace also. The house was set into the side of a hill ... giving you an upstairs and downstairs ... and two ground levels connected by an open staircase with a fountain below it. Patio doors led to a wrap around walkway that shielded the lower sidwalk from the weather. Dated in 1980 ... Retro today! :-)

We moved to Indiana because I was starting a PhD at Purdue and my wife was working in Indy. For logistical sanity we decided to live in Lebanon to split the distance. We had never lived in a small town and were very much urban people. Years later, we decided to stay because of the older-home housing market. We bought a 1908 home with loads of character. The price was about what you would pay to be neighbors to a crack dealer in some Indy neighborhoods.

Here's a link to the house on Cheviot ... and it's for sale ... now is your chance. :-)

www.obeo.com/225008

Just wanted to let you know that we finally put our swanky 60's home on the market last week and wanted to provide you a link to the virtual tour.

This home was designed by Avriel Shull in 1959 with great attention to detail and quality material. She "billed" it as the home of the future and many of it's features were simply not incorporated into a home at that time.

We have lived here for 14 years and it will be hard to leave behind.

The pictures at this link actually show more of the home that the 360 virtual tour. Anyway. . . here's the link and Thank You in advance.

www.obeo.com/225008

Chuck ... it looks like the designer of your house was famous enough for Life Magazine ... and the May 14, 1951 issue of it had some very good pictures of Avriel and Richard Shull's wedding in it ... including a full page photo of the bride.

Michael, I'm rehabing this home on Audubon, contact me, it will be on the market soon...and, I just bought the home on Cheviot Pl. contact @ bozco77@yahoo.com

It was so great reading someone else's thoughts about the quest for a googie-fabulous ranch in Indy. :o) My fiance and I keep holding out for "the one"...(in our price range :o) ).

Chuck, what an amazing house!! And David, big kudos on snagging that!!!! :o)

Cool area on the east side with ranches:

Between 10th and Washington and Kitley and Edmundson (Edmundson is west of Shadeland).

Neat-o house for sale in that area:
6606 Spring Brook S Dr
Indianapolis 46219
$ 299,000
MLS Number: 2546033

Avriel Shull designed homes have been built all over the US and Canada. Locally, she designed, built, and decorated homes in a number of Marion County subdivisions. These developments include: Springmill Estates, Williams Creek Heights, Somerset Hills, Devon Woods, Meridian Hills, Woodbrook Downs, Village Farms, Eden Forest, and Williston Green.

I would love to have an Avriel Shull home. I would relocate from the west coast. I am an artist and would look for a smaller one.

If anyone hears of anything coming up, please contact me! And thank you.

I've lived in California for several years, and while I don't miss those sweltering Indy summers, the thought of moving home and buying a 60's ranch sounds pretty good sometimes. An Eichler in Silicon Valley or Marin County can easily go for over a million dollars today, and that's not even for a renovated one. To me, even a "generic" brick ranch can be cool. My Dad has one on the westside that he paid $77,000 for in the early nineties, and (beneath the Ethan Allen furniture and NASCAR memorabilia) it's a total pad. He's always complaining about it being so "old", but if that thing were in L.A., Silverlake hipsters would be freaking out over it.

And.....Is that really Richard Serra saying he would move to Indianapolis!?!?!?!

Yeah, it's me. And I am an artist/minimalist...but not that one.

I think he could afford to buy Portugal!
Finest minimalist artist/sculptor in history.

No, I'm looking for an Avriel Shull or similar vintage MCModern for myself. I'd love to relocate back to the midwest. Grew up one state over.

Can't find anything except on modernbones.com, and that's under contract so I'm told.

Any help with a knowledgeable realtor or potential friend to help would be invaluable.

Cheers to all.

Richard
richardserra@adelphia.net

I'm not too familiar with the area over by 46th and Emerson but I have seen a few MCM houses go on the market near there. What's the area like? My husband and I drove though but its hard to get a sense of a place sometimes when you're just passing by.

ck out the area just off of Kessler and 38th (2nd left after you pass 38th heading south.) The street is called Green Hills Lane. Very cool homes back there.

I am dying for an Avriel Shull home in Carmel. If anyone knows of one let me know!!!!!

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