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POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA)
CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1931
LXXVII
Including Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Build- ings and Other Business Places, including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Mis- cellaneous Character ; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations.
248
Advertising Department ..
101
Alphabetical List of Names
249
Apartment Buildings.
1851
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
1856
Bands and Orchestras.
1866
Banks.
1866
Board of School Commissioners
26
Buildings-Office and Public.
1876
Buyers' Guide
101
Cemeteries.
1879
Churches.
1881 25
City Officials.
1849
Clergymen.
1885
Clubs.
1888
Convents
1896
County Officers.
29
Courts.
36
Federal Officers.
32
Fire Department.
26
General Directory
249
Halls
1924
Homes and Asylums
1926
Hospitals and Dispensaries.
1926
Householders' Directory
1401
Incorporated Companies.
1928
Indiana State Government.
30
Interurban Lines.
1401
Labor Organizations.
1948
Legal Blue Book
1952
Libraries
1963
Military
36
Miscellaneous Information.
14
Miscellaneous Societies and Organizations.
2010
Museums
1973
Newspapers.
1974
Parks and Playgrounds
1982
Police Department.
26
Post Office.
32
Public Buildings, Halls, etc.
1876
Public Schools
36
Railroads
1993
Schools-Parochial.
2004
Schools, Colleges and Academies.
2004
Social Settlements.
2008
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 2008
Societies-Miscellaneous.
2010
Societies-Patriotic 2010
101
State Schools .. 36
Street and Avenue Guide.
1405
Street Railway and Bus Lines
1401
Township Officers.
29
Special Advertising Department
Classified Business Directory
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Advance Tent & Awning Co, right side lines and 126
Aetna Cabinet Co
215
Aetna Trust & Savings Co 134
American Loan Co, front cover, left side lines and 194
American Mutual Insurance Co.
187
Emrich's Factory Furniture Co.
right top lines and 167
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co.
236
Ernst & Ernst
103
Ervin-Valdenaire Lumber Co. .right top lines and 201
235 Federal Indemnity Bureau Inc. .right side lines and 177
Fenton, Steers, Beasley & Klee (Legal Blue Book) Fidelity Trust Co
Fieber & Reilly
Fletcher-American Co
Fletcher American National Bank.
right top lines and
Fletcher Dr W B Sanitarium
Fletcher Savings & Trust Co Forbes-Hubbard Lumber Co
Foreman O P .. left side lines and
Foster R S Lumber Co
Foster & Messick
Franke Hardware Co .
Furnas Ice Cream Co
Gardner Joseph Co. . left top corner cards, 233 and Garrison Samuel E .. (Legal Blue Book)
Gates F E Marble & Tile Co ...
207
Geiger & Peters
General Electric Supply Co.
General Motor Service Co ...... front cover and General Outdoor Advertising Co. .109 and Gibson Co The
Glen Haven Cemetery Assn. .
. back cover, right side lines and Goepper Fred Coal and Supply Co. Goldberg A Cooperage Co .. .
Goodrich & Emison .. (Legal Blue Book) Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co . right top lines and 184
Gregg & Son Inc .. .left side lines
Brookside Lumber Co ..
Brown L M Abstract Co
Buick Motor Co
Burdsal A Co The
Burford Win B Printing Co.
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co .... left top lines and
200
Business Furniture Co. .front cover and
213
Canning Joseph J & Co
226
Cantwell Alfred S . . (Legal Blue Book)
Capital Ice Refrigerating Co. .
Capital Paper Co .. .left side lines and
Capital Potato Chip Co
Capitol City Fuel Co .. .140 and
147
Capitol Dairies Inc.
. bottom stencil edge, right side lines and
Capitol Electric Co
Capitol Motor Inn
Capitol Motors Co
Carey Philip Co ... right side lines, 193 and
Carter-Lee Lumber Co
Caughran B Howard.
. (Legal Blue Book)
Central Buick Co
Central Business College. .
.right top lines and
Central Lien Corp ..
Central Public Warehouse Co.
120
Central Rubber & Supply Co. Central Supply Co
225
Central Union Truck Terminal Inc.
Central Wall Paper & Paint Co ..
Chaille Emerson W & Co ...
Church Members Relief Assn. . right top lines and Circle Motor Inn Inc ..
Citizens Motor Car Co
Clark Oliver H. .right top lines and Claycombe & Stump. (Legal Blue Book) Claypool Hotel
Commercial Casualty Insurance Co.
right side lines and 188
Commonwealth Life Insurance Co ..
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co .left bottom lines and 189 189
142
Indiana Parking Garage. ... back bone and
Indiana Pump and Compressor Co. . 229 229
Indiana Railroad
Indiana Terminal Warehouse Co.
top stencil edge and 244 135
Indiana Trust Co. Indianapolis Abattoir Corp
left bottom lines and 208
Indianapolis Electrotype Foundry Indianapolis Coal Co .. .left top lines and 146 160 Indianapolis Engraving Co .. .161 and Indianapolis Motor Inn Inc ... 121
225
Delaware Motor Inn
Doherty Henry L & Co.
Dolbey & VanAusdall
Dux Edward F Stone Co. 237 Eastgate Hotel
175
Eastman J D Co 144
Edison Corporation
Emerson-Scheuring Tank Co 238
Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co. 189 Employers Liability Insurance Co. 193
187
American Utilities Securities Co Inc.
Anderson-Davidson Lumber Co ...
Assn of North American Directory Publishers.
Atkins E C & Co.
Ayres L S & Co ... front stencil edge and 153
Balke & Krauss Co.
202
Ballard Ice Cream Co
176
Bamberger & Feibleman. . (Legal Blue Book) Bank & Office Stationery Co, right side lines and
Bankers Encyclopedia Co
. (back fly leaf)
Bankers Investment Co ..
Bankers Trust Co ... . left side lines and
Banner-Whitehill Co. right top lines and
Barrett Hardware Co. .left side lines and
Bass Photo Co.
Bassett Co The.
226
Bates Gerritt M. (Legal Blue Book) Bates Howard H. :(Legal Blue Book)
Baxter Co The
119 196 136
Belmont Jewelry Store
Belmont State Bank
Belt Casualty Co
Berkshire Life Insurance Co.
.right bottom lines and
Bessire & Co Inc
Better Business Bureau
Billy Grimes Tire Co.
Block Wm H Co ..
Blue Diamond Coal Co.
Bobbitt Archie N
Bock Equipment Co.
Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse Printing Co
Bowen A W Co. right bottom lines and 117
Bradford Ernest W (Legal Blue Book)
Brainard Electric Co
Brennan W A Inc ..
Bridges & Graves Co.
Broad Ripple Auto Co
left top lines and left side lines and
159 230 230 117 201 102 119
Gregory & Appel Inc. .left side lines and Grimes Billy Tire Co. 184 Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co. . right side lines and Hack Oren S .... . (Legal Blue Book) Hackleman & Shields .... right bottom lines and Halgren Ross M. 120 121 178 192 231 Hall-Hottel Co Hall-Neal Furnace Co Hall & Hill. Hamrich Art left side lines and left side lines and 164 Harlan Myron S. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co .. .right top lines and 190 231 179 190 159 Hatfield Electric Co .. Hatfield Paint Co .. .left side lines, 139 and 220 Hayes Bros Inc. 226 Hensley James W .left bottom lines and 246 103
Herdrich & Boggs.
Hetherington & Berner.
Hillsman G E Co
203 Hisey & Titus. . right side lines, 163 and
Hoffman J Clyde. . (Legal Biue Book)
Hoffmann Joseph O. .(Legal Blue Book)
Holland Furnace Co. Home Lumber & Supply Co
Hood & Hahn ..
Hook Drugs Inc ..
right side lines and
Hoosier Coffee Co
Hoosier Mfg Co
236 175
Hotel Eastgate Hotel Severin
Hotel Spink
Hubbard-Scearce Lumber Co.
Hutchinson Auto Co ... Hydraulic Press Brick Co.
172 Indiana Business College .... right top lines and Indiana Hotel Co
Indiana Law School. .left side lines and
189 Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Co ...
Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co ...
Indiana National Bank. . back bone and
.. right bottom lines and 190 130 113
Co-operative Savings and Loan Assn. Cox, Conder, Bain and Cox .... (Legal Blue Book) Cram George F Co
Crane Co
Crane E A
Crescent Paper Co
right bottom lines and
Cruse J S Realty Co. Cruse & Dewenter
D & C Navigation Co
Davey Hugh J
Dean Bros Co ... 3 and
207 171 185 222 230 164 4
217 229 121 195 216
212
Indianapolis News ........ right bottom lines and Indianapolis Office Furniture Co .. .right side lines and 214 Indianapolis Paint & Color Co. 218 .right bottom lines and
237 205 242
Holder & Diven ... (Legal Blue Book) 164 202 224 151 148
119 157 208 243
. right side lines and 245 243 230 188 121 120
232
174 175 203 121 158 157 172 157 190
Gates, Walsh & Hoffmann .... (Legal Blue Book) Gausepohl E J & Co .... . left top lines and 241 237 159 112 236 120 143 147 138
134 231 195 128 234 129 203 231 203 193 171 176 239
188 Gates Edward E .. (Legal Blue Book)
188 126 197 120
154
145
.. back cover and (Legal Blue Book)
205 228
2,20 215
175 223 227
209 159 121 119 233
Page 216
American States Insurance Co.
.. left top lines and 136 202
(opposite inside back cover) Y Excelsior Laundry. . back cover and 199
214 X
137 127 166 170 225
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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International Harvester Co 121 162
Inter-State Car & Foundry Co.
Interstate Public Service Co ..
229
Jessup & Antrim Ice Cream Co.
right side lines and
176
Johnson-Maas Co ..
204
Johnson W H & Son Co .. .164 and
226
Jones George K. . .left bottom lines and
189
Jones, Hammond & Buschmann (Legal Blue Book) Kahn Tailoring Co
Katz Max Bag Co.
left top lines and
126
Keeport A B Co ..
left side lines and 139 152
Kiger-Burnett Co ..
right side lines and
216
Kinsey E A Co.
Kipp Bros Co ..
Kirby-Dinn . . . left side lines and
Kirschner & Lovick Body Co Inc. .
Klein & Kuhn Inc ..
Kruse & Dewenter Co.
Lain Business College ..
.left top lines and 156 191
Landers Jackson K ...... right side lines, 188 and Langsenkamp F H Co ...... right side lines and
Lathrop-Moyer Co
118
Laurie Wm Co
.front cover and
Law R V Motor Co ...
Leonard W M Inc
Levey Printing Co
Lieber H & Co The. . right top corner cards and Lincoln Transit Co ... ... right side lines and Lockwood. Lockwood, Goldsmith & Galt.
London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. .
Long-Knight Lumber Co ...
Lumber Insurance Agency. . right bottom lines and Madden W M & Co ..
Mannon Floyd R. . . (Legal Blue Book)
Marion County State Bank
136
Marion Paint Co ... .left side lines and
Marmon Motor Car Co.
Marott Apartment Hotel .... right side lines and
Martin Harvey B .. . left side lines and 185 Siegel Milton . (Legal Blue Book)
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co ..
.right bottom lines and 178
Matson, Ross, McCord & Clifford ...
(Legal Blue Book)
Mccullough J G Agency. . .. right top lines and
McDougall J H. .. .right bottom lines and 188
McFerren Earle E. . (Legal Blue Book)
McKee Homer Co The
McKelvey & Kell
McMurray Welcome B
238
McNamara Joseph P.
.. (Legal Blue Book)
McNamara-Koster Foundry Co.
right side lines and 162
McShane John J
. (Legal Blue Book)
Means & Buenting. (Legal Blue Book)
Medical Arts Credit Bureau.
Meier Electric & Machine Co.
Merchants National Bank
131
Merchants Rating Bureau. 150 and 208
Merrifield Hugh D (Legal Blue Book)
Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co ... right side lines and 191 204
Michigan Lumber Co
Miller Frank K (Legal Blue Book)
Millis Advertising Co.
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co
Morrison L E & Co
Morrison's Inc
Mueller A G Nash Sales
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
Mutual Fire Insurance Co ..
Mutual Insurance Agency. . right bottom lines and National Detective Bureau Inc ..
190
Umphrey & Hartz. . front cover, left side lines and Underwood Transfer Co
Union National Saving & Loan Assn.
right top lines and 142 102
Union Title Co ..
.right side lines and
Union Trust Co.
. top lines and 133
United Cleaners. .
United Credit Bureaus Inc.
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Utility Bond and Share Co.
Utility Securities Co
VanCamp Hardware & Iron Co ..
192 Vehling Fred W .right side lines and
Viehmann F J Co
Vonnegut Hardware Co. ... margin lines and 169
Z Walsh J Madison .. (Legal Blue Book) 124
Wangelin & Sharp
Warehouse Distributing Corp
Warnock C O Co .... .... right bottom lines and
Wege-Stanford Marble & Tile Co.
Wells-Williams Co
West Side Lumber Co
Western Audit Co
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co .left bottom lines and 160 217 162
Whittington Wire & Iron Works. Wiegand's A Sons Co
Williams & Schlosser. (Legal Blue Book)
right bottom lines and 158 165 Willson & Willson (Legal Blue Book)
Pennsylvania Motor Inn 121 Wilmeth Roy Co. .front cover and 116 212
Peoples State Bank
Peoria Life Insurance Co
192
Phoenix Sprinkler & Heating Co. 111
Pinkus V E
Pierson-Hollowell Lumber Co. 204 192
Pioneer Distributing Plaza Motor Inn Co 109 121 206 Polk R L & Co. . 106, 125 and Polk Sanitary Milk Co ...... left side lines and 210 Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia .... (back fly leaf) X 147 Potter Coal & Material Co ... Progress Laundry Co ... .left side lines 193 Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co of Philadel- phia, Pa
Railroadmen's Building & Saving Assn. .
Rassmann Emil C Inc
left top lines and 141 232 168 180
205 152 163 122 231 Rogers & Co
Roberts Wm H & Sons.
Rocap James E. .
. (Legal Blue Book)
Rubush & Hunter
Rucker Alvah J .. . (Legal Blue Book)
Rybolt Heating Co
Sanborn Electric Co
Sander & Recker Furniture Co. .
right top lines and
165 158 168 221
Schumacher John A Co ..
Sargent Harry G Paint Co. . right bottom lines and Schley & Trask. . 224 and (card Legal Blue Book) Security Trust Co. .. right top lines and Schlosser Chalmer .(Legal Blue Book) Schoen Bros .left side lines and 144 140 132 108 Seeds Russel M Co. Sentinel Printing Co Service Construction Co 228 148 123 174 Service Spring Co Shank Fireproof Warehouse Co ...... 2, 111 and Shaver E L Co 237 123 193 118
Sinker-Davis Co The 160
Slaymaker, Merrell, Ward and Locke. (Legal Blue Book)
232 Smither H C Roofing Co.
Smith & Moore Inc ..... .left bottom lines and 124 233 South Meridian Motor Inn 121 Spink Hotel 175 Stafford Engraving Co .. .161 and opp Standard Accident Insurance Co. Spradling, Carter & Jordan 105 1906 186 217
Standard Nut Margarine Co
Standard Paper Co
State Auto Insurance Assn .... left top lines and
187 181
State Life Insurance Co ... . left side lines and Stein Theo Jr. .. left bottom lines and
182
148 160 Sterling Loan Co
Sterling Laundry. . left side lines and 198 199 Stewart W K Co ... Stone, Stafford & Stone .right side lines and 215 Strathmann Construction Co 193 140 188 Strauss Agency Inc 239
Suesz Otto J
Swaim H Nathan . (Legal Blue Book)
Swiss Cleaners .left side lines and 144 236 240 Tarpenning-Lafollette Co
Taylor J H Transfer & Storage Co.
Taylor's Sales and Service
Tennyson W H
Thor Electric Shop left top lines and
Trustees System Service
U S Photo Engraving Co
National Map Co
.left top lines and 150 192 207 228 234
Neuronhurst Sanitarium
Newberger, Simon & Davis. . (Legal Blue Book) News The .. right bottom lines and 212 185 Northern Insurance Co ...... left side lines and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co ... 185 234
Norway's Sanatorium. . .. top lines and
Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.
Ogden James M ... (Legal Blue Book) Old Line Auto Insurors. ... right side lines and inside back cover Old Trails Insurance Co .... right side lines and Olive George S .. Overland Trucking Co .. Pace, Gore & McLaren
186 104 210 104
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. 192
Paetz George L & Son .123 and 242 Pangborn George W 192 Paper Package Co 223 Patterson Shade Co 247 Payne Gavin L & Co 137 196 Peek Charles C Inc ..
Peerless Electric Supply Co.
.left top lines and
Peerless Foundry Co
Peoples Coal & Cement Co.
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Wilson J C
Woodsmall H H Agency Inc.
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National Life Insurance Co.
Neff F B Printing Co ..
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219 Shoptaugh A G.
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of the Indianapolis City Directory, as well as more than 700 other city, county, state and national directories, pre- sent to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1931 edition of the Indianapolis Directory, which also includes Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place. The inclusion of Speedway City is new with this issue.
Confidence in the continued growth of Indianapolis' industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the direc- tory is a mirror truly reflecting Indianapolis to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having the courteous and hearty co-operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Indianapolis Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information per- taining to the community.
Population
The estimated population of Indianapolis is over 400,000, based on the number of individuals' names in the alphabetical section of the directory, with due allowance for children and for women whose names are not listed separately from those of their husbands. Territory imme- diately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the directory, and, likewise, in the popu- lation estimate. The 1930 U. S. Census, confined strictly by the corporate limits of the city, gave Indianapolis a population of 364,161.
Six Major Departments
The several essential departments are arranged in the following or- der :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 23 to 37, presents a variety of information, such as lists of city, county, state and federal offi- cials; post office and public school directories; statistical review; manu- facturing, trade and civic surveys, etc.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 101 to 248, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Indianapolis and vicinity. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The community's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In a great commercial and industrial center like Indianapolis, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is very great, and fre- quently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 249 to 1397. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses following that of the husband.
THE STREET RAILWAY AND BUS LINES DIRECTORY is contained in pages 1401 to 1403. Correlation of this section with the Directory of Householders determines the street car or bus running nearest to any given house or intersection.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 1405 to 1847. In this section the names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order; the residences
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and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of householders and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers. A feature of this section is the distinction between tenant-owned and rented homes.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 1849 to 2024. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests of the whole community in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indis- pensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Direc- tory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium."
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