The neighborhood of Pleasanton, whose boundaries are Emerson to the west, Michigan to the north, Pleasant Run Parkway North to the east and New York to the south, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 27th 2010. The offical name is Pleasanton in Irvington Historic District. It was platted in 1915 by William A. Ketcham. He was well known in the Indianapolis area. He was a Civil War Veteran and twice the attornet-general of Indiana. We was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He passed away on Dec. 27th 1921. Sadly he passed away during the greatest growth of homes in the Pleasanton area. It was exactly 89 years after his death that Pleasanton in Irvington was given it's highest award as a neighborhood.
The residents of Pleasanton in Irvington Historic District are very proud to live in our neighborhood and in the Irvington area. They are currently working on getting signs made to be placed on the street lamps that are placed throughout the interior of the neighborhood. They are also working on getting a similar article in the Eastside Voice.
The Irvington Historical Society was awarded a Preserve America Grant. Pleasanton was the first designation to officially be listed on the National Register of Historic Places from the grant money. The neighborhood consists of 90 houses/building. It is a small neighborhood that has many different types of styles of homes( Craftsman/Bungalow, American Foursquare, Colonial/Dutch Revival, Mission). The interior streets have a brick lined gutters and old style street lamps that give Pleasanton an old world charm. An original street lamp from Pleasanton is housed inside the Irvington Historical Society Headquarters at the Bona Thompson Memorial Library. These street lamps were found not only in Pleasanton but throughout all of Irvington. This prestigious award could not of happened without the hard work of Paul Dielbold, Steve Barnett, Kent Hankins, Don Flick and all of the Irvington Historical Society members that made it possible.
Dan Marshall
