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Author Biography
Steven R. Barnett is Executive Director at the Irvington Historical Society.
Steve Barnett was raised in Irvington. Steve attended School #57, Howe High School (’63), and received a degree from Purdue University (’70). He served in the Indiana National Guard. After a brief hiatus from Irvington, Steve returned to his home town in 1977 with his wife Sue so their three children could grow up in a family friendly environment.
Steve had the good fortune of working with U. S. Representative Andy Jacobs, Jr. and U. S. Representative Julia Carson in the Indianapolis Congressional District Office helping constituents.
After his retirement, Steve became the executive director of the Irvington Historical Society and curator of the Bona Thompson Memorial Center until 2025. Steve was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Gov. Wallace G. Wilkinson for service to veterans, and he was appointed a Sagamore of the Wabash by Gov. Joseph Kernan for service to Indiana. In 2016, Steve was named Marion County Historian.
Steven R. Barnett’s Story Archive
100 Years Ago This Week: May 1-8
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, May 4, 1915: The South Side May Festival concluded last night with a concert by The Indianapolis News Newsboys Band and a general jubilee at Garfield Park. It was the biggest and happiest day that part of Indianapolis ever had; fully 15,000 people visited the … Read More
World War I 100 Years Ago This Week: May 1-8
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 5, 1915: The Indiana Committee of the Commission for Relief in Belgium has opened its headquarters at 753 Lemcke Annex, 145 N. Pennsylvania. The committee will undertake the work of providing a cargo for an “Indiana ship” to be sent to the relief of … Read More
World War I 100 Years Ago: April 24-May 1
From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 24, 1915: State club women are being asked to raise money to buy milk for babies in Belgium. More than 30,000 babies have been born in isolated Belgium since the war began and they are in need of milk. The Belgian Relief appeal reports … Read More
100 Years Ago This Week: April 24-May 1
From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 24, 1915: Irvington is spreading over much territory. Ellenberger Woods, now a city park, reaches as far north as Tenth Street and this should popularize home building in that vicinity. The park board intends making Ellenberger Woods one of the beauty spots in Indianapolis … Read More
100 Years Ago This Week: April 17-24
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, April 20, 1915: Indianapolis is to plunge itself into a flower and vegetable growing contest according to plans by the Vacant Lots Cultivation & Home Decorating Committee. The cultivation of vacant lots with flowers and vegetables started on a modest scale, but it has now … Read More