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Retro Indy: Lockerbie Square was feeling its age. Then renovations on historic homes began

The first of three images from a 1958 sketch of what Lockerbie Fair might include. IndyStar File The second part of the 1958 plans for Lockerbie Fair. IndyStar File A 1967 sketch of the proposed Lockerbie Fair project that includes James Whitcomb Riley's house. IndyStar File This architect's sketch of the master plans for Lockerbie Fair ran in the Indianapolis News on Jan. 29, 1968. Indianapolis News Lockerbie Square residents -- many of them the owners of newly purchased homes that they planned to restore -- engaged in a neighborhood-wide cleanup activity in the spring of 1969. IndyStar File Photo/William Palmer A building in the Lockerbie Square undergoing renovation in 1970. IndyStar File Photo/William Palmer The 300 block of North Park Avenue included a condemned and gutted house in 1970. IndyStar File Photo/John Starkey Once the Owl Pharmacy, this building at the corner of New York Street and College Ave was home to art studios and offices in 1976. The iron fence in front once belonged to the old jail. IndyStar File Photo/Frank Fisse A renovated house on the northeast corner of Lockerbie and East Streets in 1979. IndyStar File Photo/William Young A renovated house at 331-333 North East Street in Lockerbie Square, seen here in 1975. IndyStar File Photo/Bob Doeppers This Lockerbie Square apartment building, built in the late 1800s, was demolished in 1978. IndyStar File Photo/Jerry Clark The Staub House at 342 N. College Ave was built in 1959. One of the oldest homes in the city, it is seen here in 1977 as it undergoes restoration. It is considered one of the city's finest exampels of Federal architecture. IndyStar File Photo/William Palmer The Lockerbie Square neighborhood embraced its historic roots with a loosely Victorian-era celebration each year. This 1076 photo depicts a 1930 Packard in front of the Riley Home, where party-goers are gathered. IndyStar File Photo/Jerry Clark As part of ongoing restoration efforts, a workman here lays a brick sidewalk in the Lockerbie Square area in 1978. IndyStar File Photo/William Palmer The Lockerbie Fair concept died out by the mid-1970s but the neighborhood for many years after held an annual "A'Fair," celebrating Victorian days. In this 1978 photo, Greg Gardner, age 8, is enjoying a ride in a 1903 Olds. IndyStar File Photo IndyStar File Photo In the late 1960s, plans circulated for making an old-time theme park in the Lockerbie Village. Today many of the homes there have been refurbished but the area still touts it historic atmosphere. IndyStar File Photo/Kelly Wilkinson James Whitcomb Riley Home (528 Lockerbie St.), where the author spent the latter half of his life living with friends. IndyStar File Photo/Michelle Pemberton