Indianapolis Star March 29, 1939
Marcy Village Development

Approximately 500 workmen will be employed for the next eight months in construction of Marcy Village, $1,680,000 multi apartment project on the 25-acre site in East 46th street, just north of the Indiana State School for the Deaf.

Ground for the development was broken last week and work started on a full-time basis with Everett A. Carson of Indianapolis as the builder. Architects for the project are Granger & Bollenbacher of Chicago. The Marcy Realty Corporation is owner of the property.

The 25 acres will contain 19 apartment buildings of colonial architecture, each two stories in height. In all there will be 277 apartment units. The project is the largest apartment undertaking of its kind ever approved in Indiana by the Federal Housing Administration.

"The architecture is of the highest character and room arrangement, as well as the very latest of conveniences, will be justly proud. Government experts in architecture, landscaping and other aspects of construction have combined their efforts with representatives of the sponsors in making Marcy Village one of the outstanding housing projects on the United States."
The buildings will be 80 to 150 feet apart and the apartment units will be of the one and two-bedroom type with daylight kitchens and cross ventilation. Marcy Village is designed with every thought given to the well being of home lovers who desire apartment building conveniences away from congested areas.

Each Building Insulated
Each building will be fully insulated, fireproof and soundproof. There will be large sperate entrances and wide, roomy stairways. Full basements will be under all structures with adequate laundry facilities, storage space, five heating plants equipped with stokers and an incinerator in every building.

The grounds will be beautifully landscaped. There will be tennis and badminton courts, shuffleboard and putting green for adults and children. A social room in each basement will afford a place for children to play in the winter and during inclement weather.

The garages are planned to face each other, thus removing unsightly views to open garage doors. The view from the back of each building will be as attractive as from the front. A convenient feature for the housewife will be the location of shopping facilities on the site.

Indianapolis Star Oct. 9, 1938
Marcy Village Apartment Project Hearing Tomorrow

Hearing on a petition for variance to permit construction to start within two weeks on the $1,680,000 multi-apartment project to be located in northeast Indianapolis will be before the Board of Zoning Appeals tomorrow afternoon. Last week, Samuel B. Sutphin of New Augusta, owner of the 25-acre site for the proposed project, filed the petition with the zoning board.

Purchase of the site by the Marcy Realty Corporation will depend upon favorable action by the zoning board. The multi apartment project first was planned by its sponsors on a tract at 59th street and the Monon railroad but was abandoned when nearby property owners protested. The new site is bounded on the north by 46th street.

Carson General Contractor
General contractor for the project will be Everett A. Carson, local general contractor, and father of Dr. Wayne Carson, surgeon and sponsor. E. A. Carson has built many modern structures in and near Indianapolis, including the new front for SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in North Meridian street, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and parochial school building and several academic buildings for Indiana University.

Marcy Village project is designed with every thought to the well being of home lovers who desire apartment building conveniences away from the noise and smoke of congested areas. The 25 acres will contain 19 colonial type structures, each two stories in height. In all, there will be 277 well arranged apartment units.

The buildings will be from 80 to 150 feet apart and the apartment units will be of the one and two-bedroom type with daylight kitchens and cross ventilation. The buildings will be fully insulated, fireproof and soundproof. There will be large sperate entrances and wide, roomy stairways. Full basements will be under all buildings with adequate laundry facilities, storage space, five heating plants equipped with stokers, and an incinerator in every building.

Grounds to Be Landscaped
The grounds will be beautifully landscaped. There will be tennis and badminton courts, shuffleboard and putting green for young and old. A social room in each basement will afford a place for children to play in the winter.

The garages are planned to face each other, thus removing unsightly views to open garage doors. The view from the back of each building will be as attractive as the front.

A convenient feature for the housewife will be the location of shopping facilities on the site. Management and rentals for Marcy Village will be under the supervision of J. Allen Dawson of the H. H. Woodsmall Agency.

by R. Earl Peters
State FHA Director
Indianapolis News Jan. 27, 1940
Marcy Village Construction and Arrangement Lauded by Peters

The Marcy Village large-scale housing project, embracing nineteen buildings with 272 apartment units, is the first FHA project of its type completed in Indiana.

The buildings are appropriately distributed over the twenty-five-acre tract and the federal housing administration compliments the sponsors for the excellent construction and arrangement represented in the several buildings. Experts representing the FHA have co-operated with the sponsors in respect to land planning, architecture, materials and equipment and it is our belief that the Marcy Village project will be highly successful, both from the standpoint of economic soundness and excellent housing at reasonable cost for a large number of Indianapolis families.

Aside from the dwelling units, there are five store buildings for the accommodation of those who live within the village, and, when weather conditions permit completion of the landscaping, Marcy Village may well be one of the outstanding show places of the metropolitan area of Indianapolis. The FHA has a sense of pride in the fact that the government has co-operated with the sponsors and lender in giving to Indianapolis what we believe to be one of the outstanding large scale housing operations in the country.

Marcy Village, which represents an expenditure of approximately $1,690,000 is an accomplishment under section 207 of the National Housing Act. Under that section, acceptable sponsors mat borrow from some private lending institution approved by the government any amount up to $5,000,000, at an interest rate not to exceed 4 per cent., for terms to be approved by the administer and which in some instances run as long as thirty0three years, for the construction of apartment buildings or groups of single-family buildings.

Marcy Village is the ninety project completed in Indiana under that plan.

Indianapolis's outstanding residential project, Marcy Village, an ultra-modern apartment community at 1435 East Forty-sixth street, has been opened for occupancy. It is one of the largest developments of its type in Indiana and a leader in the Middle West, the buildings covering sixteen acres, besides approximately ten additional acres of lawns and playgrounds.

The community project consists of nineteen buildings having a total of 272 apartment units. A private enterprise, Marcy Village was planned only after thorough research and as a result combines many modern building methods.

Everett A. Carson, Indianapolis contractor, planned the project as a self-contained community with exceptional dwelling accommodations at reasonable rentals.

Of the 272 apartments, sixty-four are three-room apartments, thirty-two are three and one-half room suites, 108 are four-room apartments, and sixty-eight are five-room apartments. The room total is 1,076.

Colonial architecture has dominated the design of the nineteen buildings of the project. There are modern shops consisting of five storerooms, which will be occupied by a drug store, grocery, barber shop, beauty shop, dentists' and doctors offices, for the convenience of tenants.

60 Per Cent. Rented, Report
Rental managing firm for Marcy Village is the H. H. Woodsmall Agency, Inc., of which H. H. Woodsmall is president, and J. Allen Dawson, treasurer and property manager. The latter assisted Carson in the promotion of the project and today announced that more that 60 per cent. of the apartments in the Village have been rented. He added that the Village will be entirely completed by April 1.

The ample wall space in the individual rooms invites varied and artistic picture and furniture arrangement. There are large living rooms and commodious bedrooms with cross ventilation, sound proofed and with generous sized windows.

Efficiency is the keynote of the kitchens, which are all-electric. There are the modern electric range, refrigerator, cabinets and incinerator.

Brick, tile, concrete, copper and an array of lasting material went to make up the nineteen buildings. The structures are fireproof, insulated and soundproof.

Among other features provided are stoker controlled heating plants, multiple entryways, broad lawns, walks and driveways.

Bathrooms, with tub and shower, join with all the other equipment to make suites livable. Hardwood floors, garages with overhead doors, basements with laundry facilities, social rooms, and lighting fixtures of chaste design all add their share to beautifying individual units.

Much attention has been given to the landscaping of the ten-acre lawns and playgrounds. More than 150 new trees are being transplanted and an abundance of shrubbery will be planted throughout.

There are playgrounds for the children and grownups, recreation rooms in the basements, badminton courts and wading pools for the children.

Casron emphasized the fact that the project will be practically free of smoke or smog. The nineteen colonial buildings, he said, will be heated by eight central heating plants equipped with modern stokers, thus eliminating the smoke nuisance caused by hand-fires heating plants.

Stokers Reduce Heat
The combined stoker installations are capable of developing 600-horse power, and tennants will enjoy the benefits of constant controlled automatic heat, day and night, regardless of outside weather conditions.