On June 4, one day after the neighborhood’s annual home and garden tour, a formal greenspace will be dedicated in Indian Village. Located on Iroquois just north of Jefferson, the greenspace features native plantings and a historical marker that provides information about the Scranton-Trevor House that once occupied the site. The noon dedication will be attended by a member of the Trevor family who now lives in Houston.
The Indian Village Association has owned the land since 1974 after a lawsuit was settled regarding the property with the adjoining grocery store, which had torn down the circa-1898 wooden Victorian home in 1959. The Indian Village Men’s Garden Club maintained the greenspace, but the recent improvements were made possible by a grant given the organization by descendents of the Trevor family—who were connected to the original owners of the house, the Scrantons, through marriage.
The garden of native plants was designed by Michael Harvey of Nature Bound Designs, and the improvements were made by the Trevor Committee, comprised of members of the Indian Village Association, Indian Village Men’s Garden Club and Indian Village Women’s Garden Club.
Trevor Committee co-chair Dolores Paskal describes the greenspace’s marker—a mahogany granite rock—as “a very nicely-sculpted monolithic.” The marker’s plaque has a picture of the house that once stood there in 1912 with the family standing on the porch, as well as information about the house and the families that occupied it.
On Saturday, June 3, the neighborhood will host its annual Historic Indian Village Home & Garden Tour. The tour will feature six homes, one carriage house, five churches, two schools and three gardens. Tickets can be purchased for $18 on June 3; for more information visit www.historicindianvillage.org or call the tour hotline at 313-922-1736
Sources: Dolores Paskal, Trevor Committee and Colleen Robar, Robar PR
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