Collection #

M 0848, OMB 101

 

 

falender and efroymson
records, 1883–2005

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Processed by

Laura D. Shumar
25 May 2006

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize manuscript box

COLLECTION
DATES:

1883–2005 (bulk 1900–1945)

PROVENANCE:

Herbert D. Falender, Indianapolis, Ind., 2004 and Marion Cassell, Indianapolis, Ind., 2005

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

 

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

 

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

 

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

2004.0089, 2005.0380

NOTES:

 

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

Julius Falender (1887–1951) was born in Poland, and naturalized as a United States citizen on 5 November 1904.  With his brother Samuel, he founded the Falender Iron and Metal Works, a scrap metal business.  Samuel and Julius later founded the Illinois and Chesapeake Realty Company, which leased the land for and, in 1928, built and operated the Lockerbie Hotel [now the Canterbury Hotel].

Harry Efroymson (1862–1965) was the cousin of retailer Gustave Efroymson of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills.  He was the secretary of the Falender Iron and Metal Works.  In 1906, Harry’s daughter Ella (1887–1951) married Julius Falender.

Sources:

Materials in the Collection

http://www.canterburyhotel.com/history.html

http://www.vanrooy.com/silk.html

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of three manuscript boxes and one oversize manuscript box, the bulk of the contents being papers related to land sales for the Falender brothers’ business interests, especially the Falender Iron and Metal Works and the Lockerbie Hotel.  There are also several family papers relating to the marriage of Julius Falender and Ella Efroymson, and a genealogy of the Efroymson, Wolf, and Goldberg families prepared by Marion Cassell in 2005.

Most of the papers were in bundles, held together by rubber bands.  Many documents are dirty and retain folds.  The collection has been organized into 9 series; the 8 bundles as received and a final series of miscellaneous items.

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Bundle 1

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Abstract of title to Lot 31 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1920

Box 1, Folder 1

Abstract of title to Lot 30 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1920

Box 1, Folder 2

Warranty deed from Samuel and Daisy Welch for Lots 30 and 31 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1921

Box 1, Folder 3

Abstract of title to Lot 31 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1914

Box 1, Folder 4

Mortgage paperwork for Samuel and Daisy Welch for Lots 30 and 31 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1920

Box 1, Folder 5

Abstract of title for Lot 30 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1914

Box 1, Folder 6

Series 2: Bundle 2

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Judgment payment records, Shields vs. Schaman et. al., 1943

Box 1, Folder 7

Warranty deed from Anna Perk for Lot 29 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 8 May 1945

Box 1, Folder 8

Map of Out Lot No. 124 & N. Pt. 122

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 8

Application by Julius Falender and Harry E. Efroymson to the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company for side track extension, 26 May 1937

Box 1, Folder 9

Series 3: Bundle 3

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Certificate of Naturalization for Julius Falender, Naturalized 5 November 1904, issued 6 July 1942

Box 1, Folder 10

Map of Out Lot No. 124 & N. Pt. 122

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 2

Papers relating to land sales for Out Lots Nos. 122 and 124, 1898–1943

Box 1, Folder 11

Papers relating to sales of Lot 25, Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1880–1945

Box 1, Folder 12

Series 4: Bundle 4

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Financial correspondence and land sale papers,
1908–1915

Box 2, Folder 1

Stock agreements for the Lockerbie Hotel, 1928

Box 2, Folder 2

Land sale documents for Ray Street subdivision [school coal yard], 1922

Box 2, Folder 3

Abstract of title for Lockerbie Hotel lots,
11 January 1887

Box 2, Folder 4

Affidavit re. the Indianapolis Foundry Company,
19 September 1917

Box 2, Folder 5

Quitclaim deed to Lot 9 in Samuel Binkley’s subdivision, 16 January 1915

Box 2, Folder 6

Deed for the sale of Lot 29 in E.B. Martindale’s Lincoln Park Addition, 31 December 1895

Box 2, Folder 7

Correspondence re. Lots in James H. McKernan’s subdivision, 1919–1924

Box 2, Folder 8

Papers re. Lot 5 in Terry & Robinson’s subdivision, 1900–1922

Box 2, Folder 9

Deeds to Samuel and Julius Falender for seats at Congregation Shara Teffila, 7 June 1915

Box 2, Folder 10

Release of Mortgage from Wabash Realty and Loan Company, 9 January 1913

Box 2, Folder 11

Papers relating to the sale of lots in Kappes and Nalter’s South Meridian Addition, 1919–30

Box 2, Folder 12

Miscellaneous real estate papers, 1890–1926

Box 2, Folder 13

Loan documents from Celtic Savings & Loan Association No. 3, 1917

Box 2, Folder 14

Executor’s Deed for land on Lot 9 of Samuel Binkley’s subdivision, 16 January 1915

Box 2, Folder 15

Abstract of title for Lots 29, 30, 33–36 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 14 November 1955

Box 2, Folder 16

Series 5: Bundle 5

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Abstract of Title for Lots 29 and 30 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1947

Box 2, Folder 17

Abstract of title for Lots 29, 30, 33–36 in George Norwood’s subdivision and related documents,
1883–1955

Box 2, Folder 18

Warranty deed from William Epstein, et. al. for lots in George Norwood’s subdivision, 4 January 1956

Box 2, Folder 19

Map of Out Lot No. 122

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 3

Miscellaneous documents re. lots in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1956

Box 2, Folder 20

Abstract of title for Lot 34 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1922

Box 2, Folder 21

Abstract of title for Lot 35 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1949

Box 2, Folder 22

Map of Out Lot No. 122

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 4

Abstract of title for Lot 36 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1949

Box 2, Folder 23

Series 6: Bundle 6

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Abstract of title for Lots 26–28 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1920

Box 3, Folder 1

Abstract of title for Lots 26 and 27 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1920

Box 3, Folder 2

Abstract of title for Lots 26–28 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1941

Box 3, Folder 3

Map of Out Lot No. 124 & N. Pt. 122

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 5

Abstract of title for Lot 27 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1920

Box 3, Folder 4

Series 7: Bundle 7

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Abstract of title for Lots 31 and 32 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1945

Box 3, Folder 5

Abstract of title for Lot 31 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1945

Box 3, Folder 6

Map of Out Lot No. 122

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 6

Series 8: Bundle 8

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Escrow agreement for Lots 31 and 32 in George Norwood’s subdivision, 1945

Box 3, Folder 7

Warranty deed for lots 31–32 of George Norwood’s subdivision [701, 703, and 707 South Capitol Ave.], 1946

Box 3, Folder 8

Tax receipts for lots 31 and 32 of George Norwood’s subdivision, 1945

Box 3, Folder 9

Abstract of title with special information on lots owned by Samuel Falender, 1931

Box 3, Folder 10

Warranty deeds for purchases by Samuel and Julius Falender, 1906–30

Box 3, Folder 11

Warranty Deed by Henry D. and Elizabeth V. Pierce, 24 July 1917

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 7

Abstract of title for Lots 18–24 in the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company’s subdivision, 1907

Box 3, Folder 12

Abstract of title for part of Out Lot No. 124 and related correspondence, 1905

Box 3, Folder 13

Series 9: Certificates and Miscellaneous Documents

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Marion County Marriage Certificate for Julius Falender and Ella Efroymson, 22 October 1906

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 8

Religious Marriage Certificate for Julius Falender and Ella Efroymson, 23 October 1906

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 9

Ketubah [Hebrew Marriage Contract]

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 10

Autographed portrait of Rabbi M. Messing, ca. 1906

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 11

Certificate of Appreciation from The Merchants Association for Gustave A. Efroymson, ca. 1930

OMB 101:
Box 1, Folder 12

Genealogy of Efroymson, Wolf, and Goldberg families, 2005

Box 3, Folder 14

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