Russell Montgomery lived on west 11th Street in 1915 and in 1931 at the time of his death. The stretch of 11th street that he lived on no longer exist, having been replaced by the expansion of the Crispus Attucks campus after 1945. When Russell lived on 11th street in 1915 CAHS had not even been built. (It was built in 1927.) The campus expansion didn’t occur until after 1945. Long after Russell’s death.
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2017 map view of the area.
Today, what remains of 11th street where Logan Russell Montgomery once lived is just a half block section from Brooks Street to the edge of the Crispus Attucks High School campus. Russell's house would have been in this stretch, on the right, just on the CAHS campus.
In 1915 CAHS was not yet built. 11th street continued on from here uninterrupted all the way past Senate Avenue.
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Who is Russell Montgomery?
Russell was born a slave in Adair County Kentucky. He moved his family to Indianapolis about 1900. He is the grandmother of Myrtle E. Montgomery (wife of James Francis Williams), the focal points of this project. (the Montgomery/Williams Project)
