Vera and the Olga, Historic rowhouse blocks in Indianapolis, United States.

Vera and the Olga are two historic rowhouse blocks in Indianapolis, Indiana, built in 1901. Each is a two-story, ten-unit red brick row arranged on a courtyard, with a hipped roof and units three bays wide. Projecting bay windows and front porches line the facades.

These buildings were constructed in 1901 and represent early twentieth-century urban architecture as Indianapolis expanded. They emerged during a period when the growing city needed new forms of residential housing.

These buildings show how city living changed during the industrial boom in Indianapolis. The layout reveals how residents lived side by side in organized family units.

The two rowhouse blocks face each other across a shared courtyard rather than lining a street, so the units are reached from that inner space. Look for the front porches and projecting bay windows on the courtyard sides of the red brick rows.

The two blocks are named Vera and the Olga, and each holds ten units, so twenty households shared the single courtyard between them. The 1984 National Register listing recognized both rows together as one historic property.