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Stoughton A. Fletcher II
(Nov. 24, 1879-Oct. 8, 1957). Grandson of bank founder Stoughton A. Fletcher Sr. and a native of Indianapolis, Stoughton A. Fletcher II attended local public schools and graduated from Princeton University.… Read More »Stoughton A. Fletcher II

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Ruth Pratt Bobbs

(Sept. 3, 1884-Jan. 15, 1973). Ruth Pratt Bobbs was born in Indianapolis. The daughter...
Frank Douglas Stalnaker

(Dec. 31, 1859-Aug. 9, 1932). A nationally known banker and financier, Frank Douglas S...
Frances (Fanny) Van de Grift Stevenson

(Mar. 10, 1840-Feb. 18, 1914). Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, an Indianapolis native, a...
Frank Barbour Wynn

(May 28, 1860- July 26, 1922). Frank Barbour Wynn was born and reared on a farm near B...
 
Knights of Pythias (Stokely-Van Camp) Building
The architectural firm Mcguire And Shook designed this Gothic Revival building in 1925, at 941 N. Meridian Street, to house the insurance department of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights… Read More »Knights of Pythias (Stokely-Van Camp) Building

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Majestic Building

Immediately after a fire destroyed the Indianapolis Gas Company’s building in Novemb...
Mars Hill

Mars Hill is a Southwest side neighborhood in the vicinity of the Holt Road and Kentuc...
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA

The Ywca established a branch in Indianapolis in 1895, but African Americans could not...
Salesforce Tower

Frank E. Mckinney Jr., chairman of Bank One Indiana, began planning for the building n...
 
Marshal Foch Day 
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander-in-chief on the western front during World War I, toured the United States in 1921 as a guest of the American Legion. Leadership from Indianapolis, Marion County,… Read More »Marshal Foch Day 

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Marjorie Jackson Murder Case

(Nov. 30, 1910-May 7, 1977). Marjorie Viola O’Connell Jackson was killed with a.22 c...
Talbot Street Art Fair

Originally held on Mother’s Day weekend in 1956, a group of students from the Herron...
USA Gymnastics Sex Abuse Scandal

In a scandal that rocked the sports world, top executives at one of America’s most p...
International Festival

The International Festival began in 1976 under the management of the International Cen...
 
Roselyn Bakery
The first Roselyn Bakery opened for business in 1943. John S. Clark Jr. and his wife Mildred started their iconic business in an empty bakery at 2205 N. Meridian Street.… Read More »Roselyn Bakery

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Orchard School

In 1922, nine local women, including Evelyn Fortune Lilly, Edith Whitehill Clowes, Mar...
American Fletcher National Bank

STOUGHTON A. FLETCHER SR., who arrived in Indianapolis from Vermont in 1831, opened a ...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network

The famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network made its debut in 1952, but broadc...
Newfields

Newfields is a 152-acre campus that contains the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), Old...
 
Museums
Indianapolis has long been home to a variety of museums, many of them nationally acclaimed. These museums provide the community with both recreation and education. A few originated in the… Read More »Museums

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Air Quality

There is little evidence that air pollution was ever considered a significant problem ...
Drive-In Restaurants

Ordering food and having it delivered to your car became common in the 1930s when many...
Public Service Indiana

Public Service Indiana, one of the state’s largest electric utilities, was headquart...
Sikhs

Sikhism is a distinct religion and the fifth-largest in the world, with a following of...