Glory-June Greiff - Encyclopedia of Indianapolis

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The earliest appearance of the bicycle in Indianapolis was a demonstration on the of the high-wheeled “ordinary” in 1869. Within… Read More »Bicycling

Butler University Architecture

Butler University Architecture

The campus of Butler University occupies 290 acres on the city’s northside, with its principal entrance on the east at… Read More »Butler University Architecture

Circle Tower

Tower Realty Company’s announcement in 1928 that it would construct a new modern office building in the southeast quadrant of… Read More »Circle Tower

Coca-Cola Bottling Plant

Coca-Cola Bottling Plant

, the city’s premier architectural firm of the interwar years, designed numerous bottling plants throughout the state for Coca-Cola in… Read More »Coca-Cola Bottling Plant

Fidelity—AFNB—Chase Building

Fidelity—AFNB—Chase Building

Located in the northeast quadrant of at Market Street (101 Monument Circle), the Fidelity–AFNB—Chase Bank Building was designed by the… Read More »Fidelity—AFNB—Chase Building

Carl Graham Fisher

Carl Graham Fisher

(Jan. 12, 1874-July 5, 1939). Carl Graham Fisher was born in Greensburg, Indiana. This flamboyant entrepreneur never let his poverty-stricken… Read More »Carl Graham Fisher

Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System

Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System

In part a response to the “City Beautiful” ideal popularized by the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Indianapolis initiated… Read More »Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System

Lilly Endowment Building

Lilly Endowment Building

The Lilly Endowment Building at 2801 North Meridian Street was originally the home office of one of Indiana’s oldest insurance… Read More »Lilly Endowment Building

Michigan Road

Early in the state’s history, the Michigan Road linked the Ohio River to Lake Michigan. Using federal funds earmarked for… Read More »Michigan Road

National Road

Initially constructed over the course of 1811-1818 from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, (West) Virginia, the National Road was the first… Read More »National Road

Arthur C. Newby

Arthur C. Newby

(Dec. 29, 1865-Sept. 11, 1933). Born on a farm near Monrovia, Indiana, Newby came to Indianapolis around 1881 seeking employment… Read More »Arthur C. Newby

Odle McGuire and Shook

Odle McGuire and Shook

In 1916, Rushville native William C. McGuire, born in 1888, and Wilbur Briant Shook, born in Versailles in 1889, formed… Read More »Odle McGuire and Shook

Rubush and Hunter

Rubush and Hunter

Preston C. Rubush and Edgar O. Hunter were the architects most responsible for the changing streetscape of downtown Indianapolis in… Read More »Rubush and Hunter

Alexander Sangernebo

Alexander Sangernebo

(May 1, 1856-Jan. 22, 1930). Alexander Sangernebo was responsible for most of the architectural terra cotta ornamentation in Indianapolis before… Read More »Alexander Sangernebo

Through the years, public sculpture in Indianapolis, often quite visible but largely unnoticed, has followed trends typical throughout the state.… Read More »Sculpture

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