Christamore House Family and Community Center In 1905, Butler University alumnae and urban missionaries Anna C. Stover (1870-1944) and Edith D. Surbey (ca. 1872-1972) began settlement… Read More »Christamore House Family and Community Center
National Sports Festival IV In 1978, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced its decision to implement a new national multi-sport event that would… Read More »National Sports Festival IV
IMAGIS Indianapolis Mapping and Geographic Infrastructure System, or IMAGIS, was a consortium that created an innovative shared information system to provide… Read More »IMAGIS
Beurt SerVaas (May 7, 1918-February 2, 2014) Beurt SerVaas was an Indianapolis native known for the integral role he played between the… Read More »Beurt SerVaas
Indianapolis Human Rights Commission The Indianapolis Human Rights Commission was organized in 1952 as an advisory group to Mayor on matters. The City Council… Read More »Indianapolis Human Rights Commission
Eugene B. Glick (Aug. 29, 1921-Oct. 2, 2013). Real estate developer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Eugene B. Glick grew up in a Jewish family… Read More »Eugene B. Glick
Office of Equal Opportunity At the end of 1982, Mayor created the Office of Equal Opportunity to replace the after an investigation revealed internal… Read More »Office of Equal Opportunity
Phillip R. Duke (May 24, 1935-July 22, 1986). A lifelong native of Indianapolis, Phillip Duke attended Public School 54 and . He served… Read More »Phillip R. Duke
Paul F. Cantwell Born on September 15, 1927, in Marion County, the self-described “rinky-dink kid from the Southside,” Paul F. Cantwell grew up… Read More »Paul F. Cantwell
Landscape Architecture Upon her arrival in Indianapolis in 1837 Eunice Bullard Beecher, minister Henry Ward Beecher’s wife, noted that the town’s homes… Read More »Landscape Architecture
