Drexel Gardens Bounded by Minnesota Street, I-70, Sam Jones Expressway, and Lynhurst Drive, Drexel Gardens dates to 1923 when the American Town… Read More »Drexel Gardens
Downtown Development Indianapolis has struggled with the issue of downtown development (or redevelopment) throughout much of the 20th century. The automobile’s popularity in… Read More »Downtown Development
Conner Prairie Founded in 1964, Conner Prairie’s mission was to study and interpret the world of the early 19th-century settler in the… Read More »Conner Prairie
Edith Whitehill Hinkel Clowes (Sept. 21, 1885-May 22, 1968). Philanthropist and patron of the arts, Edith Whitehill Hinkel was born in Buffalo, New York,… Read More »Edith Whitehill Hinkel Clowes
Chatham Arch Located on the northeastside of downtown Indianapolis, bounded by I-65, College Avenue, East Street, and North Street, Chatham Arch is… Read More »Chatham Arch
Central Canal The Central Canal, a fragment of which still runs from to downtown Indianapolis, once promised to place Indianapolis at the… Read More »Central Canal
Camp Fire Inc. Though not officially incorporated until 1912, the Camp Fire Girls (later Camp Fire, Inc.) first began in 1910 under the… Read More »Camp Fire Inc.
Cadle Tabernacle Constructed in 1921 on the northwest corner of Ohio and New Jersey streets at a cost of $305,000, Cadle Tabernacle… Read More »Cadle Tabernacle
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
Butler University Butler University occupies more than 300 acres along the east bank of the white river and the central canal, combining… Read More »Butler University
