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The groups that have shaped Indianapolis.

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Al Green’s Drive-in 
Al Green’s Drive-in 

Al Green, his siblings Belle Green and Nate Green, and their father founded Al Green’s Drive-in in 1947. Unable to… Read More »Al Green’s Drive-in 

Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church

Allen Chapel, originally known as the Little Mission, is an African Methodist Episcopalian Church in Indianapolis. It was founded in 1865… Read More »Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church

Alpha Home
Alpha Home

The Alpha Home for Aged Colored Women was founded by Eliza Goff, a housekeeper, and former enslaved person, as a… Read More »Alpha Home

American Legion
American Legion

The idea for an American Legion began when Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of the former president,  and a few officers… Read More »American Legion

Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates
Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates

Four generations of Bohlens practiced architecture in Indianapolis, and the firm, begun by the patriarch in the mid-19th century, was… Read More »Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates

Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre
Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre

The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre is the largest and oldest community theater in the Indianapolis area and the longest continuously… Read More »Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre

Broadmoor Country Club
Broadmoor Country Club

In 1922, several Jewish businessmen organized a social and sporting club for the Jewish community whose antisemitic exclusion from existing… Read More »Broadmoor Country Club

Browning Day
Browning Day

Also known as Browning Day Pollak, Inc. (1969-1982), and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc. (1983-2019), the architecture firm founded by… Read More »Browning Day

Burns and James
Burns and James

In 1926, Lee Burns and Edward D. James formed an architectural partnership. Both men were Butler University graduates, and although… Read More »Burns and James

Butler University
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

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