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120 Monument Circle

The English Hotel And Opera House, located on the northwest quadrant of Monument Circle since 1880, was sold in 1947 to J. C. Penney Company, Inc. and torn down to… Read More »120 Monument Circle

300 North Meridian

300 North Meridian is a 27-story structure, begun by Browning Investments in 1987 and designed by Haldeman Miller Bregman Hamann, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The building encompasses 18 floors of… Read More »300 North Meridian

Arsenal Technical High School

Formerly a military arsenal from 1864 to 1903, Arsenal Technical High School opened as a public high school in 1912. Its use as a school began in 1904 when a… Read More »Arsenal Technical High School

Athenaeum

The Athenaeum was constructed for the Socialer Turnverein Aktien Gesellschaft (Social Gymnastic Society Stock Association), founded in 1892 to raise money to build a home for the Socialer Turnverein and… Read More »Athenaeum

Baltimore and Ohio Trail

Repurposed as a recreation rail-trail, in 1994, the vast Baltimore & Ohio railroad system originally radiated out of Indianapolis and served as a freight-passenger connection to the east. It specialized… Read More »Baltimore and Ohio Trail

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Unlike many NBA arenas with sleek modern architecture, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, originally named Conseco Fieldhouse, was designed with an intentional retro style. Ellerbe Becket, an independent Minneapolis-based architectural, engineering, interior design,… Read More »Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Bates House

hervey bates sr., an Indianapolis banker and businessman, built the Bates House in 1852-1853 on the northwest corner of Washington and Illinois streets. The four-story brick structure, completed at a… Read More »Bates House

Belt Line Railroad

Completed in 1878, the Belt Line Railroad over many decades has served as a supplemental track facility for other railroads providing freight service to Indianapolis. Most of its 14-mile trackage… Read More »Belt Line Railroad

Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

(1230 North Delaware Street). Designed by architect Herman T. Brandt in the Italianate style popular in the late 19th century, the home of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the… Read More »Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church

In 1836, Augustus Turner, a local barber, organized a small group of African American Methodists into a congregation eventually known as Indianapolis Station. Originally holding meetings at Turner’s log cabin… Read More »Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church

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