Adaptive Reuse Of Religious Architecture Adaptive uses of vacant historic religious buildings have saved notable examples of sacred architecture. In 1929, there were 461 buildings of worship in use within the City of Indianapolis. Sixty… Read More »Adaptive Reuse Of Religious Architecture
African American Golf African Americans have a rich history of golfing in Indianapolis, but that history was always shaped by segregation. Golf was introduced in the United States at the end of the… Read More »African American Golf
Anita Bryant In Indianapolis Evangelical pop singer and Florida orange juice spokesperson Anita Bryant came to Indianapolis on October 7, 1977, for the “Rally for Decency,” a leading figure in a national campaign to… Read More »Anita Bryant In Indianapolis
Anna Margaret Ross Alexander (Nov. 17, 1913-Feb. 16, 1995). Anna Margaret Ross Alexander was born in Lafayette, Indiana, to Linn Carhahan Ross and Gladys Gould Ross. While attending Purdue University, she wrote for the… Read More »Anna Margaret Ross Alexander
Arab Americans Arabic-speaking people began settling in Indianapolis in the late 1800s. Coming mainly from what today are the countries of Syria and Lebanon, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire,… Read More »Arab Americans
Betty Perry (Aug 8,1948 -Feb. 11, 2022). Perry was born in Brooklyn, New York, as Betty Jo-Ann Montgomery. She was the oldest of nine children who, at the age of five was… Read More »Betty Perry
Black Lives Matter Murals Two mural projects emerged in Indianapolis following protests that erupted in downtown Indianapolis and other urban areas after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. Protesters… Read More »Black Lives Matter Murals
Browning Day Also known as Browning Day Pollak, Inc. (1969-1982), and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc. (1983-2019), the architecture firm founded by James E. Browning and Daniel Alan Day in 1967 has… Read More »Browning Day
Canal And White River State Park The Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission selected the Canal and White River State Park area as one of Indianapolis’s cultural districts due to its deep-rooted history and numerous cultural institutions in… Read More »Canal And White River State Park
Carolyn (Carrie) Barnes (Apr. 20, 1883-Apr. 26, 1918). Carrie Barnes was born in Kentucky to Lillie Peters and Charles Henry Barnes. When she was young, she moved to Denver, Colorado, with her mother,… Read More »Carolyn (Carrie) Barnes
