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Agriculture and Agribusiness

Indianapolis has a long history of producing crops and livestock and continues to be one of Indiana’s largest agricultural contributors.  Early History, 1820s-1850s Agriculture was necessary for the survival of… Read More »Agriculture and Agribusiness

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 once one of the nation’s oldest continuously operated architectural enterprises.… Read More »Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates

Bottleworks District

Bottleworks is an urban mixed-use development located at the former Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in downtown Indianapolis. Since its establishment in 1931, the coca-cola bottling plant has been an iconic landmark… Read More »Bottleworks District

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

Burns and James

In 1926, Lee Burns and Edward D. James formed an architectural partnership. Both men were Butler University graduates, and although Burns had no formal training as an architect—he was a… Read More »Burns and James

Fermor Spencer Cannon

(Aug. 4, 1888-Dec. 11, 1973). A native of Indianapolis and graduate of Shortridge High School, Fermor Spencer Cannon studied architecture at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1911. Upon returning… Read More »Fermor Spencer Cannon

Circle Centre Mall

On March 2, 1989, the demolition of many historic buildings in downtown Indianapolis signaled the beginning of construction of the Circle Centre Mall project that had been in the planning… Read More »Circle Centre Mall

Clay Terrace

Clay Terrace opened in Carmel in October 2004. The upscale, open-air shopping center exhibited the architectural theme of New Urbanism, harkening back to a pre-World War II main street shopping… Read More »Clay Terrace

Pete Dye

(Dec. 29, 1925-Jan. 9, 2020). Pete Dye is recognized as one of the most influential golf course designers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Referred to as the… Read More »Pete Dye

English Hotel and Opera House 

William Hayden English, Indianapolis businessman, congressman, and Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate in 1880, built his fashionable hotel and theater the same year on the northwest quadrant of the Circle (see Monument… Read More »English Hotel and Opera House