Built Environment

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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

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

Alpha Home

The Alpha Home for Aged Colored Women was founded by Eliza Goff, a housekeeper, and former enslaved person, as a place of refuge and care for the elderly and infirmed… Read More »Alpha Home

American Legion

The idea for an American Legion began when Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of the former president,  and a few officers met in Paris in February 1919, to consider the postwar… Read More »American Legion

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

Lionel F. Artis

(Dec. 3, 1895-Sept. 1, 1971). Born in Paris, Illinois, Artis moved to Indianapolis as a youth. He attended Butler University and in 1933 earned a degree in social science at… Read More »Lionel F. Artis

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