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Mary Antonia (Mari) Hulman George

(Dec. 26, 1934-Nov. 3, 2018). Businesswoman, racecar team owner, and philanthropist, Mary Antonia (Mari) Hulman George was born in Evansville,… Read More »Mary Antonia (Mari) Hulman George

Goodwill Industries of Central & Southern Indiana

Goodwill Industries of Indianapolis began as a result of the . Upon the urging of local church leaders, Rev. Albert… Read More »Goodwill Industries of Central & Southern Indiana

John Newell Hurty

(Feb. 21, 1852-Mar. 27, 1925). Pharmacist, medical educator, public health advocate, and state legislator, John Newell Hurty was born in… Read More »John Newell Hurty

Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

In 1844, , a delegate from Indianapolis attended the Presbyterian General Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky, where he visited the Kentucky… Read More »Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Indiana School for the Deaf

In 1843, the Indiana General Assembly enacted a property tax to finance the education and housing of the state’s deaf… Read More »Indiana School for the Deaf

James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children 

In 1936 Indianapolis architects designed the James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children, first public school in Indiana for physically… Read More »James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children 

Larue Carter Hospital

Larue D. Carter Hospital was a psychiatric facility that opened in 1952. It was named for Dr. , who was… Read More »Larue Carter Hospital

Henry Jackson Lewis

(ca. 1830s-Apr. 10, 1891). Henry Jackson Lewis was born enslaved near Water Valley, Mississippi in the late 1830s, although some… Read More »Henry Jackson Lewis

Oscar Carleton McCulloch

(July 2, 1843-Dec. 10, 1891). Social gospel minister, civic leader, and social worker Oscar McCulloch was born in Fremont, Ohio,… Read More »Oscar Carleton McCulloch

Neuronhurst  

In 1888 Dr. William Fletcher, son of Indianapolis pioneer opened W. B. Fletcher’s Sanitorium (later renamed Neuronhurst), the first private… Read More »Neuronhurst