Broadmoor Country Club In 1922, several test Jewish businessmen organized a social and sporting club for the Jewish community whose antisemitic exclusion from… Read More »Broadmoor Country Club
Burger Chef In 1957 Frank Porter Thomas, an uncle of famed musician and Peru, Indiana, native, Cole Porter, opened a pilot restaurant… Read More »Burger Chef
Burger Chef Murders On November 18, 1978, an off-duty employee of the Burger Chef, 5725 Crawfordsville Road, discovered the backdoor of the restaurant… Read More »Burger Chef Murders
The Cabaret The Cabaret is dedicated to elevating and promoting the cabaret art form. Cabaret is a restaurant or nightclub with a… Read More »The Cabaret
Robert (Sammy Terry) Carter (Dec. 4, 1929-June 30, 2013). Born in Decatur, Illinois, Robert Carter graduated from Millikin University with a bachelor’s degree in… Read More »Robert (Sammy Terry) Carter
Cinemas According to some historians, the first movie theater in Indianapolis was the Bijou (ca. 1906) on East Washington Street. The… Read More »Cinemas
Cold Spring Murder Case The bodies of Jacob Young and Nancy Jane Young, husband and wife, were discovered along , near the intersection of… Read More »Cold Spring Murder Case
Country Clubs By the late 1800s, country clubs were popular social centers for the cultural elite in many American communities, including Indianapolis.… Read More »Country Clubs
Crazy Al’s Al Finch established Crazy Al’s, a restaurant and music venue, in 1973, at 5408 North College Avenue in what would… Read More »Crazy Al’s
Dance Bands Professional bands hired to perform for public and private social dances began to flourish in Indianapolis during the 1880s. Groups… Read More »Dance Bands