Joan Hostetler, Author at Historic Indianapolis | All Things Indianapolis History

Then and Now: Indianapolis Remodeling Company, 1422 N. Kealing Avenue and 1028 Windsor Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 20, 2011 | Then & Now |

As tastes and mores change, it is easy to judge past generations. Why didn’t they save the English...

Then and Now: The Little Depot and the Interstate

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 13, 2011 | Then & Now |

Although a psychic once told me that I “don’t have a psychic bone in my body,” as a local...

Then and Now: The Dorman Street Saloon (aka “The Hog”), 901 Dorman Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 6, 2011 | Then & Now |

The Dorman Street Saloon has a long and fabled history in Cottage Home Neighborhood on the near...

Then and Now: Lucretia Mott Public School No. 3 and the CommonWealth Building 23 N. Rural Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Sep 22, 2011 | Then & Now |

With all of the talk of demolition of abandoned buildings, it is encouraging to see neighborhoods...

Then and Now: Harness Factory Lofts and the Georgia Street Improvement Project, 30-34 E. Georgia Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Sep 15, 2011 | Then & Now |

The photograph below shows the Indianapolis Brewing Company’s parade wagon pulled by a six-horse...

Then and Now: The Ma-Co Building, Southeast corner of College Avenue and 38th Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Sep 8, 2011 | Then & Now |

Architects Pierre and Wright of Indianapolis designed the Ma-Co Market building in about 1928 for...

Then and Now: St. Clair Place Neighborhood 900 Block of Tecumseh Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Sep 1, 2011 | Then & Now |

One of the joys of living downtown is seeing down-and-out neighborhoods bounce back to life once...

Then and Now: Rost Jewelers / Harry & Izzy’s, 25 N. Illinois / 153 S. Illinois

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Aug 25, 2011 | Then & Now |

Rost Jewelers, now part of Circle Centre Mall, is one of the city’s most beautiful examples of...

Then and Now: The Catalina Bar, 3032 E. Washington Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Aug 18, 2011 | Then & Now |

(Photograph courtesy of the Catalina Bar) The word “dive” easily comes to mind when one drives by...

Then and Now: Kroger Store / Double 8 Foods

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Aug 11, 2011 | Then & Now |

Most of us have probably passed this small grocery store on the southeast corner of College Avenue...

Then and Now: 500 Block of Alabama Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Aug 4, 2011 | Then & Now |

This historic photograph depicts what Indianapolis has had an abundance of: demolition to...

Then and Now: Hotel Lincoln / Hyatt Regency, 2-20 Kentucky Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jul 28, 2011 | Then & Now |

The corner of West Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue was once the site of the four-story...

Then and Now: Denison Hotel 135 N. Pennsylvania Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jul 21, 2011 | Then & Now |

Although less known today than other Indianapolis hotels that survived later into the century, the...

Then and Now: English Hotel and Opera House, 120 Monument Circle

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jul 14, 2011 | Then & Now |

The English Hotel and Opera House is often lamented as one of the biggest preservation losses in...

Then and Now: Liberty Hall / Dearborn Hotel, 3208 E. Michigan Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jul 7, 2011 | Then & Now |

Rumors have swirled around the Dearborn Hotel for years. Was it really built by the Ku Klux Klan?...

Then and Now: Meadowbrook Diner, 5151 E. 38th Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jun 30, 2011 | Then & Now |

The Meadowbrook Diner at 5151 East 38th Street is one of several authentic diners that once fed...

Then and Now: Spades Park and the Feast of Lanterns

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jun 23, 2011 | Then & Now |

This charming stone bandstand with a tile roof once graced the grounds of Spades Park on the...

Then and Now: The Old Deaf School and Willard Park 1901 E. Washington Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jun 16, 2011 | Then & Now |

This Greek Revival building served as the Indiana Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb...

Then and Now: The Old Pump, Massachusetts Avenue and Delaware Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jun 9, 2011 | Then & Now |

Photo Credit: Indiana University, Lilly Library, Frank M. Hohenberger Collection, negative 1247...

Then and Now: The Benjamin Franklin Sculpture

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jun 2, 2011 | Then & Now |

1929 photograph from the Indiana Historical Society, W. H. Bass Photo Collection Sculptor James H....

Author: Joan Hostetler

Then and Now: Indianapolis Remodeling Company, 1422 N. Kealing Avenue and 1028 Windsor Street

Then and Now: The Little Depot and the Interstate

Then and Now: The Dorman Street Saloon (aka “The Hog”), 901 Dorman Street

Then and Now: Lucretia Mott Public School No. 3 and the CommonWealth Building 23 N. Rural Street

Then and Now: Harness Factory Lofts and the Georgia Street Improvement Project, 30-34 E. Georgia Street

Then and Now: The Ma-Co Building, Southeast corner of College Avenue and 38th Street

Then and Now: St. Clair Place Neighborhood 900 Block of Tecumseh Street

Then and Now: Rost Jewelers / Harry & Izzy’s, 25 N. Illinois / 153 S. Illinois

Then and Now: The Catalina Bar, 3032 E. Washington Street

Then and Now: Kroger Store / Double 8 Foods

Then and Now: 500 Block of Alabama Street

Then and Now: Hotel Lincoln / Hyatt Regency, 2-20 Kentucky Avenue

Then and Now: Denison Hotel 135 N. Pennsylvania Street

Then and Now: English Hotel and Opera House, 120 Monument Circle

Then and Now: Liberty Hall / Dearborn Hotel, 3208 E. Michigan Street

Then and Now: Meadowbrook Diner, 5151 E. 38th Street

Then and Now: Spades Park and the Feast of Lanterns

Then and Now: The Old Deaf School and Willard Park 1901 E. Washington Street

Then and Now: The Old Pump, Massachusetts Avenue and Delaware Street

Then and Now: The Benjamin Franklin Sculpture

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