Sunday Prayer: Oliver and Warren Buildings
As the final Sunday Prayer for July, we’d like to offer these buildings in the 1200 block of...
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Author: Nathan Bilger
Sunday Adverts: Hotel Harrison
Today’s advertisement is actually stationary from the Hotel Harrison. Of course, stationary...
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Hotel Edward
103 years ago today, this postcard from the Hotel Edward was mailed to Evansville… The Hotel...
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Indianapolis Hotels of 1933
The convention map, showing major hotels and landmarks. In October 1933, the American Public...
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Illinois House
From an 1883 directory of Indianapolis hotels is this listing for the Illinois House, located on...
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An Englishman’s Stay in Indianapolis, 1851
In the early 1850s, Englishman J. Richard Beste and his family came to America and toured the...
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Sunday Ads: Hotels of the 1890s and 1900s
Here are just a handful of advertisements of Indianapolis hotels from the 1890s and 1900s. By this...
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Sunday Ads: Hotels of the 1870s and 80s
Continuing in the vein from last week’s advertisements of the 1850s and 60s, here are some...
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Sunday Prayer: 3000 Pennsylvania Street
From the 3000 block of Pennsylvania Street, we have this former four-flat building that is hoping...
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Sunday Ads: Hotels and Boarding Houses of the 1850s and 60s
The 1855 Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory reported the following about the lodging...
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Room with a View: Garfield Park Pagoda
The 1903 Pagoda (also known by many as the Pavilion) in Garfield Park is a historic outdoor room...
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Sunday Prayer: Woodruff Place West Drive
Today’s Sunday Prayer is this potentially marvelous home in Woodruff Place, which stood out...
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The Indianapolis-Yosemite Connection
What does our fair industrial city of Indianapolis, Indiana have in common with the majestic...
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Sunday Ad: Father’s Day in the 30s and 40s
Happy Father’s Day! Today, we have a few advertisements celebrating dads. First is a...
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History of Military Park
Our monthly theme for June is the “Great Outdoors”, and it seems that we’ve been...
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Sunday Prayer: Bush Stadium/Victory Field
While the most recent plans for the former Victory Field, also known as Bush Stadium, are...
Read MoreSunday Advertisement: Hobbs & Dunn–Landscape Architects
From the 1913 Blue Book comes this ad for Hobbs & Dunn: “Landscape Architects and Engineers”. And they also advertised in the 1913 City Directory… Not too many landscape architects were around the city in...
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The Ginkgo behind Apparatus at 14th and Meridian
Since June’s monthly theme is about the great outdoors, we’ve been looking around at...
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Preservation Affirmed: Stout Field Terminal
Stout Field, located on south Holt Road between Minnesota and Raymond Streets, was...
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Sunday Prayer: Alfred Glossbrenner Mansion
Alfred Glossbrenner, prominent early 1900s Indianapolis citizen and president of Levey Printing,...
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