Author: Ryan Hamlett

A Room with a View – Eden-Talbott House

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Dec 22, 2017 | A Room with a View |

Scraping away an iced up window from a Delaware Street apartment building reveals the Eden-Talbott...

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New Life at Central State Part III: The 1899 Building

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Sep 13, 2016 | Historic Miscellania |

The 1899 Building, formerly the Men’s Dining Hall for Central State Hospital. (Photo:...

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The Arlington Theater

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Aug 12, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

In between the days of the grand vaudevillian movie houses like the Circle and Indiana Theaters...

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The Scot Butler House and the Office in the Round

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Jul 29, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

The former Board of Church Extension Building or “office in the round” at 110 South...

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New Life at Central State Part Two: Restoring and Repurposing

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Jul 15, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Window restoration is always a key element to preserving old buildings. This view peers north from...

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B. F. Keith’s Grand Opera House

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Jun 17, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

A closed Keith’s Theater advertises “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” at the...

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New Life at Central State Asylum

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Jun 3, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Editor’s Note: These sprawling grounds on Indianapolis’ near west side will be the...

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Karl Bitter, Elmer Taflinger, and the Holliday Park Ruins

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | May 20, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Last episode, we learned of the short but prolific life of Austrian born, Indianapolis transplant...

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Indiana’s S & S War Memorial Sculptor

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | May 6, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

A close up view of “The Dying Solider” on the east side of the Solider’s and...

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Metropolitan Hall: Indianapolis’ First Theatre

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Apr 22, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

While the Hilbert Circle Theatre and the Indiana Repertory Theatre are the last remaining...

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Riverside Pumping Station

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Apr 8, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Citizen’s Water Co. Riverside Pumping House at 1201 Waterway Boulevard – Photo by Ryan...

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Indiana City Brewery (Home Brewing Company Bottling Building)

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Mar 25, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

In case you missed it the first time we published it… Early last year, our own Joan...

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The Indianapolis Chain and Stamping Co.

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Mar 11, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Photo courtesy of Diamond Chain Co. There is a building on Indianapolis’ near southwest side...

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The Devil in the Old Northside

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Feb 25, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

The first official home of the People’s Temple led by the notorious Reverend Jim Jones...

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Indianapolis Fire Station Two

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Feb 11, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Ever suddenly “discover” an interesting detail or other gem–even though...

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Indy Indie Artist Colony, the Former St. Regis

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Jan 28, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

The Indy Indie Artist Colony and former St. Regis Apartment building at the Corner of Pennsylvania...

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History of the St. Vincent Hospital Fall Creek Building

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Jan 14, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

There were an improbable number of mustard bottles littering the kitchen table as we poked our...

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Return to the Mysterious Tombstones at Kessler and Keystone

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Dec 31, 2013 | Historic Miscellania |

This past August, we ran a feature on the tiny cemetery at the southeast corner of...

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The Thomas Askren House

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Dec 10, 2013 | Historic Miscellania |

I have to admit, I am guilty of being too downtown-centric when it comes to thinking about...

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Christian Theological Seminary

Posted by Ryan Hamlett | Nov 26, 2013 | Historic Miscellania |

Christian Theological Seminary at 42nd and Michigan Road With a not-so-subtle tie-in to this...

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