Author: Tiffany Benedict Browne

Will Indy’s First Female Architect Please Stand Up?

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 27, 2019 | Featured Article, General, Ladies Lounge |

“Our profession, as an entirety is not fitted for women,” an anonymous male architect...

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Then & Now: The Bertha Ballard

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 20, 2019 | Then & Now |

Post card of the Bertha Ballard Home from the flickr collection of Evan Finch A la “Pulp...

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Then & Now: The Cuyler Studio, 1527 N. College Ave.

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 13, 2019 | General |

The Cuyler Studio and home, 1527 North College Avenue We’ve all heard stories of the woman...

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The Woman Behind the Tablet

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 6, 2019 | General |

Where Marie H. Stewart lived from 1916-1952 And we aren’t talking an electronic tablet,...

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Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A.

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 27, 2019 | Featured Article, General, Ladies Lounge |

Anyone who has ever gotten anywhere in life has had help. Whether family, friends, teachers,...

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Madam CJ Walker

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 20, 2019 | General |

1998 U.S. Postage stamp, honoring Madam C. J. Ever wonder who your role models’ role models...

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Lincoln Spoke Here: The Other Marker

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 11, 2019 | General |

Lincoln Marker When Affixed to Claypool Hotel One of Indianapolis’ big claims to fame is...

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Where Wes Montgomery…?

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 6, 2019 | General |

Wes Montgomery, image courtesy Indiana Historical Society, M1178, taken by Duncan Schiedt In the...

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Then and Now: At Vermont and Meridian, Part II – 10 E. Vermont

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 30, 2019 | General |

Above: a doctored image showing part of 18 East Vermont with the First Baptist Church at the...

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Happy National Handwriting Day from Indianapolis

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 23, 2019 | General |

You love old stuff, right? Or else, why would you be on this website? Assuming that’s the...

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Then and Now: At Vermont and Meridian, Part I – 18 East Vermont

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 16, 2019 | Then & Now |

The Indiana War Memorial is one of the crown jewels of Indianapolis, but much like the soldiers it...

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The Who and How of Indiana’s State Flag

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 9, 2019 | General |

Mrs. John N. Carey was attending a convention of the National Society of the Daughters of the...

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Happy Holidays! And thank you list

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Dec 19, 2018 | Editorial |

Hi Indianapolis History Lovers! First of all, we want to wish all our readers safe and happy...

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Ghost Homes of the Old Northside

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Dec 5, 2018 | General |

It’s hard to imagine today, but Delaware Street just north of downtown, was not always the...

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Twain Spoke Here: Plymouth Church

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 14, 2018 | General |

Of all the famed authors to have visited Victorian era Indianapolis, who would you most want to...

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Flats Lost: The Lexington

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 7, 2018 | General |

Image: Lexington Flats, 1906. Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society Ever noticed...

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Marion County Jail: Indy’s Shawshank

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 31, 2018 | General |

In June 1891, the County Commissioners decided not to build the new jail on the courthouse square....

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Where the YWCA, Bobbs-Merrill and IUPUI Intersected

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 24, 2018 | General |

When passing some hulking-whole-block consuming property like the Minton-Capehart Federal...

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The “New” English Hotel

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 17, 2018 | General |

Are you one of those people who turns lemons into lemonade? One time Indianapolis resident and...

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The Butcher, Miller, Love Murder and Madam

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 10, 2018 | General |

Local butcher Milton Pouder ambled a few blocks south to his butcher shop on East Washington every...

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