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Then & Now: Ardmore Apartments

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 4, 2020 | Featured Article, General, Then & Now | 0 |

Ardmore Block, 1936. Image courtesy: Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society...

5 Indy Hotels You’ll Wish You’d Seen

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 8, 2020 | General | 0 |

Above: The Grand Hotel in 1937 (Indiana Historical Society, William H. Bass Photo Company,...

Preservation Denied: Bates/ When Building

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 29, 2019 | Featured Article, General, Historic Miscellania | 6 |

Newspapers in February 1874 announced that Hervey Bates, Jr. would soon commence building a new...

University Park: Depew Fountain

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 22, 2019 | General | 1 |

When Ralston originally platted the city of Indianapolis, he made no provision for parks. The...

How the Claypool Hotel Began

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 15, 2019 | General | 9 |

Early vintage luggage label from Claypool Hotel (Don’t forget–May is preservation...

Preservation Denied: The Cleaveland/ Magnolia Building

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 8, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 2 |

Magnolia Building. Image: Bass Photo Collection, Indiana Historical Society It was May 1875 when...

Superior Design: Pembroke Arcade

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 1, 2019 | Featured Article, General, Then & Now | 5 |

Original architectural rendering of Pembroke Arcade, Washington Street by Vonnegut & Bohn What...

War of the State Flowers

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Apr 10, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 1 |

It was never about roses. That’s our national flower. This tale is about Indiana’s...

Forget Sudoku, Try Solving this Mystery

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Apr 3, 2019 | General | 4 |

You want a really challenging brain teaser? Forget the New York Times crossword or advanced...

Will Indy’s First Female Architect Please Stand Up?

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 27, 2019 | Featured Article, General, Ladies Lounge | 0 |

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

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

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 13, 2019 | General | 0 |

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

The Woman Behind the Tablet

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 6, 2019 | General | 0 |

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

Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A.

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 27, 2019 | Featured Article, General, Ladies Lounge | 3 |

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

Madam CJ Walker

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 20, 2019 | General | 3 |

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

Lincoln Spoke Here: The Other Marker

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 11, 2019 | General | 0 |

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

Where Wes Montgomery…?

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 6, 2019 | General | 1 |

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

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

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 30, 2019 | General | 0 |

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

Happy National Handwriting Day from Indianapolis

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 23, 2019 | General | 0 |

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

The Who and How of Indiana’s State Flag

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 9, 2019 | General | 0 |

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

Ghost Homes of the Old Northside

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Dec 5, 2018 | General | 2 |

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

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When Bad Things Happen to Good Buildings

Then & Now: Ardmore Apartments

5 Indy Hotels You’ll Wish You’d Seen

Preservation Denied: Bates/ When Building

University Park: Depew Fountain

How the Claypool Hotel Began

Preservation Denied: The Cleaveland/ Magnolia Building

Superior Design: Pembroke Arcade

War of the State Flowers

Forget Sudoku, Try Solving this Mystery

Will Indy’s First Female Architect Please Stand Up?

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

The Woman Behind the Tablet

Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A.

Madam CJ Walker

Lincoln Spoke Here: The Other Marker

Where Wes Montgomery…?

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

Happy National Handwriting Day from Indianapolis

The Who and How of Indiana’s State Flag

Ghost Homes of the Old Northside

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