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Then & Now: Lemcke Building

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 4, 2021 | Then & Now | 0 |

Lemcke Building, circa 1910. Note Deschler’s Cigars on the first floor....

Then & Now Off 16th

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Sep 2, 2020 | Then & Now | 1 |

Fredonia Allen started Tudor Hall at 16th and Meridian and the school moved multiple times, it...

Then & Now: Capitol and Washington, Southeast Corner

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Apr 1, 2020 | Then & Now | 0 |

From Bass Photo Collection, Indiana Historical Society Former building on Southeast corner of...

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...

Superior Design: Pembroke Arcade

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 1, 2019 | General, Then & Now | 7 |

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

Then & Now: 1400 Block of Delaware

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Apr 24, 2019 | Then & Now | 0 |

A neighborhood is not just a collection of houses in one geographic area. It’s part of the...

Then & Now: 1000 N. Delaware

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Apr 17, 2019 | Then & Now | 5 |

If you’ve ever driven from Meridian to Delaware Street on 10th, you may have noticed how it...

Then & Now: The Bertha Ballard

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 20, 2019 | Then & Now | 8 |

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

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

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 16, 2019 | Then & Now | 0 |

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

No Longer Standing- 2408 N. Meridian

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Sep 5, 2018 | Then & Now | 3 |

Meridian Street. The name alone has prestige. Say you live or have an office on this street, and...

Sears, Roebuck and Co., 333 N. Alabama Street

by Rudy Schouten | Nov 9, 2017 | Then & Now | 6 |

Sears, Roebuck and Company, 333 North Alabama Street, in 1929. Image: Bass Photo Co. Collection,...

Then & Now: Shellhouse Building, 2455 N. Central

by Rudy Schouten | Oct 26, 2017 | Then & Now | 3 |

Post Card of the newly constructed Frank Shellhouse Fireproof Storage Building at 2455 N....

Climax Coffee and Baking Powder Company, 31-37 S. Davidson Street

by Rudy Schouten | Oct 12, 2017 | Then & Now | 0 |

The Climax Coffee and Baking Powder Building at 31-37 South Davidson Street, as it appeared in...

Cole Motor Car Company, 730 E. Washington Street

by Rudy Schouten | Sep 28, 2017 | Then & Now | 0 |

The Cole Motor Car Company property as it appeared in 1920. This view, the corner of Washington...

Guaranty Building, 20 N. Meridian Street

by Rudy Schouten | Sep 14, 2017 | Then & Now | 1 |

Guaranty Building, 20 N. Meridian Street (southwest quadrant of Monument Circle), under...

L.S. Stockman Drug Store, 501 N. Illinois Street

by Rudy Schouten | Aug 31, 2017 | Then & Now | 2 |

The L.S. Stockman Drug Store on the northeast corner of Michigan and Illinois Streets as it...

Then & Now: Knickerbacker Hall, 1545 Central Avenue

by Rudy Schouten | Aug 17, 2017 | Then & Now | 0 |

Knickerbacker Hall (misspelled) from a post card mailed in 1910 If you have ever driven south of...

Ambassador Apartments, 39 E. 9th Street

by Rudy Schouten | Aug 3, 2017 | Then & Now | 0 |

Ambassador Apartments, July 2017 (Image: Tammy C. Millott) Despite efforts to the contrary, the...

Then & Now: Canterbury Apartments

by Rudy Schouten | Jul 20, 2017 | Then & Now | 1 |

The Canterbury Apartments, 1603 Central Avenue, as they appeared in 1919. Looking at northeast...

Then & Now: Wesley Hotel, 16th & Capitol

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jul 13, 2017 | Then & Now | 6 |

Hard to believe how many buildings in Indianapolis have been razed under the guise of...

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Then & Now: Laycock Manufacturing

Then & Now: Indiana State Fair & Expo

Then & Now: Hawthorne School- 75 North Bellev...

Then & Now: Independent Turnverein, 902 N. Me...

Then & Now: Southside Synogogue, 609 South Me...

Then & Now: “Colored” Knights of ...