Friday Favorites

Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Fave: Indy Loves Veterans

Hoosiers will never be said to lack in appreciation for the veterans and heroes who have served our nation. Beam with pride wherever you encounter a veteran, because you, dear Hoosier, may rightfully brag that...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Fave: After 1890 State Fair, See This!

Visitors from all over the state come to see and show at the Indiana State Fair. Check out the non-fair recommendations from the 1890 State Fair Visitor’s Guide–the last year before moving to its current location....

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Fave: State Fair Souvenirs

Image: collection Tiffany Benedict Browne Some people must have a tangible memento of places visited, others prefer photos, and still others are content to make memories. While memories may wash away like footprints in the...

Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Brick Double, Fletcher Place

There are so many special buildings and places to love in Fletcher Place, but this one is a standout, as it is so unusual compared to other homes in the area. The earliest listing for...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Herman Lieber House, Lockerbie Square

Herman LIeber Cottage Indianapolis has so many fabulous neighborhoods, and much to love in each. Most Fridays, we will point to a favorite place in an Indy neighborhood, so that next time you are wandering...

Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Service, Unsung

Is this what you think of when you think of the DAR? You’re only about 1/10th correct… but NOT for the reason you probably think! Image credit: Larry Gottheim MythBusters: Tell me what you think...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Sweet Caroline

How Do You Not Know This Woman? Not just “Benjamin Harrison’s wife,” she was accomplished and elegant. She was a deft leader among women at a time when the idea of women’s rights was just beginning to gain...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Grave Concerns

Is that Cemetery Cymbal-ism? A walk through any graveyard will draw the eye and the imagination to the most unique monuments. Many of these memorials would have plenty to reveal about their plot’s occupant — if only...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Raggedy Ann and Indy

Happy Independence Day, Indy! Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and … Raggedy Ann. It’s hard to find anything more “Americana” than the perpetually-perky little red, white, and blue doll. Were you aware that she has...

Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: History… Taking It Personally

What Is History? It’s a right and wonderful thing to save a venerable old building from the wrecking ball of “progress.” It gives great pleasure to saunter down halls provided by the craftsmanship and industry of our...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Tech History Heroes

The Arsenal Technical High School Centennial Museum at 1500 East Michigan Street It’s part of the Historic Indianapolis ethos… helping Indy fall in love with its own rich and fascinating history, and applauding those who lovingly, and...

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Posted in: Bicycles, Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Zig-Zag Cycling Club

What Goes Around, Comes Around… The recent surge in bicycle popularity, designated traffic lanes for cyclists, and issues of “sharing the road,” are not new to Indianapolis. Indeed, this “new” phenomenon is a REsurgence — more than 100 years...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Winona Technical Institute

It was the “Tech” Before “Tech” was “Tech”… Fans and alumni of Arsenal Technical High School may already know that ATHS wasn’t the first school located at 1500 E. Michigan Street. The property, originally an arsenal established...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Can Indy Claim First Ever Auto Accident?

YOU Decide… Our fair city, whose international fame is flavored heavily with automotive lore, might claim one more dubious automobile first: Indy may have been the site of the first auto accident in the United States....

Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Frank(lin) Facts

Franklin Township If you’ve lived in Marion County for a while, you know that Franklin Township, platted in 1822, is the southeastern-most corner of the Marion county square. Even if you call that area your stomping grounds,...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Post card 1910

One of the first of its kind: an automotive technical institute in the early days of the car – immortalized on a postcard. The Thing About Postcards… You could almost think of them as proto-Twitter: the fastest and...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Arsenal Tech Trivia

Bet You Didn’t Know…” Regardless of the side of town in which you live, if you’ve been in Indianapolis for a while you know some things about historic Arsenal Technical High School… A.K.A. “Tech” to...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Art History

110 East 16th Street One look at the building and you just know it’s been an important location for decades. Mature trees, Indiana limestone, sturdy architecture. The near-north side campus, known to most as just “Herron,” boasts...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library

Historic Legacy * Education Resource * Local Treasure To some avid HI architecture fans, he might not be considered the “favorite Indy Vonnegut,” but to others, it will always be author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. –who emerged as...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: The Quincy Kid Caper

Indiana National Bank, 1880’s. Built “when stumps dotted Washington Street.” Image credit: History of Indiana National Bank The earliest banks in Indianapolis did business on a handshake and not much more. College students, business moguls,...

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