Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Indianapolis Public Library

Reader’s Question: I heard that the CEO of the Indianapolis Public Library was conducting tours of IPL facilities all around the city. I’m curious to know when Indianapolis first opened a public library and where the early...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Ads: Shaping a Skyline

The Pearson Piano Company in the Exchange block circa 1928 (Image: Bass Photo Company Collection, Indiana Historical Society) You can always count on being inundated by a small forest’s worth of furniture advertisements in the Sunday...

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Posted in: Penny Post Penny Post: The Highest Building in Indianapolis

…Well, at least in 1916! Postmarked: INDIANAPOLIS 2 IND., MAR 12, 1916 – 5:30 PM Message: Indpls, Ind. Mar 12 – 16 Dear Parents, I arrived here all OK. I got here at 3:55 this...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Pyle House / Board of Trade / Chase Tower, 143 N. Meridian Street

When the end was near for the delapidated Pyle House, newpaper writers looked back nostalgically at the former days when the building at 143 N. Meridian Street was a well-known inn. Situated north of Christ...

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