Crown Hill Cemetery Archives - Historic Indianapolis

Rufus Cantrell, Intruder in the Dust

by Stephen J. Taylor | Oct 19, 2015 | Historic Miscellania | 0 |

In 1935, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges weighed in on what mathematicians later called...

A Chinese Gravestone and a Murder Mystery at 207 Indiana Avenue

by Stephen J. Taylor | Aug 3, 2015 | Historic Miscellania | 1 |

Crown Hill — America’s third-largest public cemetery — has a few hundred...

HI Mailbag: Northwest Corner of Illinois and 34th Streets

by Sharon Butsch Freeland | Nov 25, 2014 | Mailbag | 22 |

Reader’s Question: I’m interested in knowing what the building used to be that is located on...

HI Mailbag: Deaconess Hospital

by Sharon Butsch Freeland | Jul 22, 2014 | Mailbag | 7 |

Reader’s Question: My 92-year-old neighbor told me that she was born in Deaconess Hospital. ...

Friday Favorite: Sweet Caroline

by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 18, 2014 | Friday Favorites | 1 |

How Do You Not Know This Woman? Not just “Benjamin Harrison’s wife,” she was...

Friday Favorite: Grave Concerns

by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 11, 2014 | Friday Favorites | 9 |

Is that Cemetery Cymbal-ism? A walk through any graveyard will draw the eye and the imagination to...

Friday Favorite: Can Indy Claim First Ever Auto Accident?

by Lisa Lorentz | May 30, 2014 | Friday Favorites | 0 |

YOU Decide… Our fair city, whose international fame is flavored heavily with automotive...

Indiana’s S & S War Memorial Sculptor

by Ryan Hamlett | May 6, 2014 | Historic Miscellania | 9 |

A close up view of “The Dying Solider” on the east side of the Solider’s and...

Friday Favorite: The Battle of Irvington

by Lisa Lorentz | Mar 28, 2014 | Friday Favorites | 5 |

The first Irvington school began as one room in 1874 and grew to two stories with a tower by the...

Friday Favorite: Healin’ Hurty

by Lisa Lorentz | Feb 7, 2014 | Friday Favorites | 1 |

John N. Hurty (1852-1925) Purdue University photo. (C)lean and Mean… John Hurty began his...

Friday Favorite: Haunted Hannah House

by Lisa Lorentz | Oct 25, 2013 | Friday Favorites | 6 |

Other-worldly scratch, scratch, scratching… A chill in the air… Directionless...

HI Mailbag: Mustard Family Properties in Washington Township

by Sharon Butsch Freeland | Aug 13, 2013 | Mailbag | 5 |

Reader’s Question: Have you come across any information about Crown Hill Cemetery and the...

Flats Saved: Heier’s Hotel

by Jordan Ryan | Jun 1, 2013 | Vintage Flats | 4 |

The Heier Hotel, located at 12-18 South New Jersey Street, is named after original owner Fred...

A Room with a View – James Whitcomb Riley Tomb

by Ryan Hamlett | Apr 2, 2013 | A Room with a View | 10 |

View of downtown from the tomb of James Whitcomb Riley – Photo by Ryan Hamlett This week, not...

A Room with a View – Camp Robinson and Lew Wallace

by Ryan Hamlett | Mar 5, 2013 | A Room with a View | 13 |

Monument in the woods of Riverside Park, north of Municipal Gardens. Just up the bike path from...

HI Mailbag: Linwood Square

by Sharon Butsch Freeland | Feb 19, 2013 | Mailbag | 14 |

Reader’s Question: When was Linwood Square built? Before Linwood Square was there, this...

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Misc Monday: The Rapid Rise and Tragic Fall of Fra...

Rufus Cantrell, Intruder in the Dust

A Chinese Gravestone and a Murder Mystery at 207 Indiana Avenue

HI Mailbag: Northwest Corner of Illinois and 34th Streets

HI Mailbag: Deaconess Hospital

Friday Favorite: Sweet Caroline

Friday Favorite: Grave Concerns

Friday Favorite: Can Indy Claim First Ever Auto Accident?

Indiana’s S & S War Memorial Sculptor

Friday Favorite: The Battle of Irvington

Friday Favorite: Healin’ Hurty

Friday Favorite: Haunted Hannah House

HI Mailbag: Mustard Family Properties in Washington Township

Flats Saved: Heier’s Hotel

A Room with a View – James Whitcomb Riley Tomb

A Room with a View – Camp Robinson and Lew Wallace

HI Mailbag: Linwood Square

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