Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Adverts: Norways for Nerves

Advertisement: eBay Concierge Doctoring… In the second half of the 19th century, organic and psychological causes of mental illness began to be identified. This led to an increase, nationwide, in the number of institutions dedicated...

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Posted in: What’s in a Name? What’s in a Name – Larue Carter Hospital

 Photo by Ryan Hamlett Larue Carter Hospital Location: 2601 Cold Spring Road Named For: Dr. Larue Carter, professor, Indiana University School of Medicine Dr. Larue Carter was born in Westfield, Indiana in 1880 and graduated...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania William H. Coleman Hospital

William H. Coleman Hospital Photo: Ryan Hamlett Coleman Hospital Location: I.U.P.U.I Campus Named For: William Henry Coleman In 1927, William H. Coleman endowed the hospital for women, in memory of his step-daughter who died from...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania History of the St. Vincent Hospital Fall Creek Building

There were an improbable number of mustard bottles littering the kitchen table as we poked our heads through the doorway. In some ways, this apartment was just like every other in the crumbling edifice most...

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Posted in: A Room with a View A Room With A View – Central State Hospital

View of the Laundry Building from the Powerplant – Central State Hospital On the near westside of Indianapolis, constrained by Washington and Vermont Streets and Tibbs and Warman Avenues sits an 100-acre plot of land...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Weyerbacher Terrace (St. Vincent’s) Rooftop

Downtown Indy from the roof of Weyerbacher Terrace/St. Vincent Hospital before the Ivy Tech expansion. It was estimated that nearly half of those born in Indianapolis between 1913 and 1974 came into this world in...

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Posted in: A Room with a View Room With a View: Old Saint Vincent Hospital on Fall Creek

I was fortunate to attend the HUNI (Historic Urban Neighborhoods of Indianapolis) meeting on Saturday, which included a brief tour of Ivy Tech’s recently expanded site and what is left of  Saint Vincent Hospital–that front...

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