Posted in: Penny Post Penny Post: Interurban Station

The Interurban Station in Martinsville, IND. was located at 110 N. Main Street. Postcard courtesy of Tom Keesling, Hoosier Recollections. The Indianapolis and Martinsville Rapid Transit Company was incorporated April 24, 1901. The City of...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Ravenswood

Reader’s Question: I have a lot of family history in Indiana, but in Indianapolis the only area I know my family has been in for a while is Ravenswood.  Any chance you have some history on...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: SE Corner of Ohio Street and Capitol Avenue

This series of photographs shows the progression of the southeast corner of W. Ohio Street and Capitol Avenue from the 1890s through the present. Located opposite the Indiana State House, the block has progressed from...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Reminders of Indy’s Transit Past

As summer road construction season comes to its seasonal decline, workers downtown have been diligently ripping Delaware Street into shreds, producing waist-deep holes through which they can repair the city’s subterranean infrastructure. In one such...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Curious Wall Lining West 52nd Street and Guion Road

Reader’s Question: What’s the story behind the concrete wall lining 52nd and Guion Road?  The property is now owned by a church, but the wall is too old and substantial for the church.  There was...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: West Market Street

Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1907 This clear view of Indianapolis, taken circa 1907 according to the the Library of Congress, shows West Market Street looking east toward the Soldiers and Sailors Monument....

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