Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Indianapolis’ First Public Schools

Reader’s Question: What were the first public schools in Indianapolis, and where were they located?  ~ Ann F., Indianapolis HI’s Answer:  From the time non-native settlers began to populate the area that in 1821 became the City...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Seldom Seen Space: Sommers Mansion

Never heard a thing about this place until Janie White Hensley shared her story last week. I’d never heard of “Stewart Manor,” part of the campus of Tudor Hall School for Girls the last ten...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Governor Morton School No. 29

Located at 2101 North College Avenue (across from another to-be-featured prayer property) are two very old brick buildings–one Italianate that faces 20th Street and this larger and more grand building facing College Avenue. Facing College,...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Public School 38- Dillinger’s Elementary

A few months ago, the search was on for John Dillinger’s beginnings; he was born here after all. The house in which he was born is no longer standing, but the elementary school he entered...

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