Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library

Historic Legacy * Education Resource * Local Treasure To some avid HI architecture fans, he might not be considered  the “favorite Indy Vonnegut,” but to others, it will always be author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. –who emerged as...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Residence at 1504 Park Avenue

Reader’s Question: My friends live in the Old Northside at 1504 N. Park Avenue. We think it may have been a Vonnegut-designed home and built at the same time as and by the same brick...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Canary Cottage Restaurant and Cafe

Reader’s Question: I was wondering if in your research you’ve come across a restaurant or tea room called the Canary Cafe?  My grandmother lived on the west side and worked downtown in the Aetna Building from the late-1930s to...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Interesting People Who Were From Indianapolis

Reader’s Question: Could you provide some information about notable people who were from Indianapolis but did not remain in Indianapolis all of their lives.  ~ Hattie Byland, Riverside, California     HI’s Answer:  As Indianapolis-born author Kurt Vonnegut once...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: A Valentine to Fletcher Wagner

Fletcher Wagner was a promising young man with a brilliant future.  By the time he turned 22, he’d launched the first daily high school newspaper in the country, won numerous awards in speech and debate,...

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