Posted in: Then & Now Then & Now: Capitol and Washington, Southeast Corner

From Bass Photo Collection, Indiana Historical Society Former building on Southeast corner of Capitol and Washington. One of many properties under the huge Hyatt Hotel complex between Capitol Avenue and Washington, Maryland, Illinois and streets...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania 11 Things You Didn’t Know About Indy’s Freemasons Hall

Where is Indiana Freemason’s Hall?  It’s the beautiful limestone building you’ve undoubtedly passed countless times, heading north out of downtown at 525 North Illinois. The least you should know: The building was designed by the...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Prather Masonic Temple, 42nd & College

Every time I pass this, I think about what the ground floor, in particular, looked like originally. Indiana Historical Society has a few old pics of the Prather Masonic Temple, opened in 1921. (The IHS...

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Posted in: Building Language Building Language: Pediment

Pediment on Good Hall, University of Indianapolis Pediment. Following up on previous posts on classical architecture terms, including dentils and egg-and-dart, today’s Building Language term is another classically inspired term: pediment. A pediment is a...

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Posted in: Outside the Circle Fall in Franklin

Early fall is a great time to leave the big city behind, and take a day trip to one of our area’s lovely small towns. The town of Franklin is only about a half hour’s...

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