Posted in: Misc Mondays Misc Monday: The Russian Connection

Dos Equis might have “The Most Interesting Man in the World” doing beer ads today.  But in 1904, a colorful contender for that title came to the U.S. from Russia.  Are you ready for a...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Columbus Day Parade on Massachusetts Avenue

Cabinet card looking south on Alabama Street, October 21, 1892. The house-like float is on Massachusetts Avenue and Vermont Street runs east and west at this intersection. (Courtesy of the Indiana Album: Loaned by Joan...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Wilmer F. Christian House, 404 N. Alabama Street

Architects such as Vonnegut and Bohn, Francis Costigan, and Rubush and Hunter are well remembered and celebrated in Indianapolis, but how many of us can name a contractor from times past (other than Jungclaus-Campbell, a...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorites: The American Building

The University Park Building, The Architects and Builders Building and the American Building (2013) 333 N. Pennsylvania Street Some people you never forget. Some places you miss like old friends. Such was the case with...

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Posted in: Auto Indy Indianapolis Auto Row Begins

Fisher Automobile Company 1909, Looking northeast from Vermont and Senate With all the construction on the block bounded by Vermont Street, Capitol Avenue, Michigan Street, and Senate Avenue, I thought it would be a great...

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Posted in: Then & Now Then & Now: SW Corner New Jersey & Vermont (Recycled)

Then: Hyde School #1 was constructed by the school system in the 1860s and stood for many decades.  The camera faces west in this 1907 view of the playground. Buildings to the right face Vermont Street...

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