What’s in a Name: Lockefield Gardens
Lockefield Gardens Location: Downtown Locke Street: Erie Locke, Indianapolis City Councilman...
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What’s in a Name: Murat Shrine Theater
Murat Shrine Location: Downtown Bir Murat, an oasis in the Nubian desert; Joachim Murat, general...
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What’s in a Name: Barton Apartments
Barton Apartments Location: Downtown Mayor John Barton, 43rd Mayor of Indianapolis Barton was...
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What’s in a Name: Benton House
Benton House Location: 312 S. Downey Ave., Irvington Allen Benton, president, Northwest Christian...
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What’s in a Name: Vajen Exchange Block
Vajen Exchange Block Location: Wholesale District, Meridian Street- relocated from Pennsylvania...
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What’s in a Name: Aston Inn
Aston Inn Location: 6620 N. Michigan Rd. George W. Aston, proprietor, Aston Inn When Michigan Road...
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What’s in a Name: Flanner House
Flanner House Location: Near Northwestside, 2424 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St. Frank Flanner,...
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What’s in a Name: Spruance Basin
Admiral Spruance Basin Location: Downtown, north end of canal Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, U.S....
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What’s in a Name: The Blacherne
The Blacherne Location: Downtown Named after: Suburb of Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) The...
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What’s in a Name: Charlotte Place
We are delighted to have a first person account and guest contribution from former neighbor and...
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What’s in a Name: Davidson Street
Davidson St. Location: Downtown, Cole-Noble Catherine & Alexander Davidson, daughter and...
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What’s in a Name: Moller Road
Moller Rd. Peter “Chris” Moller, Wayne Township area landowner Peter...
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What’s in a Name: Michigan Road
Michigan Rd. Lake Michigan Built in the 1830s as one of Indiana’s first major highways, the...
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What’s In a Name: Mollenkopf Road
Although a small segment of Mollenkopf Road is in Marion County (a few blocks between Fall Creek...
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What’s In a Name: Pentecost Road
Pentecost Road William B. Pentecost, early landowner, Franklin Township Trustee William Pentecost...
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What’s in a Name: Moore Road
Moore Road Tolbert Robert O. Moore, early landowner Once known as the “Tolbert Moore Free Gravel...
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What’s In a Name: Mitthoef(f)er Road
Editor’s Note: As you will note in this article, the name of the road is spelled both...
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What’s In a Name: Oliver Avenue
Oliver Avenue John Holliday Oliver, dean Indiana Medical College & early landowner The land...
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What’s in a Name: Milhouse Road
Milhouse Rd. Location: Decatur Township Samuel Compton Milhouse, early settler The Milhouse family...
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What’s in a Name: Neal Avenue
Neal Ave. John Stetson Neal, landowner, former steamboat captain Neal was born in 1820 in...
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