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Kurt Vonnegut Mural on Indianapolis Cultural Trail

Kurt Vonnegut Mural on Indianapolis Cultural Trail

This is Kurt Vonnegut, the famous author who wrote “Slaughterhouse Five”. It is taken from the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy… read more

Indianapolis Water Co First 1870 Water Pumphouse in White River State Park

Indianapolis Water Co First 1870 Water Pumphouse in White River State Park

This one-story, brick structure with slate roof and copper finishings, sits in White River State Park next to the White… read more

United Methodist Church at Start of Fountain Square, Indianapolis

United Methodist Church at Start of Fountain Square, Indianapolis

This is the United Methodist Church at Fletcher and Virginia where the Fountain Square section of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail begins. Built… read more

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Center of Indianapolis

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Center of Indianapolis

Built in 1888, Indianapolis radiates out from this powerful  285-foot tall  monument that is only 15-feet shorter than the 1886 Statue… read more

Christ Church, an Episcopal church built in 1857 on Monument Circle

Christ Church, an Episcopal church built in 1857 on Monument Circle

Christ Church, an Episcopal church built in 1857 on Monument Circle well before the Soldiers and Sailors Monument of 1888…. read more

Carl Fisher saturated Indianapolis with the Eagle HiWheel

Carl Fisher saturated Indianapolis with the Eagle HiWheel

Indianapolis is where Carl Fisher (excerpt from the chapter about Fisher in  “How Indianapolis Built America and How it will… read more

Indianapolis Union Train Station - First in the Nation!

Indianapolis Union Train Station – First in the Nation!

This is Union Station in Indianapolis, now known as Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Downtown Union Station. It was this station that… read more

The old Sears-Roebuck Department Store Building on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail

The old Sears-Roebuck Department Store Building on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail

This is the old Sears-Roebuck department store building, built in 1929, where Needler’s Market now occupies the whole bottom floor (where… read more

What Indianapolis Auto Row has Become Today

What Indianapolis Auto Row has Become Today

Looking north and south on Capitol Ave from Michigan Street, the northern direction (top picture) all the way to 16th… read more

Before and After of the  1909 Fisher Automobile Co now a Krogers/Lodging Complex

Before and After of the 1909 Fisher Automobile Co now a Krogers/Lodging Complex

Before and After. The first is of the Fisher Automobile Co, the catalyst for America’s first coast-to-coast road, the Lincoln… read more