{"id":13293,"date":"2018-09-07T19:05:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T02:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13293"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:29","slug":"cole-motorworks-1908-until-1925","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/07\/cole-motorworks-1908-until-1925\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Motorworks – 1908 until 1925"},"content":{"rendered":"
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F<\/span><\/strong>inally made it over to the Cole Motorworks building which is seven blocks from the city center at 730 E Washington. What a surprise when I got there. It is now the Marion County Jail!<\/span><\/p>\n

Once. noble, it went strong from this location from 1908 until 1925. At which point, not wanting to take on debt because of the great recession the country was hit with, it closed its doors suddenly.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally made it over to the Cole Motorworks building which is seven blocks from the city center at 730 E… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis-history","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3sp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17951,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2025\/07\/26\/nbg-indianapolis-history-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13293,"position":0},"title":"NBG Indianapolis History Index","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893 Bicycle Stair Ramp at the Athenaeum Boston based Sasaki Associates Transformation of the Indianapolis Riverfront! 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