{"id":13572,"date":"2018-10-10T09:50:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13572"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:28","slug":"roberts-park-methodist-church-on-indianapolis-cultural-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/10\/roberts-park-methodist-church-on-indianapolis-cultural-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberts Park Methodist Church on Indianapolis Cultural Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">This is the view of Roberts Park Methodist Church from Delaware St. It was built in <strong>1876<\/strong>. The parking lot behind it abuts the\u00a0Indianapolis Cultural Trail at Alabama and Vermont Streets and used to be the site of the Sears Motor Center from 1929-1983.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-circle tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/10\\\/roberts-park-methodist-church-on-indianapolis-cultural-trail\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/10\/roberts-park-methodist-church-on-indianapolis-cultural-trail\/37726467_2112618432359191_5551651770209402880_n\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"13573\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37726467_2112618432359191_5551651770209402880_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roberts Park Methodist Church &amp;#8211; Indianapolis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37726467_2112618432359191_5551651770209402880_n.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37726467_2112618432359191_5551651770209402880_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37726467_2112618432359191_5551651770209402880_n.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=1096&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1096\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"1096\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Roberts Park Methodist Church - Indianapolis\" alt=\"Roberts Park Methodist Church - Indianapolis\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Horiz 728px --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 728px; height: 90px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3214805602891574\" data-ad-slot=\"5705376662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the view of Roberts Park Methodist Church from Delaware St. It was built in 1876. The parking lot&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/10\/roberts-park-methodist-church-on-indianapolis-cultural-trail\/\">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":[132,128,149,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis-cultural-trail","category-indianapolis-history","category-indy-points-interest","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3wU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16503,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2022\/03\/04\/indianapolis-points-of-interest-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13572,"position":0},"title":"Indianapolis Points of Interest Index","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"-\u00a0\u00a0Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893 - Belmont Beach - Central Canal -\u00a0Christ Church, an Episcopal church built in 1857 on Monument Circl - Circle City Industrial -\u00a0Louis Schwitzer, First IMS Winner and Builder of Circle City Industrial Complex -\u00a0City Market 1886 with Bicycle Garage Indy -\u00a0Columbia Club at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indianapolis&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TopOfMonumentLadyVictory.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13470,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/24\/the-old-sears-roebuck-department-store-building-on-the-indianapolis-cultural-trail\/","url_meta":{"origin":13572,"position":1},"title":"The old Sears-Roebuck Department Store Building on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the old Sears-Roebuck department store building, built in 1929, where Needler's Market\u00a0now occupies the whole bottom floor (where you see the lights turned on).\u00a0 As a Sears flagship location in\u00a0Indianapolis, it was one of five such stores in the city.\u00a0Sears left this location in 1983.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indianapolis Cultural Trail&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis Cultural Trail","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis-cultural-trail\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8361.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8361.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8361.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13530,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/05\/united-methodist-church-at-start-of-fountain-square-indianapolis\/","url_meta":{"origin":13572,"position":2},"title":"United Methodist Church at Start of Fountain Square, Indianapolis","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"October 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the United Methodist Church at Fletcher and Virginia where the\u00a0Fountain Square section of the\u00a0Indianapolis Cultural Trail begins. 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