{"id":13590,"date":"2018-10-12T13:02:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13590"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:28","slug":"tomlinson-hall-next-to-city-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/12\/tomlinson-hall-next-to-city-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomlinson Hall, the Convention Center of 19th Century Indianapolis, next to  City Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13591\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/12\/tomlinson-hall-next-to-city-market\/42467470_2162866474001053_6424325151218728960_n-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42467470_2162866474001053_6424325151218728960_n-2.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"42467470_2162866474001053_6424325151218728960_n (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42467470_2162866474001053_6424325151218728960_n-2.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-13591 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42467470_2162866474001053_6424325151218728960_n-2.jpg?resize=595%2C793\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42467470_2162866474001053_6424325151218728960_n-2.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/42467470_2162866474001053_6424325151218728960_n-2.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>I<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">n the plaza to the left of\u00a0Indianapolis City Market\u00a0is this arch that esteemed city historian, William Selm, is explaining. From him, we learned that this is the entrance to the old <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tomlinson Hall<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">, the convention center of 19th Century Indianapolis. It was built in 1886 and burned down in 1958.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While this is all that is left, below it is the basement that was used as a warehouse. And as William noted, what is presently being toured as a 21st Century catacomb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/12\/tomlinson-hall-next-to-city-market\/43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o.jpg?fit=1004%2C656&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1004,656\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o.jpg?fit=1004%2C656&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o.jpg?resize=1004%2C656\" alt=\"\" width=\"1004\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o.jpg?w=1004&amp;ssl=1 1004w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o.jpg?resize=600%2C392&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43659273_2172788183008882_3881866531038035968_o.jpg?resize=768%2C502&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What it looked like back in the day!!<br \/>\nbetween Delaware and Alabama on Market Street<\/span><\/p>\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>In the plaza to the left of\u00a0Indianapolis City Market\u00a0is this arch that esteemed city historian, William Selm, is explaining. From&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/12\/tomlinson-hall-next-to-city-market\/\">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-13590","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-3xc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16503,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2022\/03\/04\/indianapolis-points-of-interest-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13590,"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":17951,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2025\/07\/26\/nbg-indianapolis-history-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13590,"position":1},"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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It was completed in 1910 and vacated by city govt in 1961. It's been vacant for a number of years after serving as the\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\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/77284168_2460881817532849_1734262967551131648_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/77284168_2460881817532849_1734262967551131648_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/77284168_2460881817532849_1734262967551131648_o.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/77284168_2460881817532849_1734262967551131648_o.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/77284168_2460881817532849_1734262967551131648_o.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/77284168_2460881817532849_1734262967551131648_o.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"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":13590,"position":5},"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":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13590"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16389,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions\/16389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}