{"id":13652,"date":"2018-10-20T20:33:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T03:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13652"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:28","slug":"athenaeum-das-deustsche-haus-built-1893","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/10\/20\/athenaeum-das-deustsche-haus-built-1893\/","title":{"rendered":"Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally called Das Deustsche Haus when it was built in 1893 it was constructed by one of\u00a0<\/span>the grandparents of the famous author Kurt Vonnegut. A German social club, it had gymnastics as its theme. Because of World War I, in 1917 with anti-German sentiment at an all time high, the name changed to The Athenaeum.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Before that happened, however, on 1912, it was at\u00a0Das Deustsche Haus that\u00a0<\/span>Carl Fisher held the meeting that kicked the Lincoln Highway that connected New York City with San Francisco into gear.\u00a0All those years ago, he raised over a million dollars\u00a0 when a single dollar was a notable sum.\u00a0 Now the\u00a0Athenaeum is a community serving home to a myriad of different small and nonprofit operations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the inside where there used to be a bowling alley and gymnasium. Now a YMCA weight lifting facility occupies many of the large rooms as does\u00a0 the Rathskellar restaurant.\u00a0 Coat Check Coffee, a popular coffee shop, invites you to sit down and relax inside for a bit,\u00a0 and there are still concert\u00a0 halls and\u00a0 auditoriums, both small and large,\u00a0 along with a huge beer garden outside complete with stage.\u00a0There is even one long hallway dedicated to the German influence on the building of Indianapolis. In handsome, brass framed pictures and storyboards, a story is told about all the grand buildings the Germans constructed in Indianapolis.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Early 1900’s view<\/p><\/div>\n

Turn of the century Bike Ramp along stairs<\/strong><\/a> that is still there today!<\/p>\n