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Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Bicycle Stair Ramp at the Athenaeum<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Boston based Sasaki Associates Transformation of the Indianapolis Riverfront!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Cadillac Co. of Indiana\/Automobile College<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Carl Fisher\u2019s original bike shop on Pennsylvania Ave<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Carl Fisher saturated Indianapolis with the Eagle HiWheel<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Indianapolis and the Nation, the Houses that Carl Fisher Built<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Fisher Automobile Co. – World’s First Car Dealer & Catalyst for First Auto Row<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Before and After of the 1909 Fisher Automobile Co now a Krogers\/Housing Complex<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Carl Fisher\u2019s Last Years in Florida<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Circle City Industrial Complex<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

City Hall of 1910<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Cole Motorworks \u2013 1908 until 1925<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Columbia Club at the Indianapolis Soldiers & Sailors Monument<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Cultural Trail Virtual Tour<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Diamond Chain, its Influence on the World from Indianapolis 1890 to 2023 \u2013 leader of Industrial Revolution<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Diamond Chain Company, 1890 \u2013 inside the old factory<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Diamond Chain Company Tour <\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Indianapolis Chain & Stamping, as Diamond Chain, 1935 Promo Piece<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Dussenberg Factory and what the Most Expensive Car in the World Looked Like<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Evolution of the White River, downtown Indianapolis, 1862 to present, w\/ Kingan Pork, Beveridge Paper, Perry W smokestack, Acme-Evans Flour mill, Brower & Love Cotton Mill and the Indiana Bleaching Company<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co at the Cultural Trail on Auto Row<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Holy Rosary Church built for the Italian Catholics in Indianapolis, 1925<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Hatfield Ford Building built 1920 on Auto Row<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Indiana State House, 1880<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

The National Road Bridge over the White River 1834-1902, Gateway to the Frontier<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

National Motor Vehicle Company 1900-1924<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Newby Oval – 1898 to 1903. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Old National Centre, formerly known as the Murat Shrine Temple built 1909<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Price Hammond Block Building \u2013 Built 1874<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Proclamation – The Original Gateway to the Frontier, Indianapolis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ray Irvin \u2013 Mr Greenway, speaks with NBG!!<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Indianapolis Repertory Theatre & Indiana Ballroom on the Cultural Trail\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Roberts Park Methodist Church on Indianapolis Cultural Trail<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

The old Sears-Roebuck Department Store Building on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Center of Indianapolis<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1929, on the Glick Peace Walk<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Stutz Motorcar factory 1911 \u2013 1935, once the Center of Automobile Industr<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Stutz Motor Co –\u00a0 more<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

St. John\u2019s Church , 1871 Indianapolis<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

St Mary\u2019s Church 1910 (one block from Cultural Trail)<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

St Patricks Church, built for the Irish Catholic ctty in 1897<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

St Peter and Paul Cathedral built 1892, Indianapolis<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Tomlinson Hall, the Convention Center of 19th Century Indianapolis<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Traction Terminal \u2013 World\u2019s Biggest Streetcar Station<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Union Train Station \u2013 First in the Nation!<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Kurt Vonnegut Mural on Indianapolis Cultural Trail<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Indianapolis Water Co First 1870 Water Pumphouse in White River State Park<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Why the Lincoln did not pass through Indianapolis or Colorado\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Washington St. Bridge from Downtown Indianapolis over the White River, 1870<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

West Washington Street Park, one of first Lighted Baseball Parks in Nation, now Indianapolis Zoo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Why has the NBG moved to Indianapolis?<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Wheeler Schebler Carburetor Company, 1907<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ built 1913<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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