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Garfield Park
Pack a picnic lunch for Garfield Park, don’t forget ...
Fall Creek Parkway Bridges
A new generation of masonry bridges was an important part ...
Wheeler Schebler Carburetor Company Building
The Wheeler—Schebler Carburetor Company was one of t...
Wheeler Stokely Mansion
The Wheeler—Stokely Mansion was constructed during w...
Speedway Historic District
Speedway Historic District is an important early example o...
New Augusta Historic District
New Augusta Historic District is an excellent and intact e...
Michigan Road Tollhouse
Early roads helped establish trade and governmental activi...
Indianapolis Union Station - Wholesale Historic District
The Indianapolis—Union Station Wholesale Historic Di...
National Historic Landmark - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the home of the Indianapoli...
Cumberland Historic District
Cumberland Historic District on the Indianapolis far easts...
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Garfield Park
Pack a picnic lunch for Garfield Park, don’t forget the kids, and be prepared to do some walking! A group of local businessmen purchased the original tract of 98 acres for the park in 1874. Hoping to establish a horse ...
Fall Creek Parkway Bridges
A new generation of masonry bridges was an important part of the overall vision held by the city’s planners at the turn of the century. Starting with Joseph Earnshaw and John C. Olmsted, who were instrumental early in the development ...
Wheeler Schebler Carburetor Company Building
The Wheeler—Schebler Carburetor Company was one of the city’s most important auto parts makers of the early 20th century. From 1911-1951, workers in this factory produced carburetors for over 15 makes of autos nationally. Frank Wheeler and George Schebler formed ...
Wheeler Stokely Mansion
The Wheeler—Stokely Mansion was constructed during what is known as the Country House Era, a time when the wealthy built homes for their families outside the city. This trend is reflected in the string of mansions the wealthy built in ...
Speedway Historic District
Speedway Historic District is an important early example of a planned residential community for an industrial complex and an illustration of the trend toward suburbanization. Indianapolis Motor Speedway founders Carl Fisher, James Allison, Frank Wheeler, and Arthur Newby established the ...
New Augusta Historic District
New Augusta Historic District is an excellent and intact example of the type of railroad village that dotted the once-rural townships surrounding Indianapolis. With the completion of the Michigan Road, a small village called Augusta developed at the corner of ...
Michigan Road Tollhouse
Early roads helped establish trade and governmental activities in Indianapolis. The Michigan Road Tollhouse is one of very few survivors of this early period in local history. The New Augusta Gravel Road Company built this small frame house to house ...
Indianapolis Union Station - Wholesale Historic District
The Indianapolis—Union Station Wholesale Historic District’s brick, stone, and terra cotta commercial blocks and hotels demonstrate the impact of railroad trade on the growth of Indianapolis. Meridian was lined with simple houses prior to Indy’s railroad era. In 1849, railroads ...
National Historic Landmark - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the home of the Indianapolis 500, the best known auto race in the world, and the site of numerous automotive breakthroughs. In 1908, Indianapolis auto industrialists Carl Fisher, James Allison, Arthur Newby, and Frank Wheeler decided ...
Cumberland Historic District
Cumberland Historic District on the Indianapolis far eastside straddles the historic National Road and is named for the city in Maryland where construction of the National Road began. The district retains a contiguous collection of buildings that illustrate Cumberland’s growth ...
