Crown Hill Cemetery

Crown Hill is the city’s premier Victorian-era cemetery, and the final resting place of most of its leaders from the 1860s to the present. The cemetery is also important for its Romantic landscape design and architecturally significant buildings and structures.

Indiana State Library

Indiana State Library and Historical Building is one of the most significant works of Pierre & Wright, an important architectural firm in Indianapolis during the second quarter of the 20th century. Its distinctive architecture combines Neo-Classical features with Art Deco ...

Indiana World War Memorial Plaza Historic District

The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza Historic District strongly defines the character of downtown Indianapolis. The plaza comprises six aligned square city blocks of monumental public architecture and landscape architecture, united into a cohesive whole. The district is a nationally ...

The State Soldiers and Sailors Monument

The State Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a focal point and symbol of the city, is a remarkable sculptural group and creates a dramatic civic space. The quality of its sculpture, bronze work, and concept is unparalleled in the state. Indiana ...

Woodruff Place Historic District

Woodruff Place is among Indianapolis’ finest Victorian-era suburbs. Laid out as a residential park, the neighborhood retains its formal plan of distinctive, well-proportioned streets and esplanades. Architecture includes fine examples of Queen Anne, Stick, and Arts & Crafts homes.

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North Meridian Street Historic District

Between World Wars I and II, this stretch of Meridian Street

became home to the wealthy and social elite of Indianapolis: industrialists, professionals, and merchants, among the foremost leaders in the community. The district is a living encyclopedia of American ...

Meridian Park Historic District

Meridian Park Historic District contains an outstanding collection of Arts & Crafts architecture. Lovers of bungalows will not want to miss this district. Located north of Fall Creek, Meridian Park represents the northward residential growth of the city in the ...

Lockerbie Square Historic District

Lockerbie Square, where many immigrants built their homes, is the oldest remaining residential neighborhood in downtown Indianapolis. The district includes fine examples of vernacular cottages as well as high-style brick residences from the mid to late-19th century. This quiet enclave ...

(Old) Northside Historic District

(Old) Northside Historic District is the city’s finest collection of high-style Victorian-era architecture. Home to prominent politicians, business owners, and attorneys, the neighborhood is lined with impressive brick and wood frame Italianate and Queen Anne mansions, mostly built between 1870 ...

Oliver Johnson's Woods Historic District

Oliver Johnson’s Woods Historic District illustrates the remarkably swift suburban development of the north side of Indianapolis, from the 1860s Johnson family farmhouse to Tudor Revival houses of the 1930s. Indianapolis civic and business leaders built houses in Johnson’s Woods, ...