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1935: Treasury Relief Art Project murals by Grant Wright Christian depict the history of transportation and mail delivery in Indianapolis. 1938: Addition of north wing is completed. 1962: GSA's ongoing preservation work begins. 1974: The Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Independent Turnverein, also known as the Hoosier Athletic Club and Marott Building, is a historic Turnverein clubhouse located at Indianapolis, Indiana.It was built in 1907 and consists of a main three-story brick pavilion connected by a two-story section to a second three-story brick pavilion.
The Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System is a group of parks, parkways, and boulevards in Indianapolis, Indiana, that was designed by landscape architect George Edward Kessler in the early part of the twentieth century.
In 1970, the governments of Indianapolis and Marion County consolidated, expanding the city from 82 square miles (210 km 2) [3] to more than 360 square miles (930 km 2) overnight. As a result, Indianapolis has a unique urban-to-rural transect, ranging from dense urban neighborhoods, to suburban tract housing subdivisions, to rural villages. [4]
The Central Court Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood of the city of Indianapolis in northern Center Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. Built around Central Court near the intersection of 36th Street and Central Avenue, [2]: 57 the neighborhood consists of seventy-five buildings over an area of 7.6 acres (3.1 ...
Fletcher Place is a historic district and neighborhood in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana named after Calvin Fletcher, a prominent local banker, farmer and state senator. The neighborhood is clearly defined by I-70/I-65 to the south and East Street to the west. The northern border of the neighborhood is along South Street, Lord Street ...
The Barnes and Thornburg Building is a high rise in Indianapolis, Indiana originally known as the Merchants National Bank Building.In 1905, the Merchants National Bank and Trust Company engaged the architectural firm of D. H. Burnham & Company of Chicago to design a new bank headquarters on the southeastern corner of the Washington and Meridian streets, the most important intersection in ...
Castleton is a neighborhood area in Lawrence and Washington townships on the northeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. After shortly over a century of being an independent town, the locality was included in Indianapolis as part of Unigov consolidation in 1970 and was further dissolved in 1992. It is a primarily commercial district ...