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The Slippery Noodle Inn is a large blues bar and restaurant with two performance stages in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It also has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating bar in the state of Indiana, [3] having opened in 1850 as the Tremont House. The Inn served as a stop on the Underground Railroad during the American ...
In 1856, the first Jewish congregation, the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, was organized. In 1914, the Jewish Federation built a settlement house on the Southside on Morris Street. [2] By 1890 Indianapolis' near south side was densely populated and had the highest percentage of foreign-born residents of any district in the city.
In 1897, Indianapolis responded with the annexation of five suburbs: Brightwood, [5] Haughville, [6] Mount Jackson, North Indianapolis, and West Indianapolis. [7] [8] Between 1890 and 1900, the city's land area had more than doubled from 12.4 square miles (32 km 2) to 27.21 square miles (70.5 km 2). [3]
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North Meridian Street Historic District marker. Meridian Street is the primary north–south street in Indianapolis, Indiana. US 31 formerly ran along North Meridian Street for much of its length in the city of Indianapolis, before being re-routed to a segment of Interstate 465.
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The Cottage Home Conservation District is bounded by a CSX right-of-way between I-70/I-65 and Dorman Street to the west, 10th Street to the north, Oriental Street to the east, and Michigan Street to the south. As the Ruskaup-Ratcliffe house and store had already been designated locally by the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission, the ...
Downtown is generally bisected into four quadrants, divided by Meridian Street (north to south) and Washington Street (east to west).(about 7 square miles) Downtown Indianapolis is sited on flat terrain near the confluence of the White River and Fall Creek. Pogue's Run, a smaller tributary of the White River, flows beneath Downtown. The ...