The Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology is working to create a database of information on the headstones at Crown Hill Cemetery to encourage preservation. The project aims to survey […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy One of Midtown’s last remaining historic Meridian Street high-rise apartment buildings dodged the wrecking ball in December. On Dec. 16, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis Department […more…]
City officials continue to meet with representatives of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to discuss the future of its property at 3060 N. Meridian St., the Drake apartment building. Historic preservationists were stunned when the […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Demolition is in store for two Meridian Street properties owned by TRex Enterprises LLC, a development company formed by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to handle its real estate portfolio. Both […more…]
by Connie Zeigler “Dare to be True — Do Right” are the words engraved in the frieze at the top of Simpson Hall, a beautiful old brick building now threatened with demolition, on the campus […more…]
by Chris Bavender Fall is a season of change. For the Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (MFCDC) this fall meant a move in October to the historic Stutz Mansion, 3190 N. Meridian Street. “Our mission is […more…]
The Stutz Home was completed in early 1923 for automotive engineer and industrialist Harry C. Stutz. Now at 3190 N. Meridian Street, its address was originally 3172. The eclectic Craftsman style house, which incorporates both […more…]
by Connie Zeigler Time will tell if a holding company for the Meridian Street properties owned by The Children’s Museum—TRex Enterprises LLC, named for the gigantic killing-machine dinosaur—may have bitten off more than it can […more…]
by Connie Zeigler In November, tenants of The Drake apartments at 3060 N. Meridian St. received notice to vacate the building by early December 2016. Management offered to help with relocation costs and provided a […more…]
by Marion Simon Garmel The good news is that an application has been submitted by Indiana Landmarks to the Department of the Interior to place the long abandoned Beth-El Temple at the corner of 34th […more…]
