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Nickel Plate Locomotive No. 587
Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 587 is a rare early...
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...
Indianapolis Union Station
The Indianapolis Union Railroad Station, a massive and imp...
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...
Aston Inn
Aston Inn is located on the Michigan Road, which was the m...
James Allison Mansion
The Allison Mansion, with its outstanding craftsmanship, s...
Old Indianapolis City Hall
With its Indiana limestone Classical façade, Old In...
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Nickel Plate Locomotive No. 587
Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 587 is a rare early 20th-century light Mikado steam locomotive developed by the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) during World War I rearmament. The locomotive is one of only a few of its class ...
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 ...
Indianapolis Union Station
The Indianapolis Union Railroad Station, a massive and impressive Romanesque Revival building, is the single most important icon of the city’s railroad era. Today, the station houses a major hotel, restaurants, and a charter school. A branch office of the ...
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 ...
Aston Inn
Aston Inn is located on the Michigan Road, which was the main north-south improved road to Indianapolis connecting the Ohio River and Lake Michigan. The inn was an important stopping place along the road. In 1852, when George W. Aston ...
James Allison Mansion
The Allison Mansion, with its outstanding craftsmanship, scale, and landscape architecture, is a prime example of an Art & Crafts Country Era estate. The estate was home to James Allison, one of Indy’s most important automobile entrepreneurs of the early ...
Old Indianapolis City Hall
With its Indiana limestone Classical façade, Old Indianapolis City Hall was intended to symbolize the stability and achievements of the city. Construction of the Federal Building in 1903–05 set the standard for new governmental buildings in downtown Indianapolis. City offices ...
