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August 19, 1982. Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church, whose present-day name is Roberts Park United Methodist Church, was dedicated on August 27, 1876, making it one of the oldest church remaining in downtown Indianapolis. Diedrich A. Bohlen, a German-born architect who immigrated to Indianapolis in the 1850s, designed this early example of ...
The Pyramids (Indianapolis) / 39.9201; -86.2209. The Pyramids are three 11-story, pyramid-shaped office buildings that are part of a 200-acre (810,000 m 2) commercial development in the College Park neighborhood area of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The structures occupy 40 acres (16 hectares) of land situated next to a 25-acre (10 ...
87001031 [1] Added to NRHP. May 29, 1987. The neighborhood of Irvington, named after Washington Irving, includes Irvington Historic District, a historic district in Indianapolis, Indiana. The historic district is a 545-acre (221 ha) area that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. That year, the district included 2,373 ...
The history of Indianapolis spans three centuries. Founded in 1820, the area where the city now stands was originally home to the Lenape (Delaware Nation). In 1821, a small settlement on the west fork of the White River at the mouth of Fall Creek became the county seat of Marion County, and the state capital of Indiana, effective January 1, 1825.
The first Indiana State Fair is held on October 19–25, on the grounds of what becomes known as Military Park, west of downtown Indianapolis. Indiana and Illinois Central Railway is established. The First German Reformed Church of Indianapolis congregation is organized. Their first church is dedicated on June 24. 1853
Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary is a Roman Catholic college seminary located in Indianapolis, Indiana, within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.The seminary takes its name from Bishop Simon Bruté, first bishop of the Diocese of Vinncennes, who came to Vincennes, Indiana, from Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1834.
Bethel A.M.E. Church (Indianapolis, Indiana) / 39.77306°N 86.16556°W / 39.77306; -86.16556. The Bethel A.M.E. Church, known in its early years as Indianapolis Station or the Vermont Street Church, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. Organized in 1836, it is the city's oldest African-American ...
Central Christian Church, also known in its early years as the Church of Christ in Indianapolis and Christian Chapel, is located at 701 North Delaware Street in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Its members formally organized on June 12, 1833, as the city's first Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregation.