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Andrew and Mary Israel and the Israel House
In the early 1830s, Andrew and Mary Israel arrived in New Albany, Indiana, from Ohio. Andrew, a native of Kentucky, earned his living as a cobbler. Mary, originally from Virginia, helped her husband…
Lucy Higgs Nichols Historical Marker
Lucy Higgs lived an extraordinary life. Born a slave in North Carolina, she gained her freedom during the Civil War, became a nurse to the 23rd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, and lived out her days…
Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church
Before the Civil War, New Albany was the largest city in Indiana. It also had the largest population of black residents in the state. At least eight percent of Indiana blacks lived in Floyd County.…
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Morris Performing Arts Center
The Palace Theater (Morris Performing Art Center's original name) was designed by J. S. Aroner, a Chicago architect, in 1922 as part of the Orpheum theater chain. Initially it hosted vaudeville shows, which ran continuously with a new act every ten…
Hinkle Fieldhouse
Hinkle Fieldhouse, formerly known as Butler Fieldhouse, is one of the oldest and best known basketball arenas in the world and has remained in continuous use since it opened in 1928. Few places represent the Hoosier obsession with the sport of…
Broadmoor Country Club
Jewish social clubs began to form in Indianapolis as the city’s Jewish population reached a steady 1% during the late nineteenth century and self-selection kept most Jews out of already established clubs and organizations. For instance, patterned…
Winona Lake
The Beyer brothers purchased a large parcel of land in 1886 on the shores of then Eagle Lake (later renamed Winona Lake) and opened Spring Fountain Park, a summer resort and amusement park. By 1895, the Winona Assembly and Summer School Association…
Mari Evans
Mari Evans, a writer, poet, activist, and one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement, is a prominent historical figure in not only Indiana, but the entire nation. Evans was born in 1923 in Toledo, Ohio. Although her mother passed away when she…
Blue Ribbon Pavilion (Sheep Barn)
Note the sheep’s head medallions! Like those on the Swine Barn, they are made of terra cotta.
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