Marion County, Indiana

Administration Building, Indiana Central University Alameda Alexandra Allison Mansion Ambassador Anderson-Thompson House Apple, Christopher, House Architects and Builders Building Askren, Thomas, House Aston Inn Athenaeum (Das Deutsche Haus) Attucks, Crispus, High School Ayres, L. S. Annex Warehouse Baker Balmoral Court Bals-Wocher House Bates-Hendricks House Benton House Beth-El Zedeck Temple Bethel A. M. E. Church Big Run Baptist Church and Cemetery Bingham, Joseph J., Indianapolis Public Schoo. #84 Blacherne Brendonwood Historic District Broad Ripple Firehouse-Indianapolis Fire Department Station 32 Broad Ripple Park Carousel Burton Buschmann, William, Block Bush Stadium Butler Fieldhouse Byram-Middleton House Camp Edwin F. Glenn Campbell, Henry F., Mansion Cathcart Central Court Historic District Central Library (Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library) Chatham-Arch Historic District Christ Church Cathedral Christamore House Christian Park School No. 82 Circle Theater City Market Coburn, Henry P., Public School No. 66 Cole Motor Car Company Cole, Joseph J., Jr., House Colonial Columbia Club Corbin, Roy and Iris, Lustron House Cottage Home Historic District Coulter Flats Crown Hill Cemetery Crown Hill National Cemetery Cumberland Historic District Dartmouth Delaware Court Delaware Flats Devonshire Emelie Emerson Avenue Addition Historic District Emerson Heights Historic District Esplanade Apartments Fame Laundry Federal Building Fidelity Trust Building Flanner House Homes Fletcher Place Historic District Fletcher, Calvin I., House Ford Motor Company Indianapolis Assembly Plant Forest Hills Historic District Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District (Boundary Increase) Fort Harrison Terminal Station Foster Hall Franklin, Benjamin, Public School Number 36 Gaseteria, Inc. General German Protestant Orphans Home Gibson Company Building Glencoe Glossbrenner, Alfred M., Mansion Golden Hill Historic District Graham, William H. H., House Gramse, The Grover Hammond Block (Budnick's Trading Mart) Hanna-Ochler-Elder House Harriett Harrison, Benjamin, House Haughville Historic District Haverstick, Hiram A., Farmstead Hawthorne Branch Library No. 2 HCS Motor Car Company Heier's Hotel Herron-Morton Place Historic District Hill, John Fitch, House Hillcrest Country Club Hollingsworth House Holy Rosary-Danish Church Historic District Homecroft Historic District Horace Mann Public School No. 13 Horner-Terrill House Hotel Washington Hubbard, Willard and Josephine, House Independent Turnverein Indiana Avenue Historic District Indiana Oxygen Company Indiana School for the Deaf Indiana State Capitol Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Indiana State Library and Historical Building Indiana Theatre Indiana War Memorial Historic District Indianapolis Athletic Club Indianapolis City Hall, Old Indianapolis Fire Headquarters and Municipal Garage Indianapolis Masonic Temple Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis News Building Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 3 Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6 Indianapolis Union Railroad Station Indianapolis Union Station-Wholesale District Indianapolis Veterans Administration Hospital Indianapolis White Castle Number 3 Irvington Historic District Irvington Terrace Historic District James E. Roberts School 97 Jamieson-Bennett House Johnson's, Oliver, Woods Historic District Johnson-Denny House Jordan, Arthur, Memorial Hall Julian-Clark House Kahn Tailoring Company Kuhn, Charles, House Ladywood Estates Laurel and Prospect District Levey, Louis, Mansion Linwood Colonial Apartments Lockefield Garden Apartments Lockerbie Square Historic District Lockerbie Square Historic District Amendment (Boundary Increase) Lodge Lombard Building Majestic Building Manchester Apartments Marcy Village Apartments Marion County Bridge 0501F Marott Hotel Marott's Shoes Building Martens Massachusetts Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District Mayleeno McCormick Cabin Site McKay Meier, George Philip, House Merchants National Bank and Annex Meridian Park Historic District Michigan Road Toll House Military Park Millikan, Lovel D., House Moore, Thomas, House Morris-Butler House Morrison Block (M. O'Connor Grocery Wholesalers) Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church Myrtle Fern New Augusta Historic District Nicholson-Rand House Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 587 North Irvington Gardens Historic District North Meridian Street Historic District Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park Oaklandon Historic District Old Northside Historic District Old Northside Historic District (Boundary Increase) Old Pathology Building Oldfields Oldfields Oriental Lodge No. 500 Our Savior Lutheran Church Oxford P.R. Mallory Company Factory Historic District Pearson Terrace Pennsylvania Pierson-Griffiths House Plaza Pleasanton in Irvington Historic District Propylaeum, The (John W. Schmidt House) Prosser House Ralph Waldo Emerson Indianapolis Public School #58 Ransom Place Historic District Recker, Carlos and Anne, House Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company Riley, James Whitcomb, House Rink Rink's Womens Apparel Store Riverside Drive Historic District Rivoli Theater Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church Saint James Court Savoy Schnull-Rauch House Scottish Rite Cathedral Selig's Dry Goods Company Building Seville, The Sheffield Inn Shelton Shortridge High School Shortridge-Meridian Street Apartments Historic District Sid-Mar Sommer, August, House South Side Turnverein Hall Southport High School, Old Speedway Historic District Spink Spink Arms Hotel St. John's Church and Rectory St. Joseph Neighborhood Historic District St. Mary's Catholic Church St. Philip Neri Parish Historic District St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church State and Prospect District State Soldiers and Sailors Monument Stewart Manor (Charles B. Sommers House) Stout Field, Administration Building Stumpf, George, House Sylvania Taylor Carpet Company Building Test Building The Buckingham Thompson, William N., House Tomlinson, George Washington, House Town of Crows Nest Historic District Traders Point Eagle Creek Rural Historic District U.S. Arsenal (Arsenal Technical High School) U.S. Courthouse and Post Office University Club University Park Vera and the Olga Vienna Virginia Avenue District Walker, Madame C. J., Building Washington Park Historic District Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District Wasson, H.P. & Company Building Watson Park Historic District West Washington Street Pumping Station Wheeler-Schebler Carburetor Company Wheeler-Stokely Mansion Whittier, John Greenleaf, School, No. 33 Wil-Fra-Mar Wilson Woodruff Place Woodstock Country Club Wyndham YWCA Blue Triangle Residence Hall

123 South Illinois Street 1907 Indiana Eugenics Law 28th Regiment USCT 800 North Pennsylvania Street A.J. Watson Abraham Lincoln Albert Einstein Allison Machine Shop American Legion Mall American Legion Mall American Legion Mall American Legion Mall Andrew Carnegie Anthony Wayne Athenaeum Bates-Hendricks House Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Harrison Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Blackburn House Blackford House Boaz House Booker T. Washington Booth Tarkington Booth Tarkington Bowen-Merrill Fire / Indianapolis Fire Department Brig. General Benjamin Harrison Brookville Road Brown’s Corner Bulgarian Orthodox Church Calvin Fletcher Camp Morton Camp Sullivan (Military Park) Central Library Central State Hospital Chief Tecumseh Circle Theatre Civil War Arsenal 1861 - 1864 Civil War Training Camp Clarke House Coleman Hall Confederate Mound Crispus Attucks High School Crossing of the National and Michigan Roads Crown Hill Crown Hill Racing Legends D.P. Erwin & Company Building Deschler Building Eli Lilly and Company Emerson Hall Ernest "Ernie" Pyle Fallen Deputy Memorial Federal Field First Home of The Children’s Museum First Indiana State Meeting of the Christian Churches First Lady Caroline Harrison First Presbyterian Church of Southport Floyd "Pop" Dreyer Former U.S. Arsenal Fort Benjamin Harrison Founders Row Fox House Francis Marion, 1732-1795 Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt From Dirt & Gravel to Granite & Steel Gallaudett Station: The Town That Never Happened Garrett House General George Rogers Clark German Greenhouses and Truck Gardens German Newspapers’ Demise Glencoe Building Grace Julian Clarke Greek Orthodox Church Greenlawn Cemetery Griffith Block Hardrick House Here in 1867 Here, Abraham Lincoln Said Hibben, Hollweg & Company Building Hine Street Hinkle Fieldhouse Historic National Road Historic Ransom Place Holy Rosary - Danish Church Historic District Home of Benjamin Harrison Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks Hotel Severin In Honor of Arthur St. Clair Independent Turnverein Indiana Avenue Indiana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs Indiana School for the Blind Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile Indiana State House Indiana Vietnam and Korean Wars Memorial Indiana Woman's Suffrage Indiana World War II Memorial Indiana World War Memorial Indiana World War Memorial Indianapolis - City of Indiana Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Propylaeum Indianapolis Times Indiana's Main Street Indiana's Mazzini International House Isaac Blackford J. F. Darmody Company Building J.L. "Wes" Montgomery James Overall James Whitcomb James Whitcomb Riley Home John Freeman John Muir in Indianapolis John W. Murphy Building Jonas Salk Jones Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church Site Joseph W. Summers Memorial Bridge Joseph W. Summers Memorial Bridge Kile Oak L. S. Ayres & Company Department Store Building Lacy Building Lew Wallace Lincoln to the Citizens of Indiana Little Sisters of the Poor Lockerbie Square Macedonian Tribune Madame C.J. Walker Madame C.J. Walker Timeline Manufacturing for Transportation Marion County Girl Scouts Mark Twain Market Street Temple Marshall "Major" Taylor Martin Luther King Jr. Mary Bryan, Pioneer Woman Mary Cable / School No. 4 Site May Wright Sewall McCormick Cabin Site McCormick House McKee Building Merchants National Bank Building Meredith Nicholson Milestones in Nursing Mill Race Site Montgomery House Morton-Finney House New Bethel North Meridian Street Historic District North Meridian Street Historic District North Western Christian University Oliver P. Morton Oliver Perry Morton Orvis House Ovid Butler, Sr. President Abraham Lincoln President Benjamin Harrison Ransom House Ransom Place Historic District Richard Jordan Gatling Robert F. Kennedy Speech on Death of Martin L. King Robert W. Long Hospital Roberts Park United Methodist Church Rubins House Sarah T. Bolton Schnull-Rothschild Building Scottish Rite Cathedral Senate Avenue YMCA Sewall House Site of Golden Hill Totem Pole Site of the Central Canal Site of "Masonic Well" Soldiers and Sailors Monument South Meridian Street St. Elmo Steak House St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church St. Vincent’s Infirmary State Capitol Stewart House Stout House Stutz Susan B. Anthony T.C. Steele Studio and Herron Talking Wall The Central Canal The Chevrolet Brothers The College Inn Site The Columbia Club The First Methodist Church in Indianapolis Was Built on this Site The Home of Caroline Scott Harrison The House of Crane The Lilly Family The Lincoln Funeral Train The Malott Building The National Road The Old Northside The Old Northside The Plague Cemetery The Pumphouse The Rost Jewelry Company Building This Tablet Marks the Homestead of Isaac Wilson, Pioneer and Patriot. Thomas Andrews Hendricks Thomas Edison Toll House - Michigan Road Town of Meridian Hills USS Indianapolis CA-35 Vajen's Exchange Block Veterans Memorial Veterans Memorial Plaza Veterans Memorial Plaza Veterans Memorial Plaza Veterans Memorial Plaza Walker House Washington Irving Washington Park Baseball Washington St. Historic Buildings West Washington Street What Was the Wholesale District? Widows and Orphans Friends’ Society Wilber Shaw Memorial Hill Wilbur and Orville Wright Willard Park William Forsyth William H. Harrison Wilson House Site Woodruff Place World War II Memorial World War II Memorial WWI Aviation Repair Depot Zerelda G. Wallace “Cannon Ball” Baker “Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis Has Left the Building”
Marion County, located in central Indiana, has a rich and varied history that dates back thousands of years. The area was originally inhabited by Native American tribes, including the Delaware, Shawnee, and Miami. European settlement began in the late 18th century, with French traders and American settlers establishing small communities in the region. In 1821, Marion County was officially created as one of the original nine counties in Indiana, named after General Francis Marion, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.

During the mid-19th century, Marion County experienced significant growth and development. The city of Indianapolis, which is the county seat, was established in 1820 and quickly became a major transportation hub due to its location at the crossroads of several important trade routes. The construction of the National Road, a major east-west highway, in the 1830s further accelerated the city's growth. Indianapolis also became the state capital in 1825, solidifying its status as a political and economic center.

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw continued expansion and modernization in Marion County. The city of Indianapolis played host to the Centennial Exposition in 1897, which showcased the city's progress and brought national attention to the area. The development of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909 and the subsequent rise of the Indianapolis 500 cemented the city's reputation as the "racing capital of the world."

In the present day, Marion County is the largest county in Indiana, both in terms of population and land area. It is home to a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, education, and professional services. The county also boasts a vibrant arts and culture scene, with numerous museums, theaters, and galleries. Looking toward the future, Marion County is committed to sustaining its growth through strategic planning and community partnership, ensuring that it remains a vibrant and welcoming place for residents and visitors alike.
Brief timeline of the history of Marion County, Indiana:

  • 1817 - Marion County is officially established as a county in the state of Indiana.
  • 1820 - The county seat is established in Indianapolis, which becomes the state capital a few years later.
  • 1821 - The first courthouse in Marion County is built.
  • 1837 - The construction of the National Road through Marion County brings increased trade and transportation to the region.
  • 1857 - The first railroad, the Bellefontaine and Indiana, is completed in Marion County.
  • 1887 - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, now famous for the Indianapolis 500 race, is built in Speedway, a town within Marion County.
  • 1912 - The Lyric Theatre, one of the city's earliest African-American theaters, opens in Indianapolis.
  • 1941 - The Great Flood of 1941 causes significant damage in Marion County and throughout the state.
  • 1970 - The Indiana Convention Center is opened in downtown Indianapolis, boosting the city's convention and tourism industry.
  • 2006 - Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, opens in downtown Indianapolis.

This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of Marion County, Indiana.

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