Saturday, February 12, 2011

Muscatatuck State Mental Hospital / Army Urban Combat Training Grounds

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The Muscatatuck State Hospital opened in 1920 as the Indiana Farm Colony for Feeble Minded Youth.  It was one of several state hospitals ser...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

I went to Alert Indiana and found a round barn--and a state bank.

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Alert, Indiana, sits at a lonely crossroads in the southwestern corner of Decatur County.  There's very little reason to visit.  Once yo...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Historic homes of Sardinia--the one in Decatur County.

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On a recent trip to Sardinia -- the Sardinia in Decatur County, Indiana, that is, I came upon this gorgeous old Italianate on that little se...
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Monday, November 1, 2010

Decatur County Brick Houses, then/now

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I've always been intrigued by the Italianate-style brick houses that pepper the landscape of Decatur County, Indiana.  I'm so intrig...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Tidbits on the City County Building, Indianapolis

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Last year I devoted an Urban Times column to the Indianapolis/Marion County City-County Building. You can read that column here: http://www....
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Skidmore Owings and Merrill *SOM* in Indianapolis

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Skidmore Owings and Merrill is a Chicago-based architecture firm made famous by its work in the International Style. Still winning awards fo...
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Avriel Shull's Thornhurst MCM Addition on the National Register

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*Avriel Shull* has finally made it. Almost 3 years after I started work on the nomination for the Thornhurst Addition Historic District ...
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