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I N D I A N A P O L I S

MARION COUNTY 
HISTORICAL SOCIETY

H I S T O R I C A L

OF MARION COUNTY

TIMELINE

THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS

1925

FADELY

HISTORY

AWARD

PROGRAMS

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Programs we're working on for Summer 2025:

Sunday, July 27th, 2025

2 o'clock

France to Indiana: The Life of Simon Brute de Remur 

Presented by Ray Brown

 Learn More

Saturday, September 6th, 2025

Millersville Masonic Lodge: Historic Tour & Lecture

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​​ Please join the Marion County Historical Society at the Millersville Masonic Lodge, 4990 Kessler Boulevard East, for a pancake breakfast followed by a historical tour and lecture. 

The pancake breakfast begins at 8:00AM and the history tour and lecture at 10:00AM. Our speaker is David Levine, Past Master. The breakfast is $10.00. RSVP’s are needed for the breakfast, tour and lecture. Please submit your RSVPs to Carol Hall at cahall726@gmail.com by August 29, 2025.

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OUR WORK

The Marion County Historical Society (MCHS) is a non-profit organization that was established in 1961 for all those interested in the history and culture of Marion County, Indiana.  It was originally formed to advocate for historically significant architecture in downtown Indianapolis, but it now also includes programs and activities that explore and preserve our local heritage.

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Through a variety of programs, MCHS works to develop community awareness of our past and its impact on the present and future.  Recent past programs have included:

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Unigov: The Creation of Modern Indianapolis

The Mansions of Marian University

2021 Indianapolis Bicentennial Celebration Plan

The 1918 Pandemic: Indianapolis Confronts the Spanish Influenza

The Extraordinary Life of Janet Flanner

The History of Bobbs-Merrill Company

The Negro National League

Our work
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ABOUT US

LEADERSHIP

Board of Directors

President: William L. McNiece, M.D.

Vice-President: Michael Williams

Secretary: Montoya Barker

Treasurer: Open

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Board Members:

Steve Barnett

Ray E. Brown, Jr.

Carol A. Hall

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Website: Carl Bates

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CONTACT

CONTACT US

Marion County Historical Society

P.O. Box 2223

Indianapolis, IN 46206

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membership@mchsindy.org

Marion County Historian:

Steve Barnett

srbarnett44@yahoo.com

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Please direct your questions to us about Marion County, Indiana local history only.  We are not a genealogy society and we have no holdings or archives.  For genealogy information, please contact the Indiana Genealogy Society or the Genealogical Society of Marion County.

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The Indiana State Library can help you with obituaries and information from old newspapers.  Other sources to contact are the Indiana Historical Society and the vertical files in the Indianapolis Public Library branches.

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Looking for information on the city of Marion, Indiana? Try the Grant County Historical Society.

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To join the Marion County Historical Society, go here.

Background images taken from map of Marion County from Illustrated Atlas of Indiana, 1876. 

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