From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, May 1, 1926: The Indianapolis school board, in special session yesterday afternoon, voted 3 to 2 to build the new Shortridge High School at 34th and Meridian Streets. While a board majority had favored a 46th St and Washington Blvd site, board president Theodore Vonnegut said it was useless to continue to oppose the 34th St location and he was surrendering to public opinion. “The people want the school at 34th Street,” Vonnegut said.

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, April 11, 1926: The cornerstone of Little Flower Church will be laid this afternoon with the blessing of Bishop Joseph Chartrand, assisted by the church pastor Rev. Charles Duffy and several priests from various Indianapolis churches. The new building, which is half completed, will be used as a combination church and school. Six classrooms and a 700-seat church auditorium will occupy the first floor, and the second floor will be the livi

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, March 12, 1926: Construction has started on a mammoth grain elevator with a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels on the Big Four Railroad west of Sloan Av, near Beech Grove. The grain terminal will be one of the largest in the Midwest with eighteen giant concrete tanks and an elevator workhouse. It will be leased to Early & Daniel Co, a large Cincinnati, Ohio grain dealer, which has a contract for storage, processing, and handling grain with the

From The Indianapolis News , Saturday, November 22, 1924: The new Colored Orphans’ Home, erected by the Marion County board of...

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, February 6, 1921: The new home of the Indianapolis Athletic Club will be built at the southwest...