Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
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Historic preservation
Historic preservation is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance...
organization. Founded as the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana by Indianapolis pharmaceutical executive Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly (industrialist)
Eli Lilly was a pharmaceutical industrialist and philanthropist from Indiana, United States.- Business :Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Eli Lilly was President of Eli Lilly and Company. He was named for his grandfather, Colonel Eli Lilly, who founded the family business...
in 1960, the organization is a private non-governmental organization with nearly 11,000 members and an endowment of over $40-million. The organization simplified its name to Indiana Landmarks in 2010.
The organization has staff housed in regional offices throughout the state of Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
and owns two museum properties: the Morris-Butler House
Morris-Butler House
The Morris-Butler House is a Second Empire-style house built in 1864-65 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is part of Old Northside Historic District of Indianapolis. It is preserved as a museum home by Indiana Landmarks...
in Indianapolis and the Huddleston Farmhouse
Huddleston Farmhouse
The Huddleston Farmhouse Inn in Mount Auburn, Indiana, is an historic inn that once served travelers along the National Road. It was owned by former-Quaker John Huddleston who, with his wife Susannah, and 11 children, offered lodging, cooking materials, and a place for their horses to rest for the...
Inn Museum in Cambridge City, Indiana
Cambridge City, Indiana
Cambridge City is a town in Jackson Township, Wayne County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,870 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Cambridge City is located at ....
. Regional offices are located in South Bend, Hobart, Wabash, Jeffersonville, Aurora, Evansville, Cambridge City and Terre Haute. Its state headquarters is at the former Central Avenue Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Landmarks' honorary board chair is Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard
Randall T. Shepard
Randall Terry Shepard is the Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.-Biography:Randall Terry Shepard was born in Lafayette in 1946. Shepard is a seventh generation Hoosier. He is an Eagle Scout and has received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award...
.
West Baden Springs Hotel
The West Baden Springs Hotel is a historic landmark hotel in the town of West Baden Springs in Orange County, Indiana, United States, known for its vast domed atrium. It is currently part of the French Lick Resort...
's exterior and public spaces. Indiana Landmarks helped lead the effort to bring riverboat gaming to Orange County, Indiana
Orange County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,306 people, 7,621 households, and 5,342 families residing in the county. The population density was 48 people per square mile . There were 8,348 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...
as a way to revitalize the French Lick Resort Casino
French Lick Resort Casino
French Lick Resort is a resort complex located in the towns of West Baden and French Lick, Indiana. The complex includes two historic resort spa hotels, stables, a casino and three golf courses, all part of a $500 million restoration and development project....
and the West Baden Springs Hotel.
New name, headquarters
On April 13, 2010, Indiana Landmarks announced its name change from Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. At the same time, it announced that medical device entrepreneur Bill Cook and his wife, Gayle have pledged $7-million to renovate the former Central Avenue Methodist Church at 12th Street and Central Avenue in the Old Northside Historic DistrictOld Northside Historic District
Old Northside is a residential neighborhood near downtown in Indianapolis, Indiana, and located between 12th and 16th streets, and Pennsylvania and Bellfontaine Streets...
of Indianapolis as a performance space and new headquarters for the organization to be known as Indiana Landmarks Center.
Endangered Landmarks
Annually, Indiana Landmarks selects the 10 Most Endangered landmarks. They may be at risk because they have been abandoned, neglected, quickly deteriorating, and or at risk of destruction from urban sprawl. When Landmarks places a structure on its list, it will spend the next year in a concerted effort to improve the structures status and rescue it from neglect. Each year the list will retain those structures still at risk, added structures that have worsened and remove those that have improved.2010 Ten Most Endangered List
- Bush StadiumBush StadiumOwen J. "Donie" Bush Stadium is the name of a stadium formerly used by minor league baseball team Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana. Its street address is 1501 West 16th Street...
, Indianapolis: continuing since 2008 - Farmers Institute, southwest of Lafayette
- Historic windows, statewide: continuing since 2009
- Plainfield Diner, Plainfield
- Roberts Memorial Building, Connersville
- St. John’s Hospital, Gary
- Syracuse Depot, Syracuse: continuing since 2008
- Terrell Jacobs Circus Barns, Peru: continuing since 2009
- Washington Avenue Historic DistrictWashington Avenue Historic District (Evansville, Indiana)Washington Avenue Historic District in Evansville, Indiana was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980....
, Evansville (Vanderburgh County): continuing since 2007 - John Work HouseJohn Work House and Mill SiteJohn Work House and Mill Site is a Registered Historic Place just outside Charlestown, Indiana, owned by the Lincoln Heritage Council, , as part of the Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation. For a century, it was an active gristmill until technology made it obsolete, and arson destroyed much of it....
, Charlestown vicinity
2009 Ten Most Endangered List
- Bush Stadium, Indianapolis (Marion County); added in 2008
- Historic windows, statewide: new in 2009
- Knightstown Children's HomeIndiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's HomeThe Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home was a residential and educational facility near Knightstown, Indiana in northwestern Rush County, Indiana. The home was founded in 1865 by Governor of Indiana Oliver Morton and was for veterans of the American Civil War. Two years later, it was...
, near Knightstown (northern Rush County); added in 2009 - Maple Grove Road Rural Historic District, Bloomington (Monroe County): added in 2008
- Old Lowell Grade School, Lowell (Lake County): added in 2008
- Old Perry County Courthouse, Rome (Perry County): new in 2009
- Snow Hill Covered Bridge, near Rockdale (Franklin County): new in 2009
- Syracuse Depot, Syracuse (Kosciusko County): since 2008
- Terrell Jacobs Circus Barns, Peru (Miami County): new in 2009
- Washington Avenue Historic District, Evansville (Vanderburgh County): continuing since 2007
2007 Ten Most Endangered List:
- Colgate Palmolive Plant and ClockColgate Clock (Indiana)The Colgate Clock, located at a Colgate-Palmolive factory in Clarksville, Indiana, is one of the largest clocks in the world. It has a diameter of 40 feet . It was first illuminated in Clarksville on November 17, 1924...
, Clarksville (Clark County) - Frankfort Roundhouse, Frankfort (Clinton County)
- Illinois Building, Indianapolis (Marion County)
- Indianapolis Public School #97 (James E. Roberts School) Indianapolis (Marion County)
- Jennings Building, New Castle (Henry County)
- Marktown Historic District, East Chicago (Lake County)
- Twin Bays, Lawrenceburg (Dearborn County)
- Washington Avenue Historic DistrictWashington Avenue Historic District (Evansville, Indiana)Washington Avenue Historic District in Evansville, Indiana was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980....
, Evansville (Vanderburgh County) - Whitley County Jail & Sheriff's House, Columbia City (Whitley County)
- Wollenmann House, Ferdinand (Dubois County)
Further reading
- The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis David J. Bodenhamer, Robert Graham Barrows, David Gordon Vanderstel,
- Porter County Interim Report, Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory; Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana; July 1991