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September 26, 1997. Washington Street–Monument Circle Historic District is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, covering the first two blocks of East and West Washington and Market streets, the south side of the 100 block of East Ohio Street, Monument Circle, the first block of North and South Meridian ...
Indiana Landmarks Center, located in the former Central Avenue United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Indiana Landmarks is America's largest private statewide historic preservation organization. Founded in 1960 as Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana by a volunteer group of civic and business leaders led by Indianapolis pharmaceutical ...
Roanoke College is a private liberal arts college in Salem, Virginia. It has approximately 2,000 students who represent approximately 40 states and 30 countries. [ 6 ] The college offers 35 majors, 57 minors and concentrations, and pre-professional programs.
Downtown Salem Historic District. Downtown Salem Historic District. June 5, 1996. (#96000591) Roughly Main St. from Broad St. to College Ave. 37°17′35″N 80°03′24″W / 37.293056°N 80.056667°W / 37.293056; -80.056667 (Downtown Salem Historic District) 4. Evans House. Evans House.
June 5, 1996. Designated VLR. March 20, 1996 [ 2] Downtown Salem Historic District is a national historic district located at Salem, Virginia. The district encompasses 34 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in downtown Salem. The district includes primarily mixed-use commercial buildings, but also includes churches, dwellings, a ...
The history of Indianapolis spans three centuries. Founded in 1820, the area where the city now stands was originally home to the Lenape (Delaware Nation). In 1821, a small settlement on the west fork of the White River at the mouth of Fall Creek became the county seat of Marion County, and the state capital of Indiana, effective January 1, 1825.
In 1847, the Virginia Institute, a boy's preparatory school, moved to Salem from Staunton. It received a college charter in 1853 and was renamed Roanoke College for the Roanoke Valley. The college is located in central Salem, one block north of Main Street. Roanoke Women's College, later named Elizabeth College, operated between 1912 and 1922 ...
Added to NRHP. June 24, 2008. The Washington Park Historic District is a national historic district located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 2008. [1] It comprises nearly 60 acres (240,000 m 2) and is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of downtown Indianapolis, in the south-central part ...