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Downtown Indianapolis Monuments and Memorials Architecture Tour

Walk Indianapolis

This is a self-guided architectural walking or biking tour from Walk Indianapolis. It includes many of the key major civic buildings, monuments, and memorials downtown. Indianapolis devotes more acreage than any other U.S. city to honoring our nation’s fallen, and is second only to Washington, DC, in the number of war memorials. This tour takes you from Monument Circle north to explore these impressive structures that pay homage to those who fought for our freedom. You'll also see buildings like the Indiana State House, the Indiana Theater and Christ Church Cathedral. All of these with information given by one of the city's leading architects. A map and more information are available at http://www.walkindianapolis.com/

  • 2 minutes 18 seconds
    Welcome to Indianapolis
    Indianapolis devotes more acreage than any other U.S. city to honoring our nation’s fallen, and is second only to Washington, DC, in the number of war memorials. This tour takes you from Monument Circle north to explore these impressive structures that pay homage to those who fought for our freedom.
    12 January 2011, 7:25 pm
  • 2 minutes 40 seconds
    Indianapolis Artsgarden
    It’s tough to miss the Indianapolis Artsgarden. This seven story tall glass dome sits suspended over the intersection of Illinois and Washington Streets, with traffic passing under it.
    12 January 2011, 7:24 pm
  • 2 minutes 26 seconds
    Indiana Theater
    By the 1920’s, Indianapolis, like other American cities, was swept up in the magic of the motion picture. The Indiana Theater, built in 1927, was designed and built to outshine all other venues.
    12 January 2011, 7:23 pm
  • 1 minute 22 seconds
    Indiana State House
    The Indiana Statehouse was built in 1888 and is the fourth building to house Indiana state government.
    12 January 2011, 7:22 pm
  • 2 minutes 58 seconds
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument
    The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is the physical and spiritual heart of Indianapolis. But in a city where so much was planned, this was not what was supposed to go on the site at all.
    12 January 2011, 7:21 pm
  • 49 seconds
    Hilbert Circle Theater
    The Circle Theater opened in 1916 as the city's first “movie palace” - and one of the first such buildings in the Midwest. Today it is the second oldest building on Monument Circle after Christ Church Cathedral, and is home to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
    12 January 2011, 7:20 pm
  • 1 minute 31 seconds
    Christ Church Cathedral
    Christ Church Cathedral is the oldest building still standing on Monument Circle, dating to 1857, and one of the oldest in the whole city.
    12 January 2011, 7:19 pm
  • 1 minute 55 seconds
    Birch Bayh Courthouse
    Covering the entire block bounded by Ohio, Meridian, New York, and Pennsylvania Streets, the United States Court House and Post Office Building was the first and largest local example of the monumental Beaux-Arts style.
    12 January 2011, 7:18 pm
  • 1 minute 36 seconds
    University Park
    The State of Indiana, in the 1827 legislative session, designated this land as property for a state university.
    12 January 2011, 7:17 pm
  • 2 minutes 4 seconds
    Indiana World War Memorial
    The memorial honors the Indiana men killed in World War I. The Military Museum inside also lists all of the Hoosiers killed or missing in action through the Vietnam War.
    12 January 2011, 7:16 pm
  • 1 minute 37 seconds
    Minton-Capehart Federal Building
    It's hard to miss the Minton-Capehart Federal Building. Its very modern design style strongly contrasts with that of the classical formalism of the war memorial mall across the street. This 1975 office building was designed by the local firm of Woollen and Associates in a style known as Brutalism.
    12 January 2011, 7:15 pm
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