James Whitcomb Riley worked as a poet and reporter for the Anderson Democrat before he became famous and was fired for perpetrating a hoax. He steadfastly refused to return to Anderson until May 1913, when he came as a guest of the Made in...
Built between Meridian street and Main street around 1887, this passenger depot for the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad was taken over by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Big Four) when the railroads merged in 1889....
The 2nd Methodist Church was formally organized by African Americans in 1873. It originally met at the 1st Methodist Church and then at a schoolhouse on Delaware Street. It moved into this building at 1012 W. 14th Street, which had previously been...
Edgewood School stood on the corner of Park Road and State Road 32, replacing an earlier school at that site. It opened on January 6, 1930 and was replaced by the new Edgewood Elementary School in 1974.
The boat dock was one of the attractions at the Union Traction Company's Mounds Park on the White River. Visitors could rent a canoe or a rowboat for a sail on the river.
Aerial view of the Pan Handle Station, the station of the Chicago and Cincinnati Air Line. It was located at 9th and Fletcher in downtown Anderson. About 1910, it became the Pennsylvania Depot.
The original Washington Elementary School was built in 1896 and destroyed by fire in 1930. This 1932 building, located at Columbus Avenue and 23rd Street, was used by the Anderson School System until the early 1980's. It is now Liberty Christian...
Shadyside Park was dedicated in 1923 to the Veterans of all Wars. It covers 38.1 acres and is Anderson's largest park. The Japanese Gardens are still part of the park and have been recently re-furbished.
Colorized postcard shows mouth of cave in Mounds Park. The caves of Mounds Park are almost legendary. An apocryphal story (currently unverified) from the 1920's holds that a child was once lost in one for several hours. No caves are open to the...
