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....
There were two Anderson Hotels, this being the first. It was built in 1892 and was located on north Meridian Street, between 6th and 7th Streets. It was later the home of the Loyal Order of the Moose for several years.
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...
Looking west on Tenth Street, from Meridian, the Central Christian Church, dedicated Dec. 1900, and the Public Library (opened April 1905) can be seen. The dedication ceremony for the Library was held in the Church sanctuary; years later the...
This view of the 1882 Madison County courthouse (probably taken facing northeast from 9th and Main) clearly shows some of courthouse square and an interurban passing along 9th Street.
The original cemetery in Elwood was established soon after the town was laid out in 1853. At that time the town was called Quincy. The cemetery ran along Duck Creek south of the Lake Erie & Western railroad from 10th to 13th street. The Elwood...
Earthworks (Archaeology) ; Parks ; Indians of North America;
Colorized Photographic postcard incorrectly identified as a fort, which is in reality one of the smaller Adena-Hopewell mounds from which Mounds Park takes its name.
The Alexandria M. E. Church (now First United Methodist Church of Alexandria) dedicated this building in September of 1902. The next year it was gutted by fire and had to be restored.
In 1889, the first church of United Brethren was organized in Anderson. This church was their second building and is located on the southeast corner of 9th Street and Madison Avenue. Currently this building is the home of Grace Temple Apostolic...
