Downtown Indianapolis Monuments and Memorials Architecture Tour

Downtown Indianapolis Monuments and Memorials Architecture Tour

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Downtown Indianapolis Monuments and Memorials Architecture Tour episodes

  • 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.
    3 min
  • 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.
    3 min
  • 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.
    3 min
  • 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.
    3 min
  • 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.
    1 min
  • 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.
    2 min
  • 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.
    3 min

About Downtown Indianapolis Monuments and Memorials Architecture Tour

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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…