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POLK'S 10.5- INDIANAPOLIS (MARION COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1937 LXXXII
Including Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete Classified Business Directory FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
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R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers 322 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
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Copyright, 1937, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers
GENERAL INDEX A41865
4378-6 R 917.7259 1937 Page 100 2164 101
Abbreviations
Advertising Department
opp
Alphabetical List of Names
Apartment Buildings
2296
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
2300
Bands and Orchestras
2310
Banks and Trust Companies
2310
Beech Grove Officers.
34
Board of School Commissioners
32
Buildings-Office and Public
2320
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor.
2321
Buyers' Guide.
opp
2164
Cemeteries
2323
Churches
2325
City Officials
31
Classified Business Directory
2293
Clergymen
2328
Clubs
2332
Consuls-Foreign
2335
Convents
2338
County Officers
34
Courts
41
Federal Officers .
37
Fire Department .
32
Fraternities and Sororities
2352
General Directory
101
Golf Clubs and Courses
2359
Halls
2364
Homes and Asylums
2366
Hospitals and Dispensaries
2367
Householders' Directory .
1725
Incorporated Companies
2369 35
Labor Organizations
2386
Legal Blue Book
. opp
Libraries
2393 41
Miscellaneous Information .
14
Museums
2405
Newspapers
2406
Parks and Playgrounds
2414
Police Department .
31
Post Office.
38
Public Schools
41
Railroads
2425
Rocky Ripple Officers
34
Schools-Parochial
2434
Schools, Colleges and Academies.
2434
Social Settlements
2438
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal.
2438
Societies- Miscellaneous
2439
Societies-Patriotic
2439
Special Advertising Department.
opp
2164
Speedway City Officers.
34
State Officers.
35
State Schools
41
Street and Avenue Guide.
1 725
Street Car, Trackless Trolley, Bus and Motor Coach Lines
1721
Township Officers .
34
Woodruff Place Officers
34
Indiana State Government.
2388
Military
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION- THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
A-1 Auto Radiator Co.
18
Adams Inc ...
.left top lines and 51
Fenton, Steers, Beasley & Klee .. Legal Blue Book
Adams-Rogers Co. .
left top lines and 88 Fidelity Trust Co ... 24
Aetna Cabinet Co. 102
Fletcher Avenue Saving & Loan Assn. 28
Fletcher's Dr W B Sanatorium. Fletcher Trust Co .. 20 118 90
Forbes Lumber Co ..
Foster & Messick. ..
72
Franklin Life Ins Co ...... right side lines and 73
Fuller-Halpin Lumber Co. 90
Furnas Ice Cream Co ... 63
Garrison Samuel E .. . Legal Blue Book
Armstrong V M. . left bottom lines and 86 Gates F E Marble & Tile Co. . right side lines and Legal Blue Book Gem Coal Co. 32
Ashby Samuel
Legal Blue Book
Association of North American Directory Publishers X
Atkins E C & Co.
119
Ayres L S & Co.
.front stencil and
37
Ballard Ice Cream Co ..
63
Bamberger & Feibleman ..
. Legal Blue Book
Bank & Office Stationery Co.
102
Gray Mark Inc ..
Bankers Trust Co. ..
26
Banner-Whitehill Co.
.. right top lines and
52
Gregory & Appel Ins
Bass W H Photo Co ..
Beard's Scientific Brake Service Inc. .
Grow Furniture
54
Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co ..
.right side lines, 11 and 125
Guaranty Finance Co.
. right side lines
Guardian Life Ins Co
.. left side lines and
73
Guardian Loans Inc ... right side lines and 84
78
Hall-Hottel Co ..
116
Hall-Neal Furnace Co.
49
Hall & Hill ..
73
Bonnell Ward E. Legal Blue Book
Brannum-Keene Lumber Co ... . backbone and 87
Broad Ripple Auto Co.
Brookside Lumber Co.
right top lines and
88
Brown L M Abstract Co.
left side lines and
2
Burdsal A Co .. 107
Burford Wm B Printing Co.
102 Herdrich & Boggs .. 4
Hess East Tenth Hardware. 56
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co .... . left top lines and 89
Capital Ice Refrigerating Co ..
62
Capital Paper Co ..
. left side lines and
108
Hickman-Moyer Sales Inc ...... left top lines and Hillsdale Landscape Co ..
99 47
Capitol Lumber Co ...
Carter-Lee Lumber Co ..
Central Rubber & Supply Co.
Central Supply Co .. 111
Hook Drugs Inc. . left side lines
Hoosier Coal & Oil Co .. . left side lines
Hotel Claypool.
Hotel Linden
Hotel Pennsylvania
58 61 61 60
Clark Oliver H. 117
Claycombe & Stump.
. Legal Blue Book
Claypool Hotel. .
58
Indiana Hotel Co ...
Colby Ralph L.
right side lines and
73
Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co ..
71
Crane E A. . left side lines and 169
Crescent Paper Co.
108
Cruse J & Inc .. 116
Davey Hugh J.
103
Dean Bros Co ..... opposite inside front cover and 115
DeGraff & Herold.
3
Indiana Trust Co ...
Indianapolis Bond & Share Corp.
Indianapolis Cement Block Co ..
Indianapolis
Commercial. . left side lines and 113
Engraving Co.
.43 and 110
Industrial Center. . 117
65
Indianapolis
Milk Council.
Indianapolis News .. . ... right top lines and 98 Paint & Color Co. . left top lines and 106 Indianapolis Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
.right side lines and 40
Indianapolis Railways Inc ..
115
Investors Syndicate. .. right side lines and 79
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins Co ... 75
Johnson-Maas Co Inc .. ... right side lines and 91
Equitable Life Assurance Society of N Y. Equitable Life Ins Co of Iowa ..
Ernst & Ernst ..
3
Evans Printing Co .... .opposite title page
72
Jones, Hammond, Buschmann & Gardner .. . Legal Blue Book
Katz Max Bag Co ...
..... left side lines, 19 and 124
57
Grain Dealers Natl Mut Fire Ins Co ...
.left top lines and
68
left side lines and 113
Gregg & Son Inc.
31
. left side lines and 68 11
Bellinger Duane J ..
left side lines and 70 71
Bessire & Co ..
19
Best Laundry 83
Better Business Bureau
36
Billy Grimes Tire Co. . 1.1
Bingham, Mendenhall & Bingham Legal Blue Book
Block Wm H Co ..
front cover and
38
Blue Diamond Coal Co .. . left side lines and 32
Harlan Myron S.
Harrison Wm Henry.
. Legal Blue Book
42
Hatfield Electric Supply Co ...
Hatfield Paint Co Inc .. .right side lines and 105
Hauk Chas B.
.right side lines and
74
Hayes Bros Inc ..
111
Heating Service & Equipment Co. 50
Hetherington & Berner Inc. 91
Heuslein R J Co .... 113
11
Hisey & Titus ..
Holder Chas W.
. Legal Blue Book
Holmes J Frank .... backbone, right side lines and 64 Home Lumber & Supply Co ...... back cover and 89
Hood & Hahn .. Legal Blue Book and 109
Central Wallpaper & Paint Co. 128
Chaille Emerson W & Co .. 117 Hornaday Milk Co .. 96
Chambers Plumbing & Supply Co.
.right bottom lines and 111
Church Members Relief Assn. . right top lines and 71 Circle Engraving Co .. 43 Hotel Severin
Citizens Gas & Coke Utility .. .... right side lines
Household Finance Corp .. 84 Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. 28 Indiana Farmers Mutual Ins Co. 74 53
Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Ins Co ...
left top lines and 74 21
Indiana National Bank. backbone and
Indiana Oxygen Co ... 104
Indiana Paint Roofing & Supply Co ...
107
Indiana Parking Garage .... left bottom lines and
Indiana Terminal & Refrigerating Co
Indiana Travelers Assurance Co.
15 128 73 25 79 30
Domestic & Industrial Insulators Inc .. . left side lines and 57
Dougherty Custom Built Furniture .. .left side lines and 54
Dunbar & Dunbar ..
Legal Blue Book
Dunn Beverage Co. .
. left side lines and
27
Indianapolis
Eagle Creek Nursery Co Inc .... left top lines and 9.9 East End Dairies .. .left side lines and Emerson-Scheuring Tank Co. 124
96
Empire Life & Accident Ins Co ... right top lines and Employers Fire Ins Co ....
71 78 78
Employers Liability Assur Corp.
Employers Mutuals 72
Emrich's Factory Furniture .... left top lines and 53
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co .. 122 72 Johnson & McElfresh. . Legal Blue Book
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Life Ins Co .... right side lines and Lumber Co. 91 96
74
Brennan W A Inc .. 116 10
110
Grimes Billy Tire Co.
Gross E E Funeral Home 47
93
General Outdoor Advertising Co. 122
General Underwriters Inc .. 73
Geupel Carl M Construction Co. 35
Gibson Co ..
11
Goldstein Bros.
American States Insurance Co.
70
American United Life Ins Co. .. 70
Anderson-Davidson Lumber Co.
Page
Excelsior Laundry Co ....
. back cover and
82
Akron Surgical House Inc. 110 78
American Employers Ins Co.
American Income Ins Co ... 70
American Loan Co. . front cover, left side lines and 80
American Paper Stock Co ...
108
right top lines and
10
Berkshire Life Ins Co.
Halgren Ross M. .
Burkle E F Est. .
27
Capitol Dairies Inc .. right side lines and 94 Capitol Flour & Feed Co. 45 90
Capitol Motors Co ... . left side lines and 10 90 10
Colonial Finance Co. right side lines
Dell Frank M. .right side lines
9
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Page
Kay Jewelry Co. . .right top lines and 81
Kentucky Home Mutual Life Ins Co.
75
Kiefer-Stewart Co .. ..
39 47
Railroadmen's Federal Savings & Loan Assn. .. ...
Rainey James L.
Karick K A Co Inc.
Rauch John G. .
. Legal Blue Book
Kord Leonard E Co.
42
Kothe Herman W. . Legal Blue Book
Langen & Meyer ..
Langsenkamp F H Co. . right side lines and
Leonard Wm M Inc ..
Levey Printing Co .... . left top lines and 112
Liberal Loan Co ... .right side lines and 84
Liberty Mutual Ins Co.
75
Linden Hotel
61 9
Rybolt Heating Co ..
50
Samms Virgil W.
Sanborn Electric Co.
Sargent Harry G Paint Co. .... . left side lines and 107
Lucas Paul D. .
Lumber Mutual Agency. .left top lines and 74 83
Lux Laundry Inc ..
Lyman Bros
Madden W M & Co.
Marion County State Bank ..
Marott Hotel. . right side lines and 59
Marott Shoe Store. . front cover, left side lines and 121 Marsh & McLennan Inc. .
76
Severin Hotel
Martin C K Co Inc .... . left bottom lines and 12 Seward Roy L.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins Co .. .right side lines and 76 Shirley Bros Co Inc. .right side lines and
Matson, Ross, McCord & Clifford Legal Blue Book Mccullough J G Agency.
McMaster & Armstrong. . Legal Blue Book
Means & Buenting. . Legal Blue Book
Meier Clif Coal Co .. right side lines and 32 41
Meier Electric and Machine Co .... top stencil and Merchants National Bank
25
Meridian Garage .. . left bottom lines and
Merrifield Hugh D. . Legal Blue Book
Metropolitan Coal Co. .. ... left side lines and
Model Loan Service Inc. . .right top lines and
Monarch Motor Co. ..
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co
Moore Malcolm M & Associates
right side lines and 76 48
Moore & Kirk Funeral Home. . left side lines and Morrison L E & Co. .. 127
Mt Jackson Sanitarium .... right bottom lines and 118 Murat Tire & Battery Co. 13
78
Mutual Ins Agency .. . left top lines and Mutual Life Insurance Co
76
Neff F B Printing Co.
1:13
Neuronhust 118
Newberger, Simon & Davis .. ... Legal Blue Book
News The ... right top lines and 98 13
North Side Chevrolet Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Life Ins Co. . left side lines and 69
Northwestern National Life Ins Co. .left side lines and 77
Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp .. right side lines and 74
Off C & Co ... 18
Ogden James M. . Legal Blue Book
Old Line Automobile Insurors .. right side lines and inside back cover Olive George S & Co.
1
Olive & McCurdy. . Legal Blue Book
One Hundred Thirty E Wash Realty Corp.
.left top lines and 101
O'Shea Employment System. .. . left side lines and 42
Patterson Shade Co .. .. back cover and 128
Pearson Co Inc ..
97
VanCamp Hardware & Iron Co VanMatre H M Inc. . front cover and
Voigt Mortuary ... right bottom lines and 49
Vonnegut Hardware Co ...... right side lines and Wallerich C H Co ... .right top lines
Warnock C O Co .. right top lines and Washington Park Cemetery. ... left side lines and Wege Marble & Tile Co ...... right side lines and
30 93
Pioneer Distributing Co.
Poehner R E ...
Polar Ice & Fuel Co .. back cover
Wegand's A Sons Co.
Polk R L & Co. .6, 17 and 92 Polk Sanitary Milk Co .. Wilson J C Co ... .back cover, left side lines and 95 . bottom stencil, right bottom lines and Woodsmall H H Agency ...... right top lines and
11 79 122
Smither Henry C Roofing Co ..
11: ?
Spradling, Carter & Jordan Associates Sprouse V E Co ...
43
Stall R Niven .. . Legal Blue Book
Standard Accident Ins Co .... right top lines and
front cover, right top lines and 69
State Mutual Life Assurance Co.
Stein Theodore Jr. . left top lines and Sterling Laundry Co. 66 33 102
Stewart's Inc.
Stokol. right top lines and 123
Stone, Stafford & Stone.
Studebaker Automobiles
9
Suez Otto J. .back cover, 123 and 127
Swaim H Nathan .. Legal Blue Book
Swiss Cleaners Inc. 31
Tarpenning-LaFollette Co 120
Taylor J H Transfer & Storage Co.
Terminix Co of Indiana ..
Thirtieth and Central Sales Co left top lines and
Tiffany Laundry Inc .. 83
Traylor Joel T. .. left side lines and
Trustees System Finance Co ...
Umphrey & Hartz. . front cover, left side lines and Union Central Life Ins Co. .
30
Union Title Co. .right side lines and
Union Trust Co. . top lines and 23
United Credit Bureau ...... left bottom lines and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co ..
Utility Insulation & Sales Corp. . right bottom lines and 63
Peek Chas C Inc ...... .... right bottom lines and 81
Peerless Foundry Co.
49 61
Pennsylvania Hotel
Peoples Fuel & Supply Co .... right side lines and Pickens, Gause, Gilliom & Pickens.
33
Progress Laundry Co.
Provident Mutual Life Ins Co ..
Prudential Ins Co ... .left side lines and
King & King Funeral Home. Kirby Mortuary. .
. right side lines and 48
Kirschner Auto Service. right side lines and 12
Klein & Kuhn Inc. . . left side lines and 100
Koehring Chas & Son
56
.left side lines and . right bottom lines and 123
Ready Mixed Concrete Corp .. Red Cab Co. .left side lines and 125 93 96 Rhoads Memorial Studio ...... right side lines and Roberts Wm H & Sons ...... right side lines and Rocap & Rocap .. Legal Blue Book 111
Rockwood Mfg Co.
Rogers & Co Accountants. . right bottom lines and Rogers & Co Inc Jewelers ... . left side lines and Rubush & Hunter
Schley & Trask. . Legal Blue Book and 109 Schlosser Chalmer. Schmidt Adolph H . Legal Blue Book 103 31
Schoen Bros. . . left top lines and
Schwitzer-Cummins Co .. .. right top lines and 123
Sears Roebuck & Co ..
left side lines
Security Trust Bldg. . left top lines and 101
Security Trust Co. right top lines and 22
Sholty Motor Co. . right side lines and 13
Shoptaugh A G.
Short Cecil E.
Shotwell Grier M. . . Legal Blue Book
Showalter Earl W & Co.
Shumaker Wm E & Co. .back cover and
Skinner's Inc. ..
Shank Fireproof Warehouse Co.
127
Lockwood, Goldsmith & Galt .. Legal Blue Book and 109 London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. . 75 12 48
54 27 31
Litzelman & Morrison ..
Losey Motors Inc ..
11 4 26
117
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co of Newark, N J Mutual Fire Ins Co of Indianapolis ... 76 74
16 33 85 12 39 Standard Food Products Co. . left side lines and 103 Standard Nut Margarine Co. .. . left side lines and 103 Standard Oil Co .. inside front cover
State Auto Insurance Assn. .
back cover and 126 125 14
Legal Blue Book
50 Weiland Louis A. . Legal Blue Book
.left top lines and
29
INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1937 edition of the Indianapolis City Directory, which also includes Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Wood- ruff Place.
Confidence in the continued growth of Indianapolis' industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Di- rectory is a mirror truly reflecting Indianapolis to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Indian- apolis Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Six Major Departments
The six major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 14 to 42, presents lists of city, township, county, state and federal officials; post office, public school and court Directories; statistical review; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 101 to 1718. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Indianapolis and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
THE GUIDE TO STREET CAR, BUS AND TRACKLESS TROLLEY LINES extends from page 1721 to page 1724.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 1725 to 2162. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 2164 and separately paged from 1 to 128, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Indian- apolis and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings de- scriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a great commercial and industrial center like Indianapolis, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 2293 to 2451. This department lists the names of all business and professional con- cerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buy- er and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
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Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com -- munity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educa- tional center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and re -- liable advertisements of Indianapolis and vicinity.
The Indianapolis Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Indianapolis City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in their offices at 322 Board of Trade Bldg., for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Pub- lishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return. .
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
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INDIANA STATE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT
Universally admitted to be the grandest achievement of architectural and sculptural art in the world, designed to glorify the heroic epoch of the Republic and to commemorate the valor and fortitude of Indiana's soldiers and sailors in the War of the Rebellion and other wars.
Begun, 1887 ; completed, 1901; dedicated, 1902; cost, $600,000 ; diameter of plaza surrounding monument, 342 feet 7 inches; diameter of terrace, 110 feet; height of terrace, 16 feet 4 inches ; monument foundation, 69x53 feet; depth of foundation, 30 feet; height of monument, including foundation, 314 feet 6 inches ; height of monument from street level to top of statue, 284 feet 6 inches; height of Victory statue, 38 feet ; shaft at top, 13 feet 3 inches; balcony, 16 feet.
The balcony, 2281/2 feet above the ground, is reached by an electric elevator or by stairway consisting of 32 flights-324 steps. On reaching the balcony, visitors look over a beautiful panorama of Indianapolis and vicinity-a delightful view, not surpassed anywhere. Below the balcony is a bronze astragal bearing the dates 1861-1865 on the four sides of the shaft. Midway the monument is a second bronze astragal, em- blematic of the Navy, and further down, a third bronze astragal, representing the Army. On the east and west sides of the monument are the two largest groups that have ever been carved out of stone-the one on the east representing War, the other, Peace. On the south front are two heroic statues, each cut out of a huge block of stone ; one representing the Infantry, the other an ideal Cavalry Scout. On the north front are the Artillery and Navy representatives, same as on the south. On the east and west sides of the terrace are magnificent cascades, over each of which flow 7,000 gallons of water per minute. With eight immense candelabra, carrying 48 arc and 150 incandescent lamps, Monument Place is the most brilliantly and beauti- fully lighted spot in this country. On subordinate pedestals occupying positions in the four segments are bronze statues of Gov. Morton, Gov. Whitcomb, Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison and Gen. George Rogers Clark.
Above the entrance facing the south is the inscription of dedication :
"To Indiana's Silent Victors"
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INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE North Meridian St., Opp. University Park
INDIANAPOLIS
"THE CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA" CAPITAL OF INDIANA; COUNTY SEAT OF MARION COUNTY
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SERVE TO VISUALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE CITY IN ITS COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS
THE LOGICAL LOCATION FOR BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS HAVING NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
Prepared by Industrial Commission, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
When Indiana was admitted to the Union in 1816 it became the nineteenth state. Congress adopted a resolution donating four sections of land to the State for its cap- ital. The present downtown square mile, chosen in 1821 as the site for the location of the state capital, after considerable discussion, was named Indianapolis. On this one mile square, at almost the geographical center of Indiana, the city was laid out by the same engineer who designed the street plan of Washington, D. C. Not only is Indianapolis near the exact center of the state of Indiana, but it is likewise near the center of the great Middle West, called the most typically American section of the nation.
Population
The Federal Census for 1930 gave Indianapolis a population of 364,161. It is the capital and largest city of Indiana, and is the twenty-first city in population in the United States. It is the second largest state capital. Indianapolis has maintained a steady, normal growth in population.
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