After laying out Indiana's new capital, Alexander Ralston remarked that, “it would be a beautiful city if it was ever built.” This 1871 view of Indianapolis shows how his plan not only became a reality, but rapidly expanded.Appears in Destination Indiana 1 Appears in Big Screen Journey Welcome to Monument Circl
The City Beautiful Movement inspired Indianapolis officials. Plans for a park system were begun and ...
By 1924 the noises of horses and wagons on Monument Circle were replaced by the sounds of automobile...
This view of Monument Circle shows the northern quadrants. Behind the monument and to the left is th...
Commonly known as 'the Mile Square," the original plat of Indianapolis was created in 1821 by survey...
Although Congress donated 4 square miles for the new capital city, Ralston only planned for one squa...
Commonly known as "the Mile Square," the original plat of Indianapolis was created in 1821 by survey...
Aerial view of the Indiana State Capitol, looking west from the top of Monument Circle in 1896.Appea...
A photograph of the architectural drawing of the proposed plan for the Indiana State Capitol buildin...
With the demolition of the governor's House in 1857, the Governor's Square deteriorated becoming a g...
Indianapolis one-hundred and twenty-five years ago was almost an unknown region where solitude reign...
In the early years, Governor's Square, as the area around the Circle was called, consisted of reside...
The first statehouse at Indianapolis was designed by the New York architectural firm of Town and Dav...
After the Civil War the Circle area was improved, and there was a transition from residential to com...
The cornerstone was laid on the northeast corner of the monument on August 22, 1889. The cornerstone...
Indianapolis was growing after the Civil War. Jacob Julian and Sylvester Johnson from Centerville, p...
The City Beautiful Movement inspired Indianapolis officials. Plans for a park system were begun and ...
By 1924 the noises of horses and wagons on Monument Circle were replaced by the sounds of automobile...
This view of Monument Circle shows the northern quadrants. Behind the monument and to the left is th...
Commonly known as 'the Mile Square," the original plat of Indianapolis was created in 1821 by survey...
Although Congress donated 4 square miles for the new capital city, Ralston only planned for one squa...
Commonly known as "the Mile Square," the original plat of Indianapolis was created in 1821 by survey...
Aerial view of the Indiana State Capitol, looking west from the top of Monument Circle in 1896.Appea...
A photograph of the architectural drawing of the proposed plan for the Indiana State Capitol buildin...
With the demolition of the governor's House in 1857, the Governor's Square deteriorated becoming a g...
Indianapolis one-hundred and twenty-five years ago was almost an unknown region where solitude reign...
In the early years, Governor's Square, as the area around the Circle was called, consisted of reside...
The first statehouse at Indianapolis was designed by the New York architectural firm of Town and Dav...
After the Civil War the Circle area was improved, and there was a transition from residential to com...
The cornerstone was laid on the northeast corner of the monument on August 22, 1889. The cornerstone...
Indianapolis was growing after the Civil War. Jacob Julian and Sylvester Johnson from Centerville, p...
The City Beautiful Movement inspired Indianapolis officials. Plans for a park system were begun and ...
By 1924 the noises of horses and wagons on Monument Circle were replaced by the sounds of automobile...
This view of Monument Circle shows the northern quadrants. Behind the monument and to the left is th...