Image: The Industries of the city of Indianapolis - the advantages offered for business location and the investment of capital (1889) (14777719121)

Description: Identifier: industriesofcity00indi (find matches) Title: The Industries of the city of Indianapolis : the advantages offered for business location and the investment of capital Year: 1889 (1880s) Authors: Indianapolis Board of Trade Subjects: Publisher: Chicago Indianapolis : Marquis Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: mencedin 1878 and completedten years later, at a costof §1,981,000, exclusiveof the furnishings, whichcost an additional out-lay of §182,000. It waserected upon plans fur-nished by a local archi-tect, and is pronouncedone of the most com-plete edifices of its kindin the United States. MARION COUNTYCOURT HOUSE. The County CourtHouse of Marion Countyis not surpassed in res-pect to architecturalproportions, finish, color-ing and general detail,by that of any similarcorporation in the coun-try. The building, whichis of Bedford stone, islocated in the square bounded by Washington, Delaware, Marketand New Jersey streets, with a frontage of 276 feet 6 inches and adepth of 106 feet 5 inches. It is located in the business center ofthe city and is one of the most massive public buildings in the State.The style of architecture is the modern French Renaissance. Thework of construction was begun in 1870, and the building completedin 1876 at a cost of §1,600,000. The basement is eccupied by city Text Appearing After Image: DCX (-■ a: oij (^z pou o THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. 41 offices, the upper floors being used by the county offices and courtrooms. Each suite of rooms, with the walls and ceilings of theentire building, are frescoed, the floors are laid with tile, and otherappointments have been provided for the convenience of the publicappropriate to the character of the edifice and expressive of goodtaste. TOMLINSONS HALL. Tomlinsons Hall is a commodious brick structure fronting 120feet on Market street, with a depth of 195 feet on Delaware street.It was erected in 1886 at a cost of §125,000, the proceeds of a bequestmade to the city for the purpose by Stephen Tomlinson some yearsago, and allowed to accumulate until sufficient in amount to com-mence operations.The building istwo stories high,the main floor be-ing occupied as avegetable marketand the sfcondstory as a publichall, with capacityto accommodatean audience offive thousand.East of this is amarket house com-pleted the sameyear. It is a one- Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The Industries of the city of Indianapolis - the advantages offered for business location and the investment of capital (1889) (14777719121)
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