Photos of Indiana's Historic Courthouses, along with some others
I hate to bear bad news, but this just in, America- we’re over-retailed! Indiana’s first enclosed shopping mall, in Anderson, closed two years ago; Marion’s moribund Five Points Mall finally shut down aside from its three stores with outside entrances, the Muncie Mall lost three of its four anchors and Dick’s is leaving Washington Scare […]
Read More Floyd County- New Albany (1961-)I can’t stomach them, but the works of beloved poet James Whitcomb Riley -the folksy Hoosier who wrote “Little Orphan Annie,” “The Raggedy Man,” and “When the Frost is on the Punkin”- are considered by many to be timeless classics. Unfortunately, despite or because of the thousand or so poems he penned during his lifetime, […]
Read More Hancock County- Greenfield (1897-)When I first started my courthouse project in 2011, I worked in a 600+ person call center in Muncie. It sucked. After quitting to go back to school, I found my stride during four years in corporate marketing for brands I really grew to love. After a layoff and a few more disparate stops, I […]
Read More Jasper County- Renssalaer (1895-)A version of this post first appeared here a year ago, on February 4, 2019. It’s been forty years since a historic courthouse has been demolished in Indiana, and for good reason! It’s pretty evident to me that Hoosiers have garnered a newfound appreciation for historic courthouses across the state. I actually started this project […]
Read More Pulaski County- Winamac (1895-)