Two that have served generations of black academics are among the new additions to Indiana’s 10 Most Threatened List by 2020.
Gary Roosevelt High School, once one of the largest of its kind for African-Americans in the Midwest, was forced to avoid student service last year when a damaged heating formula paved the way for serious harm. And the Union Literary Institute wants to invest to repair what’s left of a design that welcomed young black men at a time when Indiana public schools weren’t.
These two buildings, along with 8 other known locations through Indiana’s landmarks, want recovery investments to build long-term forged plans so they can continue to tell Indiana stories. Three places on this year’s list, the Church of the Holy Cross in Indianapolis, the Attica Center, and the Presthroughterian Memorial Reid Church in Richmond, were also on the 2019 endangered species list.
2019 list: includes a movie theater, courtroom and circus barns
Indiana Monuments uses its annual list to draw attention to monetary desires and create momentum for recovery efforts. Reports that of the 146 sites on the list since 1991, 19 have been demolished and 95 are fully restored or threatened.
Here are the 10 sites by 2020, which feature a historic residence of a criminal and a sheriff, the home of a renowned furniture manufacturer and an exercise station that is a hub for transporting Indiana’s famous limestone.
(1401 E. Ohio St. in Indianapolis)
With one year to go until its centenary, the construction on the east side of the Church of the Holy Cross has a dubious future. He suffers from a collapsed vaulted portico and has no worshippers or stained glass windows, which the Archdiocese of Indianapolis destroyed, according to Indiana Repres.
Irish immigrants founded the parish in the 19th century and the construction of the church was built in 1921 on what is now Holy Cross. It features Italian neo-Renaissance architecture, a 136-foot-tall bell tower and an altar in Italian marble and mosaic.
(Perry Street, between Jackson and Ferry Streets, and Main and Mill Streets between Third and Brady Streets)
The poster child for doleading may simply be the Hotel Attica, which was built in 1853. In 2012, a wall on one of the hind wings collapsed. More recently, the corner of the main construction was damaged.
Other landmarks in the city center include a theater and advertising buildings. Earlier this year, the city made land to restore through Ben and Erin Napier in the HGTV series “Home Town Takeover”. However, HGTV announced in July that the series would highlight Wetumpka, Alabama. Attica continues to harness the momentum of her crusade to seek investment.
(1004 N. in St. to Richmond)
The maintenance, repair of damage and the modernization of the systems of the Gothic limestone building would charge $4.6 million, a value that enthusiasts must pay, given the treasures it contains. The church has a vaulted ceiling with fan, an organ of Hook and Hastings of Boston and 62 stained glass windows and furniture designed through Tiffany Studios in New York.
Businessman Daniel Reid built the church in 1906, and a clause in his deed says his assets will have to pass to Reid’s heirs if it is not known as Reid Memorial or if it is not used as a church for the congregation for more than 10 years, according to the Richmond palladium article. The church closed in 2017.
(124 N. St. to Elwood)
In 1906, the Library of Congress thought the Elwood Library was quaint enough to recommend that the city of Boston do it the way it had created its own. Elwood had opened up its neoclassical construction just two years earlier, employing the charitable investment Andrew Carnegie, rich in metals, made to bring libraries. An octagonal flow counter, skylights and brick chimneys are among its assets.
A new library built across the street and the original library suffered water damage.
(1014 South St. to Lafayette)
The Italian-style space was built around 1884 for Susannah Falley, married to James B. Falley, a hardware dealer. The space has overdue maintenance, but has carved limestone with a floral theme around the door and windows. He lives in the historic district of St. Mary, a national registry.
The nearby St. Mary’s Cathedral owned the space and planned to demolish it and build a rectory before the conservatives intervened to combat the movement. The space has remained in limbo as it has still been demolished and does not yet have a preservation plan. The Conservatives and the church continued to talk.
(730 W. St. to Gary)
Built in 1930, it is one of 3 buildings in the state built especially for black students. Alumni come with “Star Trek” actor Avery Brooks and George Taliaferro, the first black player recruited through the NFL.
According to Indiana’s monuments. Supporters of the school are busy imagining their long term in the form of a non-profit or public-private partnership. Construction is indexed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(1221 J Street in Bedford)
The station served the wishes of cargo and passengers, and was built in 1926 with the same limestone that helped ship all over the country. Drawn from nearby quarries, Indiana’s limestone has made its way into many monuments, statues and churches. Construction was used as a recycling center for Lawrence County, but is now vacant and prone to vandalism, according to Indiana Monuments.
Lately there is interest in making it the starting point of Milwaukee Road, but the station wants to invest.
(507 N. Walnut to Batesville)
Anthony W. Romweber guilty of the structure of the space in 1911 and the creation of the corporate furniture that designed the highly sought after Viking Oak collection. The space is animated through various styles with its Dutch colonial ceiling, neotudor walls and porch of Arts and Crafts.
A law firm moved in after installing its offices at home, which has a leaky roof and needs to fix it.
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(203 S. West St. in Tipton)
To design his criminal and sheriff’s house, Tipton County hired the architect overseeing the construction of the Indiana State Capitol. Adolph Scherrer did not disappoint, designing a majestic red brick construction inscribed on the national registry. Construction was completed in 1895 and the county used it for the next 125 years, according to Indiana Monuments.
However, the long term of the criminal is uncertain now that officials have moved to a new $16 million facility. County conservatives plan to locate new use and renewal funds, which have projected up to $1.5 million, according to the Kokomo Tribune. The criminal has had even more vitality since a block and a church was demolished, among others.
(8605 E. six hundred S. in Union City)
Blacks and Quakers founded the institute in 1846 as a position that accepted everyone and where black students, who were allowed to enter public schools, could simply obtain a secondary education. Before long, he achieved enough fame for the abolitionist Frederick Douglass to fulfill.
The elders included Hiram Revels, the first black senator from the United States, and James S. Hinton, the first black man to serve in the Indiana House of Representatives, according to the Indiana Historical Bureau. The school also warns along the underground railroad.
In 2012, a typhoon sufficiently broke the facade before construction could no longer be restored. Now, the Union Literary Institute Preservation Society needs its ruins and build an around pavilion to honor history.
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