Explore the amazing beneath the familiar. The Indianapolis City Market and Indiana Landmarks offer guided descents into the City Market catacombs, a long-hidden ruin beneath City Market’s Whistler Plaza.
A vast expanse of brick barrel arches, the catacombs are all that remain of Tomlinson Hall, which burned in 1958 and was torn down by the city. On a guided tour, visitors can see the huge limestone pillars that supported the hall, explore the network of arches, and learn the history of the underground labyrinth, which includes its use as a storage facility during the flood of 1913, and a refuge for the city’s homeless during the bitterest winters.
Tickets are $10/Indiana Landmarks member, $12/nonmember, $5/child member age 6-11, $6/child non-member age 6-11, Free for children age 5 and under.
Phone: 317-639-4534
2017/05/06 - 2017/10/28
Additional time info:
We offer Catacombs tours on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays, May through October 2017, except in July, when the tours are on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, and in October when we added an extra Saturday. The tours depart at 11:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. from the west plaza of City Market, 222 E. Market St. in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis City Market
222 E. Market St., Indianapolis, IN 46204