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The mission of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site is to increase public understanding of, appreciation for, and participation in the American system of self-government through life stories, arts and culture of an American President.

Bona Thompson Memorial Center

Alternative Exhibition Space ; Alternative Performance Space ; Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

The Bona Thompson Memorial Cetner, is a historic building and library for the original Butler University campus(1875 – 1928) in the Irvington Historic District. The building, designed by Henry H. Dupont and Jesse T. Johnson, was constructed in 1903. Today it is the home of the Irvington Historical Society and their collections. Exhibits, public entertainment are held here. The building can also be rented for private functions.

Grand Hall at Historic Union Station

Historic Building/Landmark

Event facility

Indiana Humanities

Historic Building/Landmark

Indiana Humanities, located at 1500 North Delaware, connects people, opens minds and enriches lives by creating and facilitating programs that encourage Hoosiers to think, read and talk. Indiana Humanities traces its roots to 1972, when the?National Endowment for the Humanities?(NEH) asked a group of five energetic Indiana citizens to form a statewide grant-making agency. The group was comprised of Dr. Marvin E. Hartig, Mrs. Edmund F. (Virginia) Ball, Dr. Robert E. Burns, Mr. Edward N. Howard, and Dr. Robert W. Richey. Their goal was to focus federal dollars on more local, grassroots initiatives. We’ve come a long way since then. Today, we’re still a grant-making agency, but we are also a convener, leader and partner. We promote the public humanities and engage Indiana’s community of minds to create stronger, more vibrant communities. Using literature, history, art, music, philosophy and our shared cultural heritage, we strive to help Hoosiers better understand themselves and the world around them.

Indiana Landmarks Center

Historic Building/Landmark

Before Indiana Landmarks repurposed the former Central Avenue Methodist Church, the vacant complex was empty, the roof rusty and leaking, the domed ceiling crashing down on pews. Some called it a lost cause. With the support of the Cook family of Bloomington, who contributed $10 million, Indiana Landmarks restored and adapted the sanctuary and Sunday School wings as theaters, reception halls and meeting spaces. We’re raising $3 million to restore the 1922 officebuilding as our new state headquarters, and create a landscaped parking lot. Historic churches — built to last, with little expense spared in architectural detail and decoration — embody good works, good will, and community heritage. Built in three stages — 1891, 1900, and 1922 — the Central Avenue church once held the largest Methodist congregation in Indiana and played a formative role in the capital city, creating Methodist Hospital and Wheeler Mission and molding leaders who steered businesses and educational institutions. When the church closed — victim of population shifts and an ever-shrinking congregation — the Old Centrum Foundation tried to operate the building as a home for small nonpro?ts, but by 2008 recognized that it could not adequately maintain the structure. Indiana Landmarks intervened in 2010 to save the endangered, architecturally outstanding building and give it an exciting new use.