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Marion County, Indiana

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
274historic places
—earliest paper
1822formed
977,203pop. 2020
83cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 274 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 9 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Indianapolis, Lawrence, Speedway.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Indiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Marion titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

179 of 274 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

274 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Administration Building, Indiana Central UniversityIndianapolisBuilding1984
AlamedaIndianapolisBuilding1983
AlexandraIndianapolisBuilding1983
Allison MansionIndianapolisBuilding1970
AmbassadorIndianapolisBuilding1983
Anderson-Thompson HouseIndianapolisBuilding1987
Apple, Christopher, HouseOaklandonBuilding1980
Archeological Sites 12Ma648 and 12Ma649IndianapolisSite2011
Architects and Builders BuildingIndianapolisBuilding2019
Askren, Thomas, HouseIndianapolisBuilding2006
Aston InnIndianapolisBuilding1985
Athenaeum (Das Deutsche Haus) NHLIndianapolisBuilding1973
Attucks, Crispus, High SchoolIndianapolisBuilding1989
Ayres, L. S. Annex WarehouseIndianapolisBuilding1973
BakerIndianapolisBuilding1983
Balmoral CourtIndianapolisBuilding1992
Bals-Wocher HouseIndianapolisBuilding1979
Bates-Hendricks HouseIndianapolisBuilding1977
Benton HouseIndianapolisBuilding1973
Beth-El Zedeck TempleIndianapolisBuilding2019
Bethel A. M. E. ChurchIndianapolisBuilding1991
Big Run Baptist Church and CemeteryIndianapolisBuilding2005
Bingham, Joseph J., Indianapolis Public School #84IndianapolisBuilding2004
BlacherneIndianapolisBuilding1983
Bluff Road Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2023
Brendonwood Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2004
Broad Ripple Firehouse-Indianapolis Fire Department Station 32IndianapolisBuilding2011
Broad Ripple Park Carousel NHLIndianapolisStructure1987
BurtonIndianapolisBuilding1983
Buschmann, William, BlockIndianapolisBuilding1988
Bush StadiumIndianapolisStructure1995
Butler Fieldhouse NHLIndianapolisBuilding1983
Byram-Middleton HouseIndianapolisBuilding1983
Camp Edwin F. GlennIndianapolisDistrict1995
Campbell, Henry F., MansionIndianapolisBuilding1997
CathcartIndianapolisBuilding1983
Central Court Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2004
Central Library (Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library)IndianapolisBuilding1975
Chatham-Arch Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1980
Christ Church CathedralIndianapolisBuilding1973
Christamore HouseIndianapolisBuilding1985
Christian Park School No. 82IndianapolisBuilding1995
Circle TheaterIndianapolisBuilding1980
City MarketIndianapolisBuilding1974
Coburn, Henry P., Public School No. 66IndianapolisBuilding1986
Cole Motor Car CompanyIndianapolisBuilding1983
Cole, Joseph J., Jr., HouseIndianapolisBuilding1997
ColonialIndianapolisBuilding1983
Colored Knights of Pythias Castle HallIndianapolisBuilding2021
Columbia ClubIndianapolisBuilding1983
Corbin, Roy and Iris, Lustron HouseIndianapolisBuilding1997
Cottage Home Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1990
Coulter FlatsIndianapolisBuilding1990
Crown Hill CemeteryIndianapolisDistrict1973
Crown Hill National CemeteryIndianapolisSite1999
Cumberland Historic DistrictCumberlandDistrict2001
DartmouthIndianapolisBuilding1983
Delaware CourtIndianapolisBuilding1983
Delaware FlatsIndianapolisBuilding1983
DevonshireIndianapolisBuilding1983
EmelieIndianapolisBuilding1983
Emerson Avenue Addition Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2012
Emerson Heights Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2010
Engine House No. 23IndianapolisBuilding2023
Esplanade ApartmentsIndianapolisBuilding1983
Fame LaundryIndianapolisBuilding2020
Federal BuildingIndianapolisBuilding2021
Fidelity Trust BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1980
Flanner House HomesIndianapolisDistrict2003
Fletcher Place Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1982
Fletcher, Calvin I., HouseIndianapolisBuilding1984
Floral Park CemeteryIndianapolisSite2026
Ford Motor Company Indianapolis Assembly PlantIndianapolisBuilding2021
ForebearsIndianapolisBuilding2023
Forest Hills Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1983
Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1995
Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District (Boundary Increase)IndianapolisDistrict1995
Fort Harrison Terminal StationLawrenceBuilding1984
Foster HallIndianapolisBuilding2005
Franklin, Benjamin, Public School Number 36IndianapolisBuilding2003
Garfield Drive Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2022
Gaseteria, Inc.IndianapolisBuilding2013
General German Protestant Orphans HomeIndianapolisBuilding1984
Gibson Company BuildingIndianapolisBuilding2009
GlencoeIndianapolisBuilding1983
Glossbrenner, Alfred M., MansionIndianapolisBuilding1982
Golden Hill Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1991
Graham, William H. H., HouseIndianapolisBuilding1982
Gramse, TheIndianapolisBuilding2011
GroverIndianapolisBuilding1983
HCS Motor Car CompanyIndianapolisBuilding2009
Hammond Block (Budnick's Trading Mart)IndianapolisBuilding1979
Hanna-Ochler-Elder HouseIndianapolisBuilding1978
HarriettIndianapolisBuilding1983
Harrison, Benjamin, House NHLIndianapolisBuilding1966
Haughville Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1992
Haverstick, Hiram A., FarmsteadIndianapolisBuilding1985
Hawthorne Branch Library No. 2IndainapolisBuilding2000
Heier's HotelIndianapolisBuilding1986
Herron-Morton Place Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1983
Highland Golf and Country ClubIndianapolisDistrict2021
Hill, John Fitch, HouseIndianapolisBuilding2004
Hillcrest Country ClubIndianapolisSite2004
Hollingsworth HouseIndianapolisBuilding1977
Holy Rosary-Danish Church Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1986
Homecroft Historic DistrictHomecroftDistrict1996
Horace Mann Public School No. 13IndianapolisBuilding1986
Horner-Terrill HouseIndianapolisBuilding2013
Hotel WashingtonIndianapolisBuilding1980
Hubbard, Willard and Josephine, HouseIndianapolisBuilding2016
Independent TurnvereinIndianapolisBuilding1983
Indiana Avenue Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1987
Indiana Oxygen CompanyIndianapolisBuilding1987
Indiana School for the DeafIndianapolisDistrict1991
Indiana State CapitolIndianapolisBuilding1975
Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's ClubsIndianapolisBuilding1987
Indiana State Library and Historical BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1995
Indiana TheatreIndianapolisBuilding1979
Indiana War Memorial Historic District NHLIndianapolisDistrict1989
Indianapolis Athletic ClubIndianapolisBuilding2015
Indianapolis City Hall, OldIndianapolisBuilding1974
Indianapolis Fire Headquarters and Municipal GarageIndianapolisBuilding2002
Indianapolis Masonic TempleIndianapolisBuilding2008
Indianapolis Motor Speedway NHLSpeedwayDistrict1975
Indianapolis News BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1984
Indianapolis Park and Boulevard SystemIndianapolisDistrict2003
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 1IndianapolisBuilding2022
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 3IndianapolisBuilding2016
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6IndianapolisBuilding2016
Indianapolis Union Railroad StationIndianapolisBuilding1974
Indianapolis Union Station-Wholesale DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1982
Indianapolis Veterans Administration HospitalIndianapolisDistrict2012
Indianapolis White Castle Number 3IndianapolisBuilding2011
Irvington Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1987
Irvington Terrace Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2011
James E. Roberts School 97IndianapolisBuilding2021
Jamieson-Bennett HouseIndianapolisBuilding2001
John Hope School No. 26IndianapolisBuilding2025
Johnson's, Oliver, Woods Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2004
Johnson-Denny HouseIndianapolisBuilding1979
Jordan, Arthur, Memorial HallIndianapolisBuilding1983
Julian-Clark HouseIndianapolisBuilding1986
Kahn Tailoring CompanyIndianapolisBuilding2019
Kuhn, Charles, HouseIndianapolisBuilding1989
Ladywood EstatesIndianapolisDistrict2019
Laurel and Prospect DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1983
Levey, Louis, MansionIndianapolisBuilding1978
Linwood Colonial ApartmentsIndianapolisDistrict2006
Lockefield Garden ApartmentsIndianapolisBuilding1983
Lockerbie Square Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1973
Lockerbie Square Historic District Amendment (Boundary Increase)IndianapolisDistrict1987
LodgeIndianapolisBuilding1983
Lombard BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1982
Majestic BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1980
Manchester ApartmentsIndianapolisBuilding1998
Marcy Village ApartmentsIndianapolisDistrict2004
Marion County Bridge 0501FIndianapolisStructure2006
Marott HotelIndianapolisBuilding1982
Marott's Shoes BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1983
MartensIndianapolisBuilding1983
MassachusettsIndianapolisBuilding1983
Massachusetts Avenue Commercial DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1982
Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District ( Boundary Increase and Decrease)IndianapolisDistrict2019
Mattison, Donald M., HouseIndianapolisBuilding2022
MayleenoIndianapolisBuilding1983
McCormick Cabin SiteIndianapolisSite1981
McKayIndianapolisBuilding1983
Meier, George Philip, HouseIndianapolisBuilding1982
Merchants National Bank and AnnexIndianapolisBuilding1982
Meridian Park Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1990
Michigan Road Toll HouseIndianapolisBuilding1974
Military ParkIndianapolisDistrict1969
Millikan, Lovel D., HouseIndianapolisBuilding2017
Moore, Thomas, HouseIndianapolisBuilding1984
Morris-Butler HouseIndianapolisBuilding1973
Morrison Block (M. O'Connor Grocery Wholesalers)IndianapolisBuilding1979
Mt. Pisgah Lutheran ChurchIndianapolisBuilding1978
Myrtle FernIndianapolisBuilding1983
New Augusta Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1989
Nicholson-Rand HouseIndianapolisBuilding2003
North Irvington Gardens Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2008
North Meridian Street Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1986
North Pennsylvania Street Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2023
Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent ParkIndianapolisSite1996
Oaklandon Historic DistrictLawrenceDistrict2013
Old Northside Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1978
Old Northside Historic District (Boundary Increase)IndianapolisDistrict1984
Old Pathology BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1972
OldfieldsIndianapolisBuilding2000
Oldfields NHLIndianapolisDistrict2003
Oriental Lodge No. 500IndianapolisBuilding2016
Our Savior Lutheran ChurchIndianapolisBuilding2018
OxfordIndianapolisBuilding1983
P.R. Mallory Company Factory Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2021
Pearson TerraceIndianapolisBuilding1984
PennsylvaniaIndianapolisBuilding1983
Pierson-Griffiths HouseIndianapolisBuilding1978
PlazaIndianapolisBuilding1983
Pleasanton in Irvington Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2010
Propylaeum, The (John W. Schmidt House)IndianapolisBuilding1973
Prosser HouseIndianapolisBuilding1975
Ralph Waldo Emerson Indianapolis Public School #58IndianapolisBuilding2004
Ransom Place Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1992
Recker, Carlos and Anne, HouseIndianapolisBuilding1996
Reserve Loan Life Insurance CompanyIndianapolisBuilding1990
Riley, James Whitcomb, House NHLIndianapolisBuilding1966
RinkIndianapolisBuilding1983
Rink's Womens Apparel StoreIndianapolisBuilding1984
Riverside Drive Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2019
Rivoli TheaterIndianapolisBuilding2004
Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal ChurchIndianapolisBuilding1982
Saint James CourtIndianapolisBuilding1987
SavoyIndianapolisBuilding1983
Schnull-Rauch HouseIndianapolisBuilding1979
Scottish Rite CathedralIndianapolisBuilding1983
Selig's Dry Goods Company BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1984
Seville, TheIndianapolisBuilding1987
Sheffield InnIndianapolisBuilding1998
SheltonIndianapolisBuilding1983
Shortridge High SchoolIndianapolisBuilding1983
Shortridge-Meridian Street Apartments Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2000
Sid-MarIndianapolisBuilding1983
Sommer, August, HouseIndianapolisBuilding1980
South Side Turnverein HallIndianapolisBuilding2019
Southport High School, OldIndianapolisBuilding2003
Speedway Historic DistrictSpeedwayDistrict2005
SpinkIndianapolisBuilding1983
Spink Arms HotelIndianapolisBuilding2001
St. John's Church and RectoryIndianapolisBuilding1980
St. John's Missionary Baptist ChurchIndianapolisBuilding2026
St. Joseph Neighborhood Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1991
St. Mary's Catholic ChurchIndianapolisBuilding1977
St. Philip Neri Parish Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1996
St. Timothy’s Episcopal ChurchIndianapolisBuilding2020
State Soldiers and Sailors MonumentIndianapolisBuilding1973
State and Prospect DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1983
Stewart Manor (Charles B. Sommers House)IndianapolisBuilding1976
Stout Field, Administration BuildingIndianapolisBuilding2018
Stout Field, HangarIndianapolisBuilding2018
Stumpf, George, HouseIndianapolisBuilding1979
Stutz Motor Car Company FactoryIndianapolisBuilding2022
SylvaniaIndianapolisBuilding1983
Taylor Carpet Company BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1984
Test BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1983
The BuckinghamIndianapolisBuilding1992
Thompson, William N., HouseIndianapolisBuilding1982
Tobey-Normington HouseIndianapolisBuilding2022
Tomlinson, George Washington, HouseIndianapolisBuilding2005
Town of Crows Nest Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2000
Traders Point Eagle Creek Rural Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2009
U.S. Arsenal (Arsenal Technical High School)IndianapolisDistrict1976
U.S. Courthouse and Post OfficeIndianapolisBuilding1974
United States Corrugated-Fibre Box Company PlantIndianapolisBuilding2024
University ClubIndianapolisBuilding2018
University ParkIndianapolisDistrict1989
Vera and the OlgaIndianapolisBuilding1984
ViennaIndianapolisBuilding1983
Virginia Avenue DistrictIndianapolisDistrict1983
Walker, Madame C. J., Building NHLIndianapolisBuilding1980
Washington Park CemeteryIndianapolisSite2026
Washington Park Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2008
Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District (Additional Documentation)IndianapolisDistrict1997
Wasson, H.P. & Company BuildingIndianapolisBuilding1997
Watson Park Historic DistrictIndianapolisDistrict2012
West Washington Street Pumping StationIndianapolisBuilding1980
Wheeler-Schebler Carburetor CompanyIndianapolisBuilding2004
Wheeler-Stokely MansionIndianapolisBuilding2004
Whittier, John Greenleaf, School, No. 33IndianapolisBuilding1981
Wil-Fra-MarIndianapolisBuilding1983
WilsonIndianapolisBuilding1983
Woodruff PlaceIndianapolisDistrict1972
Woodstock Country ClubIndianapolisDistrict2007
WyndhamIndianapolisBuilding1983
YWCA Blue Triangle Residence HallIndianapolisBuilding1988

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Marion was formed in 1822 (1822-04-01) from DELAWARE New Purchase.

MARION created from DELAWARE New Purchase.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Marion County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

977k492k7,19218301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,19216,08039,855102,782197,227348,061460,926551,777697,567765,233860,454977,203

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

83 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 83 listed
NameLatLon
Acton Cemetery39.65385-85.97216
Anderson Cemetery39.78122-86.05751
Banta Cemetery39.67107-86.1804
Beeler Cemetery39.68973-86.24335
Bell Cemetery39.68587-86.19225
Bethel Cemetery Indianapolis Airport39.71325-86.27521
Big Run Cemetery39.67432-86.01818
Bills Cemetery39.91991-85.94219
Blackwell Cemetery39.71809-86.09657
Brady Cemetery39.75359-86.03964
Bridgeport Cemetery39.7341-86.32596
Buck Creek Christian Cemetery39.7176-85.97493
Calvary Cemetery39.71865-86.16609
Center Friends Cemetery39.69749-86.32583
Clermont Cemetery39.8186-86.32277
Concordia Cemetery39.72754-86.15721
Crown Hill National Cemetery39.82016-86.17063
Crown Hill National Cemetery39.81718-86.17267
Crown Point Cemetery39.88781-86.30804
Cumberland Cemetery39.77491-85.95822
Davis Cemetery39.73068-85.97673
Day Cemetery39.89533-85.98872
Ebenezer Cemetery39.68153-86.04619
Fall Creek Union Cemetery39.83188-86.11759
Floral Park Cemetery39.77148-86.22671
Freeman Cemetery39.73361-85.96131
Gentry Cemetery39.90527-86.29194
German Church Road Cemetery39.77457-85.96952
Grave of President Harrison39.81881-86.17567
Hebrew Cemetery39.73519-86.16262
Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery39.73309-86.1622
Hopewell Cemetery39.90538-86.01001
Hoss Cemetery39.86088-85.97651
Huntington Cemetery39.77012-85.96213
Jones Chapel Cemetery39.85229-86.31458
Kemper Farm Cemetery39.6586-86.03805
Kitley King Cemetery39.7555-85.96572
Klepfer Cemetery39.902-85.97341
Luebking Cemetery39.75647-85.9731
Mars Hill Cemetery39.71288-86.22999
McCord Cemetery39.88427-85.94792
McVey Cemetery39.76944-86.03085
Memorial Park Cemetery39.77704-86.00241
Memorial Park Cemetery39.7767-85.9997
Methodist Chapel Cemetery39.7161-86.0777
Mock Cemetery39.86725-85.96618
Morris Cemetery39.64631-86.00939
Mount Jackson Cemetery39.76921-86.21721
Mount Pleasant Baptist Cemetery39.67018-86.25044
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery39.73947-85.98013
Mount Zion Cemetery39.67305-86.08222
Muesing Cemetery39.75031-85.95889
Negley Cemetery39.86431-86.07527
New Crown Cemetery39.73959-86.11678
Old Oaklandon Cemetery39.88504-85.95559
Old Union Cemetery39.79793-86.28246
Orchard Hill Cemetery39.70317-86.00608
Our Lady of Peace Cemetery39.91787-86.11582
Piner Cemetery39.66666-86.05472
Pleasant Hill Cemetery39.90533-86.29154
Round Hill Cemetery39.68754-86.15804
Saint Albans Episcopal Church Columbarium39.84127-86.08351
Saint John United Church of Christ Cemetery39.7776-85.9701
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery39.72531-86.03594
Salem Cemetery39.86671-86.23082
Salem Cemetery39.90509-85.99276
Southport Cemetery39.66541-86.11634
Sutherland Park Cemetery39.83173-86.11889
Todd Cemetery39.89708-85.97624
Union Chapel Cemetery39.90471-86.11611
Vine Cemetery39.83556-86.01602
Washington Park East Cemetery39.77902-85.97496
Washington Park North Cemetery39.85546-86.20267
Washington Park North Cemetery39.85393-86.20638
Wesley Cemetery39.84086-85.97285
West Newton Cemetery39.64972-86.27694
West Newton Friends Cemetery39.65396-86.27975
West Ridge Park Cemetery39.79254-86.3236
West Union Cemetery39.80942-86.2164
Wheatley Cemetery39.69961-86.0546
Historical populated places — 9 of 9
NameLatLon
Brightwood39.80365-86.10971
Clifford Park39.78893-86.08804
East Brightwood39.79754-86.06693
Harrison Place39.84032-86.12082
Irvington39.76504-86.06109
Mallot Park39.85282-86.11804
Northwood39.8306-86.12082
Robinson39.83782-86.02915
Stratford39.13283-86.09443

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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