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Flanner House Homes
Flanner House Homes is a national historic district located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The district encompasses 180 contributing buildings in the Project Area "A" (Indianapolis Redevelopment Commission) of Indianapolis. It was developed between about 1950 and 1959, and includes single family and duplex dwellings for African-American families. Notable buildings include the Revival Temple Church (c. 1910). ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. See also * Lionel Artis *List of Indianapolis neighborhoods *List of African-American neighborhoods *National Register of Historic Places listings in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Center ... References Externa ...
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Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River (Indiana), White River. The city's official slogan, "Crossroads of America", reflects its historic importance as a transportation hub and its relative proximity to other major North American markets. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the Indianapolis (balance), balance population was 887,642. Indianapolis is the List of United States cities by population, 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the third-most populous city in the Midwestern United States, Midwest after Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, and the fourth-most populous state capital in the nation after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Austin, Texas, Austin, and Columbu ...
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Historic District (United States)
Historic districts in the United States are designated historic districts recognizing a group of buildings, archaeological resources, or other properties as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects, and sites within a historic district are normally divided into two categories, Contributing property, contributing and non-contributing. Districts vary greatly in size and composition: a historic district could comprise an entire neighborhood with hundreds of buildings, or a smaller area with just one or a few resources. Historic districts can be created by federal, state, or Local government, local governments. At the federal level, they are designated by the National Park Service and listed on the National Register of Historic Places; this is a largely honorary designation that does not restrict what property owners may do with a property. U.S. state, State-level historic districts usually do not include restrictions, though this depends on the s ...
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Lionel Artis
Lionel F. Artis (1895 – 1971) was a civil servant and administrator in the United States. Artis became the first Black person to be appointed to a policy-making municipal agency in Indianapolis when he was a named a member of the Indianapolis Board of Health and Hospitals. Early life Artis was born in Paris, Illinois. His family moved to Indianapolis when he was a child. He served in the U.S Army during World War I and studied in Beaune, France while in Europe. He studied at Butler University before transferring to the University of Chicago where he earned his bachelor of arts in 1933. In 1941, he earned his master of arts from Indiana University. Artis married Sue Chambers and they had four children. Civil service Career Artis was an affordable housing administrator. During the 1920s he opposed segregation including the building of an all-Black high school alongside Robert Brokenburr. Despite organizing efforts, the Indianapolis school board approved the school to be ...
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List Of Indianapolis Neighborhoods
This list of Indianapolis neighborhoods provides a general overview of neighborhoods, districts, and subdivisions located in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Nine townships form the broadest geographic divisions within Marion County and Indianapolis. For statistical purposes, the consolidated city-county is organized into 99 smaller "neighborhood areas", some of which overlap township boundaries. Most neighborhood areas contain numerous individual districts, subdivisions, and some semi-autonomous towns. In total, some 500 self-identified neighborhood associations are registered in the City's Registered Community Organization system. Typical of American cities in the Midwest, Indianapolis urbanized in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, resulting in the development of relatively dense, well-defined neighborhoods clustered around streetcar corridors, especially in Center Township. The economic attainability of private automobiles influenced the city's devel ...
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List Of African-American Neighborhoods
The list contains the names of cities, districts, and neighborhoods in the U.S. that are predominantly African American or that are strongly associated with African-American culture— either currently or historically. Included are areas that contain high concentrations of blacks or African Americans. Not counted are Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Latinos, Afro-Asian, Afro-Indian, Afro-Polynesian, West African, and Sub-Saharan African immigrants. The largest African-American community is in Atlanta, Georgia; followed by Washington, DC; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; and Detroit, Michigan. About 80 percent of the city population is African-American. A quarter of Metro Detroit ( Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties) are African-American. Neighborhoods and Master Planned Communities Alabama Birmingham * 16th Street * East Thomas * Ensley * North Birmingham * Smithfield * Titusville Black Belt of Alabama – 18 counties in Alabama, a total of 52% African- ...
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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Center Township, Marion County, Indiana
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. There are 265 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 9 National Historic Landmarks. Because Indianapolis is coextensive with Marion County, properties are listed by township rather than by city or town. Center Township is the location of 190 of these properties and districts, including 6 of the National Historic Landmarks; these properties and districts are listed here. Properties and districts in Marion County's other townships are listed separately. The Indianapolis Park and Boulevard Syst ...
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Historic Districts On The National Register Of Historic Places In Indiana
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives of several sources to devel ...
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National Register Of Historic Places In Indianapolis
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