Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . ough thelocation caused a great deal of criticism onaccount of its distance from business, Mo-hanimeil concluded to go to the mountain, andsoon an embryo town sprang u]) about thedepot. On September 9, 1848, the Loruniofii:egave the following description of the progressin that vicinity: Tlie Depot house is brick,substantially built; the first building is 50feet square and two stories high. This is oc-cupied as offices, rooms for clerks, board ofdirectors, ladies sitting room, &c. It is fine
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . ough thelocation caused a great deal of criticism onaccount of its distance from business, Mo-hanimeil concluded to go to the mountain, andsoon an embryo town sprang u]) about thedepot. On September 9, 1848, the Loruniofii:egave the following description of the progressin that vicinity: Tlie Depot house is brick,substantially built; the first building is 50feet square and two stories high. This is oc-cupied as offices, rooms for clerks, board ofdirectors, ladies sitting room, &c. It is finelylinishcd and is a handsome looking house. Theware-house extends 350 feet from the frontl)uilding, and is 50 feet wide; this buildingis l)riek, with a covered roof—the eaves ex-tending about ten feet beyond the walls oneach side, affording protection from the sunand rain. The cars run through the centreof the entire building, and in the ware-house,on either side of the cars, is amide room forstorage. On the east of the railroad, and within two •:*j HISTORY OF (MtKATER I NI>IAXAPOLTS. 147. 148 HISTORY OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS. squares of it, there has been, and is now be-ing built, 19 liouscs this spring and summer,among which are two brick M-are-hou?e^, bothtwo stories high, and one of which is 13(1 by25 feet, and a large Hotel. To show the dis-patch with which business is done here, we willstate that the design of the latter excellent andvaluable improvement was drawn in February;on the 15th of August the house was finished,furnished and occupied; even to the sign, onwhich is displaved in large gilt letters, THEDEPOT HOUSE By Banner —The hotel is of brick, 3 stories high, thefront fiOxSO feet, with a wing 160 by 20feet.—The balance of the houses erected eastof the Depot are mostly one story framedwellings. West of the Depot, and immedi-ately adjoining the railroad track, there wasbuilt this summer 13 houses, including 5 two-storv ware-houses, two brick, one
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