January/February 2006
Up front
Feature topic
- Searching for treasure. Little-know landmarks and out-of-the-way places.
- Southern Indiana trail marks path of confederate raid. Following the trail of John Hunt Morgan’s Civil War raid takes modern-day trackers back in time.
- Religion rocks at historic Catholic shrines. Rock garden shrines blur the line between sculpture and landscape architecture.
- Ancient recipe reveals secret behind plaster “marble.” Artisans recreate historic faux marble uncovered at French Lick Springs Resort.
- Adaptive use would provide grist for the mill. Finding adaptive uses for rural nineteenth-century mills.
- Early Hoosiers leave places of poignant legacy. Quakers and native Miami Indians shaped history of Miami county.
- Civil War veterans home recruits new uses. Imaginative uses preserve three buildings at Indiana Veterans Home near Lafayette.
March/April 2006
Up front
- Making progress at Beverly Shores. A unique restore-and-lease program saves five historic houses, with more properties still available.
- Creating architecture for automobiles. Garage designs parallel the evolution of domestic architecture.
Feature topic
- Make yourself at home. Restored private residences.
- Family tradition takes shape in restoration. A Decatur mom and her three sons restore a c.1848 farmhouse.
- Urban pioneers to upscale downtown. Partners transform Terre Haute’s downtown Ohio Building into a show-stopping banquet facility and loft apartment.
- Practical artisans forge past and future. Wallin Forge metal-workers make over Vevay’s 1835 George Kessler House.
- Restoration at farmhouse begins new chapter. A Knox County couple discovers the house of their dreams.
- A Starr is reborn in Richmond’s historic district. The Stegall family takes a condemned house back to its original grandeur.
May/June 2006
Up front
- Moveable feasts offer food for thought. Our regional annual meetins take members to four communities for food and fun.
- 200 years on the National Road. Celebrate with a trip along Indiana’s Main Street.
Feature topic
- Elephants on parade. What to do with architectural white elephants?
- White elephants qualify as endangered species. Preserving architectural behemoths requires inventive thinking.
- Industrial strength: finding new uses for old factory buildings. Outsized industrial buildings present mammoth preservation challenges.
- Resuscitating historic hospitals. Aging and abandoned hospitals require TLC of their own.
September 2006
Up front
- Historic Landmarks names new president. Marsh Davis returns to Indiana.
- Bridges span history with strength and style. Indiana bridges combine engineering brilliance and architectural beauty.
Feature topic
- Art to the rescue. Arts become revitalization tools for historic places.
- Art attack: when art invades, historic downtowns benefit. Filling historic buildings with art and artists has produced a recipe for revitalization in several historic neighborhoods and small towns.
- Art galleries in historic buildings exhibit civic pride. Preservation groups find art galleries a good way to save historic buildings.
- Sacred space becomes retreat for artistic contemplation. The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts preserves historic buildings of the former Mount Saint Francis Seminary in southern Indiana.
- Theaters and historic churches prove a divine match. Landmark churches take on new role as theaters, earning applause from preservationists and art patrons alike.
- Old and new mingle in factory for art. Fort Wayne’s Standard Oil warehouse becomes St. Francis University’s School for Creative Arts.
November 2006
Up front
- Award winners spread the message. A bridge guru and a museum in a historic African American landmark both advocate for preservation.
- Incentives inspire face lifts. Façade improvement programs offer incentives for rehabilitation.
Feature topic
- Courts of honor. Making sure we don’t take historic county courthouses for granted.
- Courthouse task force focuses on iconic landmarks. Historic Landmarks forms group to document and protect Indiana’s county courthouses.
- Courthouse squares shape Hoosier townscapes. A field guide to the three types of courthouse squares in Indiana.
- Why have Indiana courthouses lost their heads? Decapitated in the name of safety, aging courthouses lose towers and domes.
- Seeing double. By chance or design, several Indiana courthouses look remarkably like others.
December 2006
Up front
- Government a major player in preservation. State Historic Preservation Office is an invaluable partner in preservation.
- Drugstore evolution: cause for concern. Historic downtown locations favored by early drugstores have become targets for demolition by modern chains.
Feature topic
- Away from it all. Historic country retreats and rural estates.
- Country estates provided retreats for the rich. A handful of Hoosier estates offer a glimpse of pre-Depression lifestyle, taste, and wealth among the era’s movers and shakers.
- Development leaves estates swallowed by cities. Relentless sprawl engulfs former country estates.
- Ace of clubs: historic mansions become social facilities. Scale and acreage make country estates readily adaptable as country clubs.
- Famous country estate thrives as house museum. The nation’s grandest home, Biltmore, survives as a mega museum and public attraction.
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