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Entrepreneurs in Morton Place
As an entrepreneur myself, I am fascinated with the trailblazers in early Indianapolis business.
Some of the earliest entrepreneurs in one of my favorite neighborhoods, Morton Place (19th to 22nd Streets, Delaware, Alabama, New Jersey and west side of Central streets) were the 3 businessmen who had the vision to acquire the old State Fair & Exposition Grounds and redevelop the area into Morton Place, with 280 lots and esplanades from 19th to 22nd streets on Delaware, Alabama and New Jersey Streets. Now, Morton Place is part of a larger neighborhood called Herron-Morton Place that extends down to 16th Street and over to Pennsylvania on the west and Central on the east.
Who were these visionaries? Elijah B. Martindale, Willard W. Hubbard and Edward F. Claypool.
Any of these sound familiar? This was certainly not Martindale's only real estate investment. Claypool surely rings a bell if you ever visited or have heard of the Claypool Hotel, formerly at Washington and Illinois Streets. Hubbard was secretary and treasurer of the Island Coal Company in Greene County, Indiana.
Love the mustachery going on here...
Too bad the city helped destroy the magnificence of the neighborhood by creating a superhighway out of Delaware Street, in particular. The esplanades of Delaware Street were removed in approximately the early 1920s due to the increase in car traffic. Would love to meet the visionary that can help address that problem...until then, meet the 3 men who made Morton Place happen.
Some of the earliest entrepreneurs in one of my favorite neighborhoods, Morton Place (19th to 22nd Streets, Delaware, Alabama, New Jersey and west side of Central streets) were the 3 businessmen who had the vision to acquire the old State Fair & Exposition Grounds and redevelop the area into Morton Place, with 280 lots and esplanades from 19th to 22nd streets on Delaware, Alabama and New Jersey Streets. Now, Morton Place is part of a larger neighborhood called Herron-Morton Place that extends down to 16th Street and over to Pennsylvania on the west and Central on the east.
Who were these visionaries? Elijah B. Martindale, Willard W. Hubbard and Edward F. Claypool.
Any of these sound familiar? This was certainly not Martindale's only real estate investment. Claypool surely rings a bell if you ever visited or have heard of the Claypool Hotel, formerly at Washington and Illinois Streets. Hubbard was secretary and treasurer of the Island Coal Company in Greene County, Indiana.
Love the mustachery going on here...
ELIJAH B. MARTINDALE
WILLARD W. HUBBARD
EDWARD F. CLAYPOOL
Too bad the city helped destroy the magnificence of the neighborhood by creating a superhighway out of Delaware Street, in particular. The esplanades of Delaware Street were removed in approximately the early 1920s due to the increase in car traffic. Would love to meet the visionary that can help address that problem...until then, meet the 3 men who made Morton Place happen.
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