Jordan Hall postcard

Description:	Two people sit on a bench on the north side of Jordan Hall. The majority of the building is obscured by trees. When Jordan Hall opened on September 17, 1928, it was the only academic building on Butler Universitys Fairview campus. Built from 2,797 tons of Balfour pink granite and 2,500 tons of limestone, the building was designed in the Collegiate Gothic architectural style by architects Robert Frost Daggett and Thomas Hibben. Before being purchased by Butler University, the land where the building is situated was known as Fairview Park, a 264 acre park that operated in Indianapolis from 1890 until the early 1920s. Started by the Citizens Street Railway Company, the park included a bandshell, electric fountains, a miniature railway, a merry-go-round, moving pictures, and deer and peacocks, which roamed free. The park often hosted traveling attractions such as the high diving horses, King and Queen, and in the 1910s, the Ojibwe reenacted Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Hiawatha along the banks of the Indiana Central Canal. The Citizens Street Railway Company merged with the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company in 1911, forming the Indianapolis Street Railway Company.
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/1244
Collection:	Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.839426, -86.172807 39.839426 -86.172807
Subjects:	Postcards Butler University--Buildings College buildings Architecture, Gothic Daggett, Robert Frost, 1875-1955 Hibben, Thomas S., 1893-1952 Benches Persons Trees Shrubs Sidewalks Indianapolis Street Railway Company Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall Jordan Hall People Collegiate Gothic Citizens Street Railway Company Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company Fairview campus

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