A majestic church building at the corner of 12th and
Delaware streets is up for sale for the first time in more than 30 years. The 34,000-square-foot neoclassical building includes
a 1,200-seat auditorium renovated in 1995. The limestone structure has been used as a place of worship since it was built
in 1912. The Jehovah's Witnesses have owned it since 1978, but the church needs more room and plans to move elsewhere
once it sells. The building's list price: $2.895 million. Summit Realty Group brokers Rich Forslund and Matt Langfeldt
are marketing the property to potential users including another church, an educational or nonprofit organization, or an arts
group. The building at 1201 N. Delaware St. sits across from the President Benjamin Harrison Home and blocks away from the
Indiana Landmarks Center in the Old Northside neighborhood. "Potential buyers who have seen it have been blown away by
its immaculate condition and overall character," Forslund said in a statement. "It really is a vital and unique
piece of real estate." Among its impressive features is an open-loop geothermal system that uses groundwater for hearing
and cooling, Forslund said. The building sits on 1.8 acres, and the property also includes a vacant roughly one-acre lot along
Alabama Street. More photos are here.
Welcome to Property Lines, a place to feed your appetite for conversation about real estate in Indianapolis. I'm your host,
Cory Schouten,
IBJ's real estate beat reporter.
Historic Old Northside church could be yours for $2.9M
February 13, 2012
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City-County Councilor Angela Mansfield and Bob Lutz have a case of wishful thinking.
They obviously don't really care about the cost.
They should.
Extending Federal Benefits to Same-Sex Couples Will Cost $898M, CBO Says
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Brett, be careful what you lie about, the truth always comes out.
"IMS's George Honored: Tony George, Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and chief executive officer, received the inaugural Pioneering and Innovation Award at the Autosport Awards Dec. 5 in London for his leadership in the development of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier. George received the award at the annual gala at the Grosvenor House on behalf of the creators of the SAFER Barrier from Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the leader of the Bahrain International Grand Prix circuit. This is the fourth major award that has been presented to honor George and the SAFER Barrier development team. The SAFER Barrier also received the Louis Schwitzer Award, SEMA Motorsports Engineering Award and GM Racing Pioneer Award in 2002. The SAFER Barrier was installed in all four turns of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a pioneer in safety for drivers, cars and tracks -- in time for the 86th Indianapolis 500 in 2002. It since has been installed at more than a dozen other tracks, and the latest iteration will be installed at the Speedway in the spring.(IMS PR), see more on my Indy Track News page.(12-7-2004)"
As far as the cart safety team, I cannot find anything on its date of creation. The Delphi Safety team was created in 1996. For some reason there is not much info out there on defunct racing series. -
Great article Anthony. Glad IMS is finally being run like a business and not a personal check book to finance the "Vision".
Things are looking up but 15 years of scorched earth won't be fixed overnight. Unfortunately the TV ratings are still poor and that won't change anytime soon with the brilliant 10 year contract signed under the former regime. -
Brett not sure why you wonder what he said in his quote. "''I would like to jump in a time machine, go back to 1995, and tell the owners and Tony George not to split,'' Franchitti said. ''As soon as my time machine is done, I know where I'm going.''"
Pretty clear, he would love to go back and tell TG and the team owners not to split.
I am not sure there is anyone who wanted the split, and I don't think there is anyone who would not like to go back and prevent the split. But, as has been discussed ad nauseum, without the split carts management by team owners would have run all of ow racing into bankruptcy. If cart had such a wonderful product, then losing IMS would not have forced it into bankruptcy. If NASCAR lost Daytona or Charlotte, it would not fail like cart did.
Truth,
So you predicted that cart would go into bankruptcy and cease to exist while Indycar would continue on? I missed that prediction. -
I want to live in a city that has a garage structure to be proud of for it's innovating design!
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Redevelopment is the future -urban sprawl is the killer.
The church currently uses the lots under the Interstate for Saturday and Sunday Parking, as well as street parking.
Cory, isn't it "Jehovah"?
All of which suggests its use as a synagogue at one time, except for the fact that Jewish congregations - quite understandably - never move into former churches.
Does anyone know about the cornerstone and its history?
Thanks for the info. I'm still confused, though, because the information I have says it was built in 1912 for the Second Church of Christ Scientists, which occupied the space until 1968.
Is it possible the Jehovah's Witness congregation replaced or changed the original cornerstone?