INDIANA – The Indiana Historical Bureau – a division of the Indiana State Library – has announced 16 new markers that staff will be working on throughout 2024.
The 16 marker topics are:
- Local Council of Women in Monroe County,
- Ida Hagan in Dubois County.
- Gimbel Brothers Department Store in Knox County.
- Studebaker Corporation in St. Joseph County.
- Ada B. Harris in Marion County.
- Venoge Farmstead in Switzerland County.
- Sisters of Charity Hospital in Marion County.
- Gil Hodges in Gibson County.
- St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Lake County.
- Marshall Clothing Manufacturing Company in DeKalb County.
- Greenlawn Cemetery in Marion County.
- Passo’s Drugstore in Marion County.
- Morristown Branch POW Camp in Shelby County.
- Lincoln School for Colored Children in Montgomery County.
- Dr. Almira Fifield in Porter County.
- Tri-State Tornado in Gibson County.
The Indiana State Historical Marker Program, which began in 1946, is a public-driven program, and its success rests on the partnership between applicants and the Indiana Historical Bureau. The Bureau accepts applications for new marker topics each year. These topics must demonstrate statewide or national significance and be supported with primary source documentation.
Click here to read more about the program.
For more information about each of the topics, please follow the Indiana Historical Bureau’s Facebook page.
