# Indiana Landmarks

Indiana Landmarks is a private non-governmental heritage preservation organization focused on the U.S. state of Indiana. It is America's largest private statewide historic preservation organization. Founded in 1960 as Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana by a volunteer group of civic and business leaders led by Indianapolis pharmaceutical executive Eli Lilly, it has nearly 6,000 members. At the end of 2023, an independent auditor reported a total endowment of 67.8 million for the organization. The organization simplified its name to Indiana Landmarks in 2010.
Indiana Landmarks owns and restores historic buildings, buys and sells vacant and endangered property, and helps people throughout Indiana save and restore historic places through a variety of programs including grants, loans, and advocacy.
Indiana Landmarks employs staff at its state headquarters in Indianapolis and in regional offices throughout the state of Indiana. Regional offices are located in South Bend, Gary, New Albany, Aurora, Evansville, Cambridge City, Wabash, and Terre Haute. The organization's state headquarters are located at the former Central Avenue United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, now known as Indiana Landmarks Center. In addition to Indiana Landmarks Center, Indiana Landmarks owns and operates two historic properties as event and rental venues: the Morris-Butler House in Indianapolis and Veraestau historic site in Aurora, Indiana. Landmarks' honorary board chair is Indiana's former Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard. The organization's first project was restoration of the 1865 Morris-Butler House in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly personally underwrote the acquisition and restoration of the house as a museum of Victorian decorative arts. Though the Morris-Butler House no longer operates as a museum, it is part of the Indiana Landmarks Center campus and functions as an event and rental facility.
One of Indiana Landmarks' largest projects was the $30 million+ restoration of the West Baden Springs Hotel's exterior and public spaces. Indiana Landmarks helped lead the effort to bring riverboat gaming to Orange County, Indiana, as a way to revitalize the French Lick Resort Casino and the West Baden Springs Hotel.

## New name and headquarters

In April 2010, in conjunction with the organization's 50th anniversary, Indiana Landmarks announced its name change from Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. At the same time, it announced that medical device entrepreneur Bill Cook and his wife, Gayle had pledged $17 million to renovate the former Central Avenue United Methodist Church at 12th Street and Central Avenue in the Old Northside Historic District of Indianapolis as a performance space and new headquarters for the organization, to be known as Indiana Landmarks Center.

## Endangered landmarks

Each May (National Historic Preservation Month), Indiana Landmarks announces a list of the state's 10 Most Endangered landmarks. Circumstances that cause properties to be named to the list generally involve one or more of the following factors: demolition threat, abandonment, neglectful owner, dilapidation, obsolete use, lack of money for repairs, unreasonable above-market sale price, out-of-the-way location, or encroaching sprawl. Indiana Landmarks uses the 10 Most Endangered list to bring public attention to the imperiled sites and mobilize support for their preservation.
10 Most Endangered :
| Year | Name | Location | Photo |
| 2015 | Bedford Elks Building | Bedford | |
| 2015 | Camp Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Historic Camp Chesterfield |
| 2015 | First Presbyterian Church & Lafayette Building | South Bend | |
| 2015 | Indiana County Homes | Statewide | |
| 2015 | Indiana Medical History Museum | Indianapolis | Indiana Medical History Museum |
| 2015 | IOOF United Brethren Block | Huntington, IN | |
| 2015 | McCurdy Hotel | Evansville | McCurdy Hotel |
| 2015 | McDonald House | Attica | McDonald House |
| 2015 | Mills House | Greenwood | |
| 2015 | Rivoli Theater | Indianapolis | Rivoli Theater |
| 2016 | Beech Church | Carthage | Beech Church |
| 2016 | Rivoli Theater | Indianapolis | Rivoli Theater |
| 2016 | Hazelwood | Muncie | "Hazelwood" Alva Kitselman House |
| 2016 | Speakman House | Rising Sun | |
| 2016 | Washington County Courthouse | Salem | Washington County Courthouse (Salem, Indiana) |
| 2016 | Monon High Bridge | Delphi | |
| 2016 | Pryor’s Country Place | Fox Lake (near Angola) | |
| 2016 | Ford Motor Company Assembly Branch | Indianapolis | |
| 2016 | South Side Turnverein Hall | Indianapolis | South Side Turnverein Hall |
| 2016 | Camp Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Camp Chesterfield |
| 2017 | Marion National Bank Building | Marion | |
| 2017 | Newkirk Mansion | Connersville | Newkirk Mansion |
| 2017 | Former Fire Station 18 | Indianapolis | |
| 2017 | Old Marquette School | South Bend | Marquette School (South Bend, Indiana) |
| 2017 | Old YMCA | Terre Haute | |
| 2017 | Pryor's Country Place | Fox Lake (near Angola) | |
| 2017 | Round and polygonal barns | Statewide | |
| 2017 | Simpson Hall, Indiana School for the Deaf | Indianapolis | |
| 2017 | Speakman House | Rising Sun | |
| 2017 | Washington County Courthouse | Salem | Washington County Courthouse (Salem, Indiana) |
| 2018 | Cannelton Historic District | Cannelton | |
| 2018 | Commandant’s Row at Indiana Veterans’ Home | West Lafayette | |
| 2018 | The Courtyard Inn | Rising Sun | |
| 2018 | Cravenhurst Barn | Madison | |
| 2018 | Muncie Fieldhouse | Muncie | |
| 2018 | National Bank Building | Marion | |
| 2018 | North Christian Church | Columbus | North Christian Church |
| 2018 | Old Masonic Hall | Knightstown | |
| 2018 | Rocky Edge | Terre Haute | |
| 2018 | Saint Joseph’s College campus | Rensselaer | Saint Joseph's College Chapel and lawn |
| 2019 | Crump Theatre | Columbus | Crump Theatre |
| 2019 | Pulaski County Courthouse | Winamac | Pulaski County Courthouse |
| 2019 | Church of the Holy Cross | Indianapolis | |
| 2019 | Mineral Spring Hotel | Paoli | |
| 2019 | Downtown Attica | Attica | Attica Downtown Historic District |
| 2019 | Peru Circus Winter Quarters | Peru | |
| 2019 | Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church | Richmond | Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church |
| 2019 | John Howe Mansion | Howe | |
| 2019 | Commandant's Row | West Lafayette | |
| 2019 | Cannelton Historic District | Perry County | Old Perry County Courthouse in Cannelton's Historic District |
| 2020 | Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Residence | Tipton | Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Home |
| 2020 | Romweber House | Batesville | |
| 2020 | Union Literary Institute | Union City | Union Literary Institute |
| 2020 | Church of the Holy Cross | Indianapolis | |
| 2020 | Downtown Attica | Attica | Attica Downtown Historic District |
| 2020 | Elwood Carnegie Library | Madison County | |
| 2020 | Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church | Richmond | Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church |
| 2020 | Falley-O'Gara-Pyke House | Lafayette | |
| 2020 | Theodore Roosevelt High School | Gary | Theodore Roosevelt High School, Gary |
| 2020 | Monon Station | Bedford | |
| 2021 | James M. Shields Memorial Gymnasium | Seymour | |
| 2021 | Davis Clinic | Marion | |
| 2021 | B.G. Pollard Lodge#1242 | Bloomington | |
| 2021 | Oxford Community Mausoleum | Benton County | |
| 2021 | Kamm & Schellinger Brewery | Mishawaka | Kamm and Schellinger Brewery |
| 2021 | Monon Depot | Bedford | |
| 2021 | Theodore Roosevelt High School | Gary | Theodore Roosevelt High School, Gary |
| 2021 | Courthouse Annex | New Castle | |
| 2021 | Tipton County Jail & Sheriff’s Residence | Tipton | Tipton County Jail & Sheriff's Residence |
| 2021 | Falley-O'Gara-Pyke House | Lafayette | |
| 2022 | Cades Mill Covered Bridge | Fountain County | |
| 2022 | Hulman Building & Garage | Evansville | Hulman Building |
| 2022 | Stinesville Commercial Buildings | Monroe County | Stinesville Commercial Historic District |
| 2022 | First Friends Church | Marion | |
| 2022 | Knox County Poor Asylum | Vincennes | |
| 2022 | Birdsell Mansion | South Bend | |
| 2022 | Geter Means House | Gary | |
| 2022 | Kamm & Schellinger Brewery | Mishawaka | Kamm and Schellinger Brewery |
| 2022 | James M. Shields Memorial Gymnasium | Seymour | |
| 2022 | Courthouse Annex | New Castle | |
| 2023 | Starr Historic District | Richmond | Church and house in the Starr Historical District |
| 2023 | Birdsell Mansion | South Bend | |
| 2023 | Knox County Poor Asylum | Vincennes | |
| 2023 | Historic Fraternal Lodges | Vernon and Bedford | |
| 2023 | Thomas & Louisa Little House | Plainfield | |
| 2023 | Hulman Building & Garage | Evansville | Hulman Building |
| 2023 | State Theater | Anderson | |
| 2023 | First Friends Church | Marion | |
| 2023 | Stinesville Commercial Buildings | Monroe County | Stinesville Commercial Building |
| 2023 | International Harvester Engineering Building | Fort Wayne | |

## Annual awards

Indiana Landmarks issues several annual awards, including:
* Cook Cup for Outstanding Restoration
* Sandi Servaas Memorial Award
* Williamson Prize
Together with the Indiana Farm Bureau, Indiana Landmarks co-sponsors the John Arnold Rural Preservation Award.