At one time in the mid-19th century there were five churches on the Circle downtown, but by 1884, Christ Church was the only one left. The oldest Episcopal congregation in the city still worships here. Christ Church also conducts well-respected music programs and hosts the Annual Strawberry Festival in June. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Now restored, the impressive building is home to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and provides a wonderful venue for its many musical events.
Families especially enjoy taking the kids to the Yuletide Celebration concert.
Though seating is limited, you can scout out a table on the upper level balcony and listen to midday concerts by local musicians. Or take your lunch outdoors and enjoy it on the plaza. Teens find the place entrancingly bohemian. This is the nation's fifth largest cemetery, and its rolling, expansive grounds can provide a morning or afternoon's worth of history. You'll find the graves of bank robber John Dillinger, President Benjamin Harrison and Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley.