page_title: List of Indiana state historical markers
section_title: Numbers of listings by county
hierarchical_section_title: List of Indiana state historical markers / Numbers of listings by county
caption_attribution_description: English: Front and southwestern side of the McCurdy Building, located at 101 NW. Fourth Street in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Built in 1920, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: This is a list of Indiana state historical markers.
  Interest in a statewide system of historical markers for the U.S. state of Indiana arose as the state prepared to celebrate its centenary in 1916; the Indiana Historical Commission observed the lack of a system of historical markers and memorials, and as a result of its work, many individuals, organizations, and local governments began to erect various types of memorials to commemorate historic sites. Increasing numbers of historical markers through the 1920s and 1930s prompted the Commission and its successor, the Indiana Historical Bureau, to develop statewide lists of markers, and it asked the General Assembly for authority to become involved in the placement of historical markers in order to improve the numbers, quality, and topics of the markers. The New Deal administrations created to fight the Great Depression of the 1930s provided the manpower for the Bureau's first effort; workers from the Works Progress Administration produced steel signs for locations across the state, but their intentionally temporary nature meant that many had greatly deteriorated by the time that they were removed for scrap during World War II.
context_section_description: The following are tallies of current marker listings in Indiana by county. These counts are based on entries in the Indiana Historical Bureau's marker list as of March 2012. There are yearly additions to the listings and some markers may be missing or stolen.
caption: McCurdy-Sears Building, in Vanderburgh County
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