INDIANA

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
Columbus
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
●Sogno Della Terra – 901 Washington Street; 812-783-0569; facebook.com/SognoDellaTerra; delightful bakery & coffee shop located downtown; open Monday-Saturday; offers other goodies such as house-made soup & flatbreads.
●240sweet – 9600 US-31; 812-372-9898; 240sweet.com; marshmallows.
Hotels
●Inn at Irwin Gardens – 608 5^th Street; 812-376-3663; irwingardens.com; ornate, circa-1910 mansion with period features; upscale bed-&-breakfast; 5 stately, antiques-filled rooms & suites come with free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, DVD players & iPod docks; some feature oak-paneled walls, bay windows &/or limestone fireplaces; complimentary gourmet hot breakfast & snacks.
Restaurants
●Addison Bakehouse – 1702 Pennsylvania Stret; 812-567-3037; addisonbakehouse.com; in charming, old brick house; cozy & friendly café serving fresh local eats within homey environment; excellent desserts; lunch Monday-Friday.
●Apna Kitchen – 1609 Cottage Avenue; 812-376-7000; apnakitchenrestaurant.com; Indian cuisine; open, warm & inviting interior space; large menu with everything from soup & appetizers to entrées featuring meat, poultry & seafood to vegan & vegetarian plates to Indo-Chinese specialties; lunch & dinner Tuesday-Sunday.
●Blackerby’s Hangar 5 – 4770 Ray Boll Boulevard; 812-378-4010; hangarfiverestaurant.com; friendly café specializing in American comfort food; overlooks airport runway; breakfast & lunch daily; try Skyhawk Pie, featuring potatoes, 2 basted eggs, sausage, green peppers, onions & cheese smothered with sausage gravy.
●4^th Street Bar & Grill – 433 4^th Street; 812-376-7063; 4thstreetbar.com; if you want to experience what being local is all about, then head here; established in 1981; laid-back atmosphere; grilled polenta with wild mushrooms, Korean BBQ, mahi mahi with seasoned rice & vegetables; eponymous 4^th Street burger topped with sautéed mushrooms, smoked bacon, Swiss & American cheeses; menu also offers small plates, soups, salads, wraps, sandwiches, pizzas & desserts; plenty of drink options to wash everything down; open Monday-Saturday.
●Henry Social Club – 423 Washington Street; 812-799-1371; henrysocialclub.com; place to go if you’re seeking a more upscale night out; exquisite food & interior design, complete with Eames chairs & mirrors from 1921; serves dinner Tuesday-Saturday, current seasonal menu features highlights such as Caravaggio pizza with wild mushrooms, basil, mascarpone, garlic, lemon & parmesan; try grilled New York strip steak with tarragon, shallots, roasted potatoes in duck fat, wild mushrooms, watercress & tomato; for dessert, Sophie’s Butterscotch Pudding with candied hazelnuts & whipped cream.
●Papa’s Grill – 3780 West Jonathan Moore Pike; 812-342-9736; papasfamily.net; lively restaurant serving American food in laid-back environment; try Diablo Burger topped with pepper jack cheese, fried jalapeño peppers & bacon.
●Sogno Della Terra – 901 Washington Street; 812-783-0569; facebook.com/SognoDellaTerra; delightful bakery & coffee shop located downtown; open Monday-Saturday; offers other goodies such as house-made soup & flatbreads.
●Tre Bicchieri – 425 Washington Street; 812-372-1962; trebicchieri-columbus.com; Italian; classic dishes with fresh, modern spin; made from best ingredients from local sources when possible.
●Ye Olde Fish House – 2024 17^th Street; 812-378-2921; yeoldefishhouse.com; legendary, having served for over 75 years; small menu, but that doesn’t mean flavors are simple; weekdays only.
●ZwanzigZ Pizza – 1038 Lafayette Avenue; 812-376-0200; zwanzigz.com; independent & popular; has won numerous awards over years; try Lasagna Pizza topped with ricotta, provolone, mozzarella & white cheddar cheeses, Italian sausage & tomato sauce.
Sights & Sites
●Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence – 4444 Kelly Street; columbus.in.us/advanced-manufacturing-center; designed by Cesar Pelli & completed in 2011.
●AT&T Switching Center – 420 7^th Street; loc.gov/item/2013650693; designed by Paul Kennon & completed in 1978.
●Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum – 4742 Ray Boll Boulevard; 812-372-4356; atterburybakalarairmuseum.org; dedicated to civilian & military personnel who served between 1942-1970.
●Bartholomew County Courthouse – 234 Washington Street; 812-379-1605; columbus.in.us/courthouse; designed by Isaac Hodgson & completed in 1874; 3-story, 2^nd Empire-style, red-brick building trimmed in limestone, featuring mansard roof, corner pavilions, Corinthian-order portico & 6-level clock tower.
●Bartholomew County Library (Cleo Rogers Memorial Library) – 536 5^th Street (at Lafayette Avenue); 812-379-1255; mybcpl.org; designed by I. M. Pei & completed in 1969; notable for red brick design with concrete details & its Library Plaza, urban space punctuated by sculpture; includes “Large Arch” by Henry Moore.
●Bartholomew County Veteran’s Memorial – between 2^nd & 3^rd Streets (before Washington Street); maryannthompson.com/projects/proj30.html; designed by Maryann Thompon & completed in 1997; 25 Indiana limestone pillars, each 40' high, arranged in 5 x 5 grid; interior walls are smooth & engraved with Bartholomew County residents who gave their lives in war, along with excerpts from diaries & last letters home.
●Breeden Realtors Office Building – 700 Washington Street; 812-372-3766; century21.com/real-estate-office/profile/century-21-breeden-realtors-10015425; designed by Thomas Beeby & completed in 1995.
●Central Middle School – 725 7^th Street; perkinswill.com/work/central-middle-school.html; designed by Ralph Johnson & completed in 2007.
●Cerealine Building – 607 Jackson Street; columbus.in.us/historic-buildings; designed to house Cerealine Mill & completed in 1867; serves today as Cummins Cafeteria.
●Clifty Creek Elementary – 4625 East 50^th Street North; 812-376-4342; richardmeier.com/?projects=clifty-creek-elementary-school-2; designed by Richard Meier & completed in 1982.
●Columbus Area Visitors’ Center – 506 5^th Street; 812-378-2622; columbus.in.us.
●Columbus City Hall (Historic) – 123 Washington Street; 812-376-2500; designed by Charles Franklin Sparrell & completed in 1895; 3-story, Romanesque Revival style red brick building on limestone foundation; features steeply-pitched slate roof, prominent parapet gables & 4-story tower above arched entrance; located in Columbus Historic District.
●Columbus East High School – 230 South Marr Road; 812-376-4369; bluffton.edu/homepages/facstaff/sullivanm/mitchgiu/mitchgiu.html; designed by Mitchell-Giurgola & completed in 1972.
●Columbus Indiana Philharmonic (Columbus Pro Musica) – 315 Franklin Street; 812-376-2638; thecip.org.
●Columbus Learning Center – 4555 Central Avenue; 812-314-8509; columbuslearningcenter.org; designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates & completed in 2005.
●Columbus Signature Academy (Fodrea Campus) – 2775 Illinois Avenue; 812-376-4321; rickyberkey.org/2011/11/08/week-39; designed by Fodrea Campus & Paul Kennon & completed in 1973.
●Commons – 300 Washington Street; 812-376-2681; thecommonscolumbus.com; designed by Cesar Pelli & completed in 2011; community gathering space featuring indoor playground & meeting spaces.
●Cummins Child Development Center – 650 Pleasant Grove; 812-378-5833; cumminscdc.com; designed by Carlos Jimenez & completed in 2001.
●Cummins Columbus Engine Plant & Expansions – 500 Central Avenue; columbus.in.us/harry-weese-legacy and rjda.com/Sites/CumminsSubInfo1.html; designed by Harry Weese & completed in 1960 & 1965 with addition by Kevin Roche & completed in 1996; Harry Weese designed facility around existing building to accommodate large manufacturing; Kevin Roche designed 1996 expansion on east side.
●Cummins Commons Office Building – 301 Jackson Street; 812-377-5000; culturenow.org/entry&permalink=20261&seo=The-Cummins-Commons-Office-Building_Koetter-Kim-Associates-Steven-Risting-and-Columbus-Area-Arts-Council; designed by Koetter Kim & completed in 2009; 4-story building located on site of original Commons Mall; 4^th floor features corner terrace & vegetated green roof.
●Cummins Corporate Office Building – 500 Jackson Street; krjda.com/Sites/CuuminsHQInfo1.html; designed by Kevin Roche & completed in 1984; constructed on old railroad yard & unique for being built around Cerealine Building, which was Cummins’ 1^st factory building; Cummins CEO J. Irwin Miller had “lifelong interest in architecture” & in 1950s established foundation to pay architecture fees for new public buildings in Columbus & Bartholomew County; Roche used precast concrete & glass as his primary building elements; Jack Curtis executed landscaping, including large open green area on eastern side that is open to public as park; as part of construction, Roche incorporated Rudolph de Harak sculpture known as “Exploded Engine,” in building lobby.
●Cummins Health Center – 806 Jackson Street; 812-748-3412; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/10/15/week-37; in transition; designed by Hardy Hozman Pfeiffer & completed in 1973.
●Cummins Inc. Technical Center – 1900 McKinley Avenue; 812-377-7000; culturenow.org/entry&permalink=18993&seo=Cummins-Inc-Technical-Center_Harry-Weese-Associates-and-Columbus-Area-Arts-Council; designed by Harry Weese & completed in 1968.
●Cummins Midrange Engine Plant – 2700 West 450^th Street South; 812-377-7739; columbus.in.us/cummins-midrange-plant; designed by Kevin Roche & completed in 1973.
●Donner Aquatic Center – 739 22^nd Street; 812-376-2683; columbusparksandrec.com/facilities-parks-and-rental-information/facility-listing/donner-aquatic-center.
●Donner Park – 739 22^nd Street; 812-376-2680; columbusparksandrec.com/facilities-parks-and-rental-information/facility-listing/donner-center; city’s oldest park (over 100 years).
●Fire Station #1 – 1101 Jackson Street; 812-376-2679; columbus.in.gov/fire; designed by Leighton Bowers & completed in 1941.
●Fire Station #3 – 80 South Gladstone Avenue; 812-376-2673; columbus.in.us/fire-station-3; designed by Wiliam Burd & completed in 1983.
●Fire Station #4 – 4730 East 25^th Street; 812-376-2674; greatbuildings.com/buildings/Fire_Station_Number_4.html; designed by Robert Venturi & completed in 1967.
●Fire Station #5 – 100 Goeller Court; 812-376-2675; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/09/23/week-34; designed by Susana Torre & completed in 1987.
●First Baptist Church – 3300 Fairlawn Drive; 812-376-3321; rickyberkey.org/2011/03/27/week-13; designed by Harry Weese & completed in 1965.
●First Christian Church – 531 5^th Street; 812-379-4491; fccoc.org; designed by Eero Saarinen & completed in 1964; building, designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, consists of glass-fronted main hall, with tower & bridge section; interior details such as light fixtures, screen & furniture designed by Saarinen’s son Eero Saarinen (who would later design the North Christian Church in Columbus) & Charles Eames.
●First Financial Bank – Eastbrook – 2531 Eastbrook Plaza (25^th Street & National Road/US 31); 812-376-1992; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2012/01/22/week_3; designed by Harry Weese & completed in 1961.
●First Financial Bank – West Hill – 3950 Jonathan Moore Pike; 812-342-6901; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/07/10/week-25; designed by Carlos Jimenez & completed in 2001.
●First Financial Bank – Creekview – 707 Creekview Drive; 812-373-8300; culturenow.org/entry&permalink=20258&seo=First-Financial-Bank--Creekview-Branch_Deborah-Berke-Partners-Todd-Williams-and-Associates-and-Columbus-Area-Arts-Council; designed by Deborah Berke & completed in 2006.
●Four Seasons Retirement Center – 1901 Taylor Road; 812-372-8481; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/08/28/week-31; Architects Collaborative project, designed by Norman Fletcher & completed in 1967.
●Freedom Field – 1400 Parkside Drive; 812-376-2599; visitindiana.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/13/freedom-field-where-everyone-can-play.
●Friendship Way (Alley Walkway Project) – between Jackson & Washington Streets (416 Washington Street for GPS purposes); columbus.in.us/friendship-way and publicartarchive.org/work/friendship-way-neon-sculpture; designed by William A. Johnson Associates (Seattle, Washington) & completed in 1998; untitled neon sculpture is by American artist Cork Marcheschi.
●Hope Elementary – 9575 IN-9 (Hope); 812-546-5001; columbus.in.us/hope-elementary-school; designed by Taft Architects & completed in 1989.
●Irwin Conference Center – 500 Washington Street; 812-376-1600; columbus.in.us/irwin-conference-center-2; designed by Eero Saarinen & completed in 1954.
●Irwin Management Offices (former) – 301 Washington Street; columbus.in.us/301-washington; completed in 1848; also features designs by Girard.
●Irwin Office Building Arcade – 525 Jackson Street; 812-377-5000; tclf.org/landscapes/cummins-inc-irwin-office-building; designed by Kevin Roche & completed in 1972.
●Lincoln Elementary – 750 5^th Street; 812-376-4447; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/04/11/week-16; designed by Gunnar Birkerts & completed in 1967.
●McDowell Education Center – 2700 McKinley Avenue; 812-376-4451; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/11/14/week-40; designed by John Carl Warnecke & completed in 1960.
●Mill Race Park – 50 Carl Miske Drive; 812-376-2680; columbus.in.us/see-do/mill-race-park; city-owned park located where Driftwood & Flat Rock rivers meet (forming White River east fork); winner of 2 national landscape architecture awards, includes 84' observation tower & covered bridge (New Brownsville Bridge, built in 1840).
●Miller House & Garden – 2764 Highland Way; 812-378-2622; imamuseum.org/page/miller-house-and-garden-columbus-indiana; designed by Eero Saarinen & completed in 1957.
●Mount Healthy Elementary – 12150 East State Road 58; 812-342-2463; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/10/30/week-38; designed by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates & completed in 1972.
●North Christian Church – 850 Tipton Lane; 812-372-1531; northchristianchurch.com/the-architecture.html; designed by Eero Saarinen & completed in 1964.
●Northside Middle School & Addition – 1400 27^th Street; 812-376-4403; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/01/09/week-2; designed by Harry Weese & completed in 1961 with addition designed by Leers-Weinzapfel & completed in 1991.
●Parkside Elementary – 1400 Parkside Drive; 812-376-4314; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/tag/parkside-elementary; designed by Norman Fletcher & completed in 1962.
●People Trails – circumnavigates Columbus; 812-376-2680; indianatrails.com/?q=content/columbus-people-trail; trail that connects significant points in & around city; it is long trail & can be difficult to follow.
●Prall House – 605 5^th Street (at Lafayette); 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/columbus-history-timeline; completed in 1891.
●Republic – 2980 North National Road; therepublic.com or 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/01/30/week-5; designed by Myron Goldsmith in 1971.
●W.D. Richards Elementary – 3311 Fairlawn Drive; 812-376-4311; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/03/13/week-11; designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes & completed in 1965.
●St. Bartholomew Catholic Church – .
●St. Peter’s Lutheran Church – 1306 27^th Street; 812-379-9353; saintbartholomew.org; designed by Gunnar Birkerts & completed in 1988.
●L.C. Schmitt Elementary & Addition – 2675 California Street; 812-376-4307; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/01/01/week-1; designed by Harry Weese & completed in 1957 with addition designed by Leers & Weinzapfel & completed in 1991.
●School Corporation Headquarters – 1200 Central Avenue; 812-372-8211; bcsc.k12.in.us; designed by Charles Franklin Sparrell & completed in 1896.
●L. Frances Smith Elementary – 4505 Waycross Drive; 812-376-4317; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/04/03/week-14; designed by John M. Johansen & completed in 1969.
●Southside Elementary – 1320 West 200^th Street South; 812-376-4423; bcsc.k12.in.us/Domain/1047; designed by Eliot Noyes & completed in 1969.
●Sycamore Place Apartments – 222 Sycamore Street; 52weeks.rickyberkey.org/2011/12/17/week-42; designed by Charles Gwathmey & completed in 1982.



MARION COUNTY
Indianapolis
Hotels
●Conrad Hotel – 50 West Washington Street; 317-713-5000 or 800-445-8667; conradhotels.com; very nice.
Restaurants
●Milktooth – 534 Virginia Avenue; 317-986-5131; milktoothindy.com; daytime-only shrine to putting egg on it; great brunches.
Sights & Sites
●Indianapolis Museum of Art – 400 North Michigan Road; 317-923-1331; imamuseum.org.



MONROE COUNTY
Bloomington
Sights & Sites
●Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center – 3655 South Snoddy Road; 812-336-680; tmbcc.org; Dalai Lama’s eldest brother escaped Tibet in 1950 and founded among America’s most important Buddhist centers here; on 108 acres.



ORANGE COUNTY
West Baden Springs
Hotels
●West Baden Springs Hotel (French Lick Resort) – 8538 West Baden Avenue; 812-936-1902 or 888-936-9360; frenchlick.com/hotels/westbaden; 1902 architectural marvel made over in $500M restoration; turn-of-century National Historic Landmark offers 246 exquisitely appointed rooms, spa, golf, dining, and entertainment options; 40 Balcony Rooms offer spectacular view of atrium; 2-level natatorium features 12K' square indoor pool and 8K' square spa with 12 treatment rooms, relaxation rooms, and state-of-art fitness center; hotel’s atrium was largest free-span dome until Houston Astrodome constructed in the 1960's; dubbed “8^th Wonder of World.”