Fletcher Place in Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Holy Rosary - Danish Church Historic District

Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 22, 2007

1. Side One: Holy Rosary - Danish Church Historic District Marker

Inscription. Platted 1854; now bounded by South East Street, Virginia Avenue, and interstates 65/70. Early residents were Germans, Irish, Scots, and Welsh. Danes resided in area circa 1870–1890. By 1910, ninety percent of area residents were Italian immigrants.

Area became Indiana’s largest continuously occupied Italian neighborhood. Sicilians opened nearby produce businesses. District, containing mainly working-class cottages, includes Trinity Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church built 1872, Horace Mann Public School built 1873, and Holy Rosary Catholic Church built 1911–1925. District listed in National Register of Historic Places 1986.

Erected 2000 by Indiana Historical Bureau and Italian Heritage Society of Indiana. (Marker Number 49.2000.1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.

Location. 39° 45.473′ N, 86° 8.958′ W. Marker is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County. It is in Fletcher Place. It is at the intersection of South East Street and South Stevens Street on South East Street. The marker

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is on the SE corner next to the parking lot for Holy Rosary Catholic Church (entrance is located at 520 Stevens St, Indianapolis). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Indianapolis IN 46203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rosenbaum House (approx. ¼ mile away); 28th Regiment USCT (approx. ¼ mile away); Calvin Fletcher (approx. ¼ mile away); Indiana Oxygen Company (approx. ¼ mile away); Hook's Drug Stores (approx. 0.4 miles away); South Side Turnverein (approx. 0.4 miles away); Passo Drugs (approx. half a mile away); The Slippery Noodle Inn (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Indianapolis.

Side Two: Holy Rosary - Danish Church Historic District Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 22, 2007

2. Side Two: Holy Rosary - Danish Church Historic District Marker

Holy Rosary Catholic Church and the Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 22, 2007

3. Holy Rosary Catholic Church and the Marker

Holy Rosary Catholic Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 22, 2007

4. Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,625 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 22, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.