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Mapleton - Fall Creek in Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks

May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918

 
 
Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks May 11,1852 - June 4, 1918 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 22, 2007
1. Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks May 11,1852 - June 4, 1918 Marker
Inscription. Prominent lawyer of Indianapolis; Keynote convention speaker, 1896; United States Senator, 1897-1905; Vice-President of the United States, 1905-1909; and Vice-Presidential candidate in 1916.
 
Erected 1966 by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission. (Marker Number 49.1966.1.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 11, 1852.
 
Location. 39° 48.568′ N, 86° 9.405′ W. Marker is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County. It is in Mapleton - Fall Creek. It is on North Meridian Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2960 N Meridian St, Indianapolis IN 46208, 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: Joseph W. Summers Memorial Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Joseph W. Summers Memorial Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away); Meridian Park Historic District (approx. half a mile away); St. Vincent's Hospital (approx. half a mile away); Newby Oval (approx. Ύ mile away); Prince Hall Freemasonry (approx. 0.9 miles away); Andrew “Bo” Foster / Andrew Foster, 1919-1987
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(approx. 0.9 miles away); A National Cemetery System (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Indianapolis.
 
The Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks Marker is in front of what is now Indianapolis Life Insurance. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 22, 2007
2. The Home of Charles Warren Fairbanks Marker is in front of what is now Indianapolis Life Insurance.
Looking through the iron fence image. Click for full size.
Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 22, 2007
3. Looking through the iron fence
Charles Warren Fairbanks image. Click for full size.
Internet Archive
4. Charles Warren Fairbanks
from The Biographical Dictionary of America, 1906, by Rossiter Johnson.
 
 
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 2,042 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 22, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana.   4. submitted on June 18, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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