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Architecture Wallpapers > Other > Imperial Hotel

Imperial Hotel

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Imperial hotel, formerly National Surgical Institute (demolished) formerly at the NW corner of the intersection of Capital st. and Ohio St., Indianapolis, Ind.

In Jan 1892 the old home of the National Surgical Institute burned and 19 patients were killed, this building was built following that disaster as the new home of the hospital. The Institute soon went bankrupt and by 1898 the building housed the Medical College of Indiana. By 1901 this institution has also vacated the building and the current tenant was the Imperial Hotel.
unknown demolition date.

Site is currently a parking lot

Wallpaper Comments (1)

Posted by granburyjon on 10/25/14 at 05:18 PM

FYI: City directories show that the building was razed between 1945 and 1949 when the site was simply listed as the Roosevelt Car Park. Today the site sits among a sea of parking lots and garages.