List of Indiana state historical markers in Delaware County

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Location of Delaware County in Indiana

This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Delaware County.

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Delaware County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There are 7 historical markers located in Delaware County.[1]

Historical markers[edit]

Marker title Image Year placed Location Topics
First Indiana Gas Well[2] 1981 Norsemen Park in front of the town hall at 600 E. Harris Street in Eaton
40°20′32″N 85°20′57″W / 40.34222°N 85.34917°W / 40.34222; -85.34917 (First Indiana Gas Well)
Business, Industry, and Labor, Nature and Natural Disasters
Shaffer Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church[3] 1996 1501 E. Highland Avenue and Wolf Street, 3 blocks east of McCullough Park, in Muncie
40°12′12.6″N 85°22′13.4″W / 40.203500°N 85.370389°W / 40.203500; -85.370389 (Shaffer Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church)
African American, Religion
Slickville Tile Works[4] 1996 Near the Delaware/Madison county line, about 1.2 miles northwest of exit 145 from Interstate 69 via U.S. Route 35/State Road 28, west to County Line Road, then north to County Road 650N, then 100 yards east to the vicinity of a farm, west of Gaston
40°17′4.2″N 85°34′30″W / 40.284500°N 85.57500°W / 40.284500; -85.57500 (Slickville Tile Works)
Business, Industry, and Labor, Agriculture
Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company[5] 2008 1401 E. Memorial Drive, near a white brick batch tower, in Muncie
40°10′41″N 85°22′16″W / 40.17806°N 85.37111°W / 40.17806; -85.37111 (Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company)
Business, Industry, and Labor
Hemingray Glass Company[6] 2011 1610 and 1620 S. Macedonia Ave., Muncie
40°10′49″N 85°22′02″W / 40.18028°N 85.36722°W / 40.18028; -85.36722 (Hemingray Glass Company Marker)
Business, Industry, and Labor
Ball State University[7] 2020 Near 2000 W. University Ave., Muncie
40°11′52″N 85°24′32″W / 40.19778°N 85.40889°W / 40.19778; -85.40889 (Ball State University Marker)
James Grover McDonald[8] 2022 Albany Community Library, 105 Broadway St., Albany
40°17′58″N 85°14′22″W / 40.29944°N 85.23944°W / 40.29944; -85.23944 (James Grover McDonald Marker)
Political, Religion, Immigration

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Indiana Historical Markers by County". State of Indiana. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ^ First Indiana Gas Well, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  3. ^ Shaffer Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  4. ^ Slickville Tile Works, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  5. ^ Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  6. ^ IHB (2020-12-15). "Hemingray Glass Company". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  7. ^ IHB (2020-12-15). "Ball State University". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  8. ^ IHB (2022-08-23). "James Grover McDonald, 1886-1964". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

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