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Students learned that there is significant German architectural influence on Indianapolis' Monument Circle.

The historic, and in recent years high-rent, Lockerbie area in downtown Indianapolis has significant German influence. Many prominent German Americans once called the area home and built many of structures which are strictly protected today.

The Lockerbie area is know for its smaller carpenter-built homes which have significant historic significance. But the area also has a number of large mansions, like the one behind the Wabash men in this photo. The students are viewing the home of Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley.

A dozen young men wearing Wabash red draw attention wherever they go. Residents of historic Lockerbie Square keep a close eye on those passing through their neighborhood.

The Athenaeum, once known as The German House, houses the Indianapolis Caberet Theatre, a YMCA, meeting rooms and the Rathskeller Restaurant. The building is mostly unchanged from the day it was built by German immigrants. The building was designed by Hoosier novelist Kurt Vonnegut's great-grandfather.

Students heard a Wednesday afternoon presentation from Dr. Giles Hoyt, the director of the Max Kade German-American Research and Recource Center, IUPUI. In the photo, Dr. Hoyt is showing the county-by-county breakdown of German immigration.