Richmond Indiana Depot District
Historic Depot District located in Richmond Indiana. Video created September 2014.
Richmond Historic Depot District
Welcome to Historic Depot District in Richmond, Indiana. Use our handy map to find great food, live music, and antique shops among other Depot District attractions.
The Historic Depot District is made up approximately of four blocks in Richmond's near north side, primarily along Fort Wayne Avenue and North E street. Fort Wayne Avenue was formerly known as Quaker Trace and was significant not only for its transport of goods and services, but also as an important route along the Underground Railroad.
Business owners in the Historic Richmond Depot District are working together and reaching out to the local community by hosting several free events each year such as the Old Fashioned Christmas Festival, Fall Festival, and Independence Day Festival. With all the different array of things going on in the Historic Richmond, Indiana Depot District you will always be able to find something new and exciting to see and do!
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Day Trippin' Richmond
We head to Richmond and Wayne County, Indiana on this episode of Daytrippin'. Visit the Levi Coffin House, a main stop on the Underground Railroad. In Richmond we see the historic depot district and get a personal tour of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot. Finally, we explore antiques and history in Cambridge City.
Daytrippin' on WIWU-TV
Richmond Indiana PRR Depot
The last day to see the inside of Richmond's Pennsylvania Railroad Depot before it began being restored. 7-24-10
Groundbreaking on Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Richmond Indiana
Repairs begin on the depot with a bang. Event held to kick off the repairs in 2010.
Main Street, downtown Richmond, 1942
The Edwin Shawhan digital collection provides online access to films shot by Edwin Shawhan of Centerville, Indiana between 1935 and 1947. The films include footage of members of the Shawhan family and scenes of Centerville, Richmond, Springwood, and towns in Southern Indiana. They also include footage of steam trains, bridges, construction projects, a girl scout camp, and building fires.
Edwin E. Shawhan was born in 1896 to Silas W. and Louvina A. Wilson Shawhan. As a professional photographer, Shawhan enjoyed documenting the lives of his wife, Hallie D. Myers Shawhan, and their four children. Shawhan passed away on October 8, 1955 at the age of 59.
To access this video in the Ball State University Digital Media Repository:
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The Ball State University Digital Media Repository, a project of Ball State University Libraries, contains over 250,000 freely available digital resources, including digitized material from the Ball State University Archives and Special Collections. For more information:
1:47 (Documentary about the 1968 Richmond, Indiana explosion)
At 1:47 pm on April 6, 1968, a gas leaked triggered an explosion in a gun shop in downtown Richmond, Indiana. Forty-one adults and children were killed. This is the only video documentary about the tragedy. In 1970 a book about the explosion was published, and it is available in digitized form online.
Main Street, downtown Richmond, 1940
The Edwin Shawhan digital collection provides online access to films shot by Edwin Shawhan of Centerville, Indiana between 1935 and 1947. The films include footage of members of the Shawhan family and scenes of Centerville, Richmond, Springwood, and towns in Southern Indiana. They also include footage of steam trains, bridges, construction projects, a girl scout camp, and building fires.
Edwin E. Shawhan was born in 1896 to Silas W. and Louvina A. Wilson Shawhan. As a professional photographer, Shawhan enjoyed documenting the lives of his wife, Hallie D. Myers Shawhan, and their four children. Shawhan passed away on October 8, 1955 at the age of 59.
To access this video in the Ball State University Digital Media Repository:
To access other items in the Edwin Shawhan Films collection:
The Ball State University Digital Media Repository, a project of Ball State University Libraries, contains over 250,000 freely available digital resources, including digitized material from the Ball State University Archives and Special Collections. For more information:
Assisted Living in Richmond Indiana
(765) 962-6546
info@ffcinc.org
Assisted Living in Richmond Indiana
Friends Fellowship Community, Inc.
2030 Chester Boulevard
Richmond, IN 47374
A leader in retirement communities since 1965 – and Richmond’s largest – Friends Fellowship Community is a multi-faceted organization. We are a CCRC providing independent and assisted living, nursing and dementia care, if needed, and a variety of support services for people 60 and older.
Friends Fellowship Community is licensed by the Indiana State Department of Health. As a financially secure, faith-based, non-profit corporation, we are not driven by the need to return profits to investors. Instead, we seek to make continuous improvements to the programs, living environments, and services we provide to our residents. Your quality of life is very important to us!
With over 300 residents and 215 employees, Friends Fellowship Community really is a community within a community. Under direction of the President, a management team is responsible for the day to day operation and overall functioning of FFC, and we do consider ourselves to be a tightly knit family.
Friends Fellowship Community is located in Richmond, Indiana, a medium-sized city of around 38,000 people and a short distance to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Dayton, Ohio. Founded by Quakers in the early 19th century, Richmond combines a rich cultural heritage with homespun charm. The historic Depot District is alive with unique restaurants and cozy antique shops. Richmond is known as the “Cradle of Recorded Jazz” which is reflected in the beautiful murals adorning many local buildings. Richmond is also home to several amazing museums, Earlham College, Indiana University East and Ivy Tech, and offers much in the way of local theater, symphony and sporting events. In 1987 and again in 2009, Richmond was named an “All-America City,” an honor bestowed on only a select group of communities throughout the nation.
FFC itself is conveniently located right off I-70 and within a stone’s throw to Reid Hospital and its adjacent doctors’ offices. Friends Fellowship Community, Inc. was established as a not-for-profit corporation in 1958 for the purpose of owning and operating a CCRC. The original building was opened on February 6, 1965 and is situated on 125 acres of rolling lawns, with a pond, woods and many walking paths to enjoy the spectacular grounds.
For more than 47 years we have been refining what retirement living can and should be. Let us change the way you think about retirement living. Explore our website and call us to see for yourself. It’s just nicer here!
Assisted Living, Richmond Indiana, Wayne County Indiana, Retirement Community, Alzeheimers Care
Glen Miller Park pt1 - Richmond Indiana - March 4, 2015
I thought it would be a nice drive to take through the park with the snow coming down. Belle enjoyed it. Didn't matter that it was cold out. She wanted the window down, so she could stick her head out the window and look around.
A Mild End of July, Railfanning in Richmond, IN
One of the autoracks around 6:48 was a real work of art.
An Awesome June 30th of Railfanning in Richmond, IN (HD)
Three great catches! While the local stood by on a sidetrack waiting for a crew change, I managed to catch a hopper car still labeled for MILW on a westbound, Two leases on an eastbound, and an eastbound hirail truck pulling five gondolas!
1900 Reeveston Road
A tour of the Rudolph and Mary C. Knode House in Richmond, Indiana. This historic property, built in 1929-30, is located in the Reeveston Place Historic District, on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now for sale. (May 2013)
National Limited Cabride Columbus to Effingham 1979
A cabride on Amtrak's National Limited between Columbus, Ohio and Effingham, Illinois on Conrail trackage. This is silent 8mm footage that was copied to Hi8 tape in the mid 1990s.
---Locations---
0:00 - arriving at Columbus passing B&O's US Tower.
0:54 - receiving highball from 4th St. switchtender, then passing through High St. interlocking and receiving train orders.
2:05 - CP-Water Street and crossing the Scioto River.
2:52 - Scioto Tower.
3:24 - CP-Russ (connection to B&O Midland Subdivision to Cincinnati and Conrail Toledo Branch).
3:56 - signals at Hague Ave.
4:00 - CP-East Alton and passing under Interstate 270.
4:29 - CP-Alton.
5:18 - CP-London. To the right is the current day NS Dayton District through Springfield. Our train is staying on the Miami side to Dayton via Xenia.
5:47 - Xenia.
6:30 - intermediate signal between Xenia and Dayton with B&O track on left.
6:45 - entering Dayton Union terminal trackage at Dutoit St.
6:50 - Wayne Ave. Jct. and arriving Dayton.
8:06 - departing Dayton, crossing the Great Miami River, and passing through Miami City Jct., exiting Dayton Union trackage.
9:10 - depot at Brookville.
9:19 - crossing the Carlisle Branch at West Manchester with the SW connection west of town.
9:36 - New Paris.
10:07 - Glen tower on the east side of Richmond, Indiana, followed by shots of the yard, crossing watchman's tower, and depot. Once underway the train passes Newman Tower, and crosses over the C&O and the east fork of the Whitewater River, with the N&W New Castle District diverging to the right.
12:39 - Possibly Jax absolute block signal west of Richmond.
12:49 - Dunreith.
13:05 - Thorne tower on the east side of the Indianapolis. To the left is the connection to the Indianapolis Belt and Hawthorne Yard.
13:17 - Pine.
13:24 - parallel to B&O's State St. yard.
13:30 - Entering IU interlocking and arriving at Indianapolis Union station.
15:05 - departing Indianapolis and passing Kentucky Ave. block station.
15:20 - Crossing the L&N at Haley Tower and arriving at Terre Haute.
15:44 - departing Terre Haute and passing through CP-Ringo and the Wabash River crossing.
16:00 - meeting at eastbound at Aden siding.
16:59 - Casey.
17:22 - hotbox detector at Teutopolis.
17:26 - arriving at Effingham and disembarking.
Neon trees richmond Indiana
Richmond Indiana Mayor - Sally Hutton and William Shakespeare
Mayor Hutton reads: Shakespeare's 450th Birthday Celebration Proclamation
Historic Indiana Paranormal Society investigates Wayne County Historical Museum Richmond, Indiana
Model T Ford Museum Coming To Richmond
Richmond, Indiana (April 7, 2012) I had the rare and distinct honor of getting to spend some time and talk with Mr. Jay Klehfoth who is the is the CEO and publisher of the Vintage Ford Magazine today. I met him at what will be the new home for the Model T Ford Museum located in Richmond, Indiana's Historical Depot District.
The museum was formally located just west of Richmond in Centerville, Indiana next to the Warm Glow Candle Factory. The owners of the property where the museum was housed refused to extend the contract with the Model T Club of America that they had occupied for 5 years. Mr. Klehfoth said when the city of Richmond found out that the Model T Museum was in need of a new home the city pulled all the stops to make sure that Richmond became the new home for the Model T museum. This is a major loss to the city of Centerville but a major gain for the city of Richmond.
New Model T Ford Museum
The new Model T Ford Museum is going to be an exciting addition to what is one of Indiana's grandest historical areas and a must in this part of the Midwest. There will be new exhibits in addition to the ones that were on display in the former facility. The museum is a perfect fit in what is already the hub of Richmond's tourism district and will be a magnificent part of your visit when you're there. The grand opening for the new museum is targeted for June of this year.
Richmond is a perfect place for any day trip. But, if you want to see all that Richmond, Indiana has to offer you'll need to plan on staying several days.
Links:
Model T Ford Club of America (
Vintage Ford Magazine (
Richmond, Indiana/Wayne County Tourism (
Richmond Indiana Depot District (
Additional Information:
The Model T Ford Club of America has nearly 8,000 families worldwide. Members are from all 50 states and 41 other countries.
The Vintage Ford Magazine is published bimonthly by the Model T Ford Club of America, 119 W. Main Street, Centerville, Indiana and is mailed to all members. Subscription rates are $35.00 per year (six issues) in the United States ($42.00 Canada and $44.00 elsewhere) and include member ship in the club.
All correspondence should be ad dressed to:
THE MODEL T FORD CLUB
OF AMERICA
P.O. Box 126
Centerville, IN 47330-0126
765-855-5248 fax 765-855-3428
e-mail: admin@mtfca.com
Richmond Ice Melt Festival
Richmond Ice Melt Festival in Richmond, Indiana. RichmondMeltDown.com
Video shot and edited by Sean McNally.
Wayne County Historical Museum PSA
A wonderful attraction in the heart of Richmond, Indiana, the Wayne county Historical Museum. Visit the museum for an adventure in time. For more information please visit waynecountyhistoricalmuseum.org