Posted December 18, 201311 yr Shelbyville and Greensburg are a couple of cities between Indianapolis and ... Shelbyville, IN Shelby County seat /////////////////////////////// Greensburg, IN Decatur County seat... There is a tree above the Courthouse There was also a little festival going on around the square.
December 19, 201311 yr I've been to Greensburg but not Shelbyville. Shelbyville is larger than I thought. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 19, 201311 yr Shelbyville looks like a nice town, but both the PNC Bank and Chase Bank buildings are quite odd.
December 20, 201311 yr I've been doing some historical research on several Indiana towns as well as streetview touring. It seems every community makes different choices about what they want to retain from their past. Anderson, of example, seems to have flattened much of its old downtown (which is so open and low density now it almost seems like its out in the exurbs) but oddly Anderson still seems to have a fair representation of its historic residential areas. Muncie, by comparison, seems to have decimated large swaths of both its downtown and its old residential areas. I could only find one concentration of late 19th and early 20th century residences along Muncie's Vine street north of downtown as I recall. The Old West End neighborhood only has sporadic examples of the same era of housing. Richmond, IN, just west of Dayton-Springfield, OH, seems to have a much higher surviving percentage of its early architecture both residential and commercial. Yet much of it doesn't seem well cared for or preserved which is a shame. I'm currently reading a book about Richmond's architectural legacy by Cornell University architectural historians Michael Tomlan and Mary Tomlan. Is that a tree growing out of the Decatur County courthouse tower roof in Greensburg? Unusual to say the least. Then there's the town of Decatur, IN which has a fairly well preserved 19th century downtown but is in Adams county. Shelbyville seems to have retained some of its older architectural heritage and might be worth a visit. My spouse and I are hoping to visit some of these places in the coming Spring. Thanks for sharing.
December 20, 201311 yr These small Indiana towns always look so well kept. Ohio small towns always look cruddy like the zombie apocalypse, at best. But the shots of Indiana towns like these are so depopulated. You could call any of these towns "Mehv-ille."
December 21, 201311 yr Cute towns, but -- Wow! Who killed or kidnapped all of the people?? And what's up with the tree atop the courthouse? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 22, 201311 yr It seems they first noticed a tree in 1870, and still haven't figured out how it is there. They can't even completely figure out which kind of tree it is, but the last study by Purdue said it is a Mulberry tree.
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