Indiana’s 10 Most Endangered Places 2013

Indiana Landmarks calls your attention to the 2013 list of Indiana’s 10 Most Endangered historic places. Jeopardized by neglect, deterioration, and lack of development prospects, these irreplaceable landmarks face imminent threats.

Included on this years’ list:

Anderson Athletic Park Pool, Anderson
Bowen House, Delphi
Brookview-Irvington Park & State Boulevard, Fort Wayne
Eagle Cotton Mill, Madison
Flanner House Homes & Phillips Temple, Indianapolis
Harmony Way Bridge, New Harmony
Kingsbury Ordnance Plant Employment Office, Kingsbury
Old Clarksville Site, Clarksville
Pantheon Theater, Vincennes
Walkerton Church, Walkerton

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Hey You Guys (Electric Company)

Rita Moreno and Bill Cosby deliver a bottle of milk. I had forgotten what this skit was about; all I remembered was Rita Moreno shouting “Hey, you guys!”

When I was a little kid, we still had milk delivered to a box on the front porch. Now the “Milk Man” is one of those obsolete occupations that kids today won’t recognize.

Old-Tymey Milk Box

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