Stars

I know it's totally random for a building to just have stars on it. I have noticed everyday this week as I have driven to work that buildings like the saratoga and the building right across the street have five point stars on them. It has been way to cold to stand out there to get a picture and as you can tell from my previous post I am having trouble getting them uploaded. I just am curious why these buildings have these stars and if there is a real purpose behind them. I'm going to have to dig into some google time and see what I can figure out. If anything else I think it make the building unique from other ones I have seen in different cities.

Where did it go?

Have you ever heard of the Terre Haute Brewing Company? Me either. I just happened to look close at a building the other day as I was driving down poplar to work. The building next door to moggers is the old brewing building. Now it is all boarded up and I don't think anything else is in there. Why wouldn't we want to work hard to keep the brewers of Champagne velevet in business. The beer industry brought a lot of livelyhood to Terre Haute. Along with the money it brought it also brought a lot of coruption to the city giving in the nicknames of the original "sin city" and the "Paris of Indiana". We got those names because the beer was helping to fund sporting houses and saloons without closing hours. As a city we don't need that corruption, but why did we just stop brewing such a well known beer at the time?

I feel like we should restore that building and make it into a museum of what it use to be. We can leave out the fact that it did use to help fund our lovely red light district and just educate people on the brewing of the beer. This is an important building in the history of this town and we need not let it go to ruins.

Who knew they would do so much work to save the court house!!

You would think that after so many buildings that Terre Haute has torn down without batting an eye that the court house would be one of them eventually. Well for once that is not the case. I happened to stumble across an article that really help shed some light on this wonderful building. This court house is a 19th century French neo-baroque style has had it's exterior repaired and also has had about 8 million dollars by the city put in to historically remodel the interior and to fix the south portico. I know it's totally shocking that the city would spend so much to save this building, but it gets even better! The two-ton historic bell that use to hang in the bell tower is in the plans of being hung back up and operate. I'm not sure if that has been done yet, but I haven't heard or seen the bell. I am really starting to think I need to get inside this court house and get pictures. They have restored the glass dome and fixed up all the marble floorings. How amazing is it that Terre Haute has put an effort into saving a building and working so hard to fix so many details. Digging into this buildings history is getting to be so cool.

The Court House

I have always loved court houses. They are always so beautifully designed. There is so much detail that goes into planning out each room. Court houses are also neat for the pure fact that they get to see everything that goes on in a city. Every big robbery, murder, and civil suit this city has seen has gone through that court house.

Like most cities the court house here in Terre Haute is located in the heart of down town. I decided that I needed to do a little more looking into the history of such a beautiful building. The building of the court house started on August 14, 1884 with the laying of 10,000 cornerstones. The monuments that were later constructed all have speacial meaning and are all dedicated to the people who have served in America in the armed forces and for the people of Terre Haute who at one time brought this city to it's greatness.

I plan on digging deeper into the history that has been through the court house and filling you guys in at a later time. There is just so much stuff to go through that I can't even begin to tell it all to you in one post.

My first experiences with Terre Haute

I came to Indiana State my sophmore year. Coming to Terre Haute was a whole new experience for me. You see I'm from Fort Wayne and am just use to seeing a different atmosphere, but Terre Haute has grown on me. Yes the mall is not really something to be desired, but that can be helped. This is such a beautiful city if we would fix up what the downtown area use to look like in all it's glory. This city could really shine again if we would take pride and step up and make something of this place instead of tearing down the history of this city. Everyone probably won't admit it but they love going into old buildings. It's so cool to see how they use to be decorated and how the structures are different. Take for example the court house. It is such a beautiful building inside and out and it's a big part of the history here. I am so excited to start learning more about this city and possible how I can get involved in the remodeling of this city.