Cole Motorworks – 1908 until 1925

Finally made it over to the Cole Motorworks building which is seven blocks from the city center at 730 E Washington. What a surprise when I got there. It is now the Marion County Jail!

Once. noble, it went strong from this location from 1908 until 1925. At which point, not wanting to take on debt because of the great recession the country was hit with, it closed its doors suddenly.

Other posts about Indianapolis history Martin Krieg created as he wrote "How Indianapolis Built America" are at this link HERE