EXPLORE THE AREA!

Take a trip downtown through the Depot District!
 

There is a vast amount of historical information written about Richmond, Indiana. Richmond is the cradle of recorded jazz. Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmicheal, Bing Crosby, and Jelly Roll Martin among others recorded records in Richmond, a city that would record their music when much of the rest of the country was steeped in prejudice. It was home to the Starr Piano Company which at one time was the largest producer of pianos in the world. Inventions such as the motion picture machine and the push lawn-mower also made their debut in this beautiful city. You can find out more about Richmond's history by visiting this website: http://www.waynet.org/facts/people.htm.


This Hoagy Carmichael mural (on side of the Readmore Building at 9th and Main St.) is just one of the many murals on display around Richmond.


The Historic Pennsylvania Railroad Depot District in Richmond is home to many local businesses that provide much of the life and culture of this small Midwestern town. Below are a few that you can check out while you are here.  

Roscoe's Coffee: 185 Fort Wayne Ave.
Two Sister's Bookstore: 193 Fort Wayne Ave.
New Boswell Brewery: 923 N. E St.
Little Sheeba's: 175 Fort Wayne Ave.
Firehouse BBQ and Blues: 400 N. 8th St.
The Kitchen at the Loft: 416 N. 10th St.
Blockhead Records: 408 N. 8th St.
Richmond Furniture Gallery: 180 Fort Wayne Ave.


Richmond, Indiana is also located along the Cardinal Greenway, a project started by a non-profit to create a walking/biking trail across the state using old abandoned rail corridors. On Richmond's portion of the Greenway, you can walk alongside the Whitewater River through the beautiful 
gorge that helped give this city its start and made it economically prosperous in the early 20th century. 



Richmond even has its own Geological time period! The Richmondian, which is a regional stage of the Ordovician Era. The massive glaciers that once covered the northern part of this country stopped right along our latitude depositing an enormous amount of fossils. You can walk along the gorge path and literally pick up horn corals, shells, and many other fossils!



And, if you really like history, a few miles north of Richmond in Fountain City is the home of Levi Coffin and Catherine Coffin, often referred to as the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad. In 2016, a new interpretive center was opened next to the Levi Coffin House. Smithsonian Magazine listed it as one of the 12 new museums to visit in 2016!





 
 











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