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Dr. Amelia Keller (1871-1943) was an early activist in the Suffrage movement and among the first women physicians practicing in Indianapolis.^[1] She was also one of the first women to teach at the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1908, and co-founded the Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana in 1911.^[2]

Amelia R. Keller was born in Cleveland, Ohio January 12, 1871 to parents Frederick Carl Keller and Elizabeth Ruemmele, both of whom were both German immigrants.^[1] The family came to Indianapolis when Keller was a young girl, she remained there for the rest of her life.^[3] She graduated from Indianapolis High School (later Shortridge High School).^[4] She studied under Dr. W. B. Fletcher and Dr. Mary Spink before attending Women's Medical College in Chicago and earned her medical degree from Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in Indianapolis in 1893, becoming one of the first women physicians to practice in Indianapolis.^[1]

In addition to a busy general practice specializing in pediatrics, Dr. Keller also lectured on social hygiene and child welfare.^[2] She joined the faculty of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in Indianapolis in 1906.^[5] When the College merged with Indiana University School of Medicine in 1908, she became one of the first women to teach at the Indiana University School of Medicine where she continued to serve as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and diseases of children.^[4][6] She taught at the school from 1908 to 1919 and spoke often on public health matters.^[7] She also served as family physician to Indiana Governor James P. Goodrich.^[6]

Dr. Keller is well known for her prominent leader for women's' rights and suffrage.^[4] She espoused equal pay for women and their entrance into public sectors like business and law enforcement. ^[2] She was President of the Political Equality Society as well as a candidate for the Indianapolis school board in 1903.^[1] She co-founded and was President of the Women's Franchise League of Indiana 1910-1917.^[2][4] Under her guidance, the League grew until it state wide network of suffragists in Indiana numbering in the thousands with an effective organization consisting of a hundred branches under district and county chairmanships and became affiliated with the National Woman's Equal Suffrage Association.^[8][1] The efforts of the Women's Franchise League of Indiana, who appealed to lawmakers and spoke at street meetings, helped secure Indiana’s 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment.^[2] Dr. Keller founded the Woman's School League and led a successful campaign to elect Mary E. Nicholson as the first female member of the Indianapolis School Board in 1909.^[1] Dr. Keller also served as editor of the suffrage department of the Citizens League of Indiana’s monthly magazine, The Citizen.^[4] She also served in a nonpolitical organization as the first president of the Woman’s Rotary Club of Indianapolis, organized on April 28, 1919, where she led the group’s effort to promote the business interest of all its members and provide financial assistance to women of non-traditional age seeking undergraduate or graduate degrees.^[4] After the 19th Amendment passed and women gained the right to vote, Dr. Keller became active in the republican party. She worked with many women’s organizations within the party and made speeches for party candidates.^[1] She also continued her club work, serving as first Vice President of the Indiana Federation of Clubs and President of the Indianapolis Council of Women.^[4] She was active in Indiana politics until her death in 1943 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.^[5]

Built in 1805 as a tailor shop, the “Red House” is a small two-story building, its heavy timber frame held together with wooden pegs.^[9] The “Red House," often considered the oldest major government building in the Midwest, was one of three buildings rented by the legislature from 1805 to 1813 and was the meeting place of the legislature in 1811, after the Battle of Tippecanoe.^[10] In addition to serving as the capitol of the Indiana Territory, Vincennes also served as the capital of the Louisiana Purchase for nine months in 1804 - that means that for a brief time more land was governed out of Vincennes than any other capitol except for Washington, D.C.^[11] In 1813, the territorial government moved to Corydon, which became Indiana’s first state capital when Indiana became a state in 1816. After the government moved, the "Red House" passes through a number of owners and purposes as a saddle-maker's shop, a tinsmith's shop, a tailor's shop, and a boarding house.^[9] In 1919 the building was purchased by the Women's Fortnightly Club and moved to a location in Harrison Park, to be used as a museum.^[9] It was moved again in 1947 to what became known as the Vincennes State Historic Site which includes several other historic structures.^[12] Throughout its lifetime, the "Red House" was repainted several times in colors other than red but was referred to in many documents from the early 1800s as "The Red House," a fact confirmed by an early 21st century restoration that found traces of the original red color.^[12] Since then, the house has been painted red to reflect to its origins.

The French House, also referred to as the Michel Brouillet House, stands in Vincennes as the most intact early nineteenth century French Creole style house in Indiana built circa 1809.^[10] It was the home of Michel Brouillet who was born in Vincennes in 1774 and spent most of his life working as middle class “jack of all trades” as a fur-trader and interpreter, fully engaged in economic activities with Native American partners.^[13] Brouillet also served as a scout and messenger between Vincennes and Fort Harrison during the War of 1812.The house was constructed in the French colonial tradition called poteaux-sur-sole, or vertical “posts on sill.”^[13] Unlike the American log cabin with horizontal logs, the French style uses upright posts fitted into a horizontal sill beam.^[10] When the house was purchased Old Northwest Bicentennial Corporation (ONBC) in 1975, there were elements missing from the French House that were fundamental to this style of architecture, primarily two key missing pieces were the porches and lean-to.^[13] Archaeological excavations and research throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s revealed evidence of these elements and other landscape features such as outbuildings and picket fences having indeed previously existed.^[13] The evidence revealed in these excavations help tell the story of the house and interpret the extensive history of Vincennes. The French House has since been restored to look as it did in its prime, including the reincorporation of the front and back porches and lean-to.^[13] In 2015, the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites (ISMHS) acquired the property from the ONBC, and it is now a part of the Indiana State Museum, Vincennes State Historic Site.^[10]

The Jefferson Academy, the predecessor of Vincennes University, tells the story of early public education as the first school of higher learning in Indiana and as one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States.^[10] Founded in 1801 by Territorial Governor Harrison, the one room Academy taught Latin, French, and geometry by Catholic priests who acted as teachers for the Academy. Just a few years later, in 1806, the Jefferson Academy became Vincennes University.^[10]

The Print Shop of Elihu Stout is next door to the territorial capitol in Vincennes. In 1804, Governor William Henry Harrison brought Elihu Stout to Vincennes to print the laws enacted by the legislator of the Indiana territory.^[10] Previously, Stout had been a journeyman printer with the Kentucky Gazette in Lexington.^[14] In July 1804, Stout established the Indiana Gazette, the first newspaper in Indiana, which ran for 41 years.^[10] Elihu Stout’s Print Shop represents the power of communication in westward expansion; as the country expanded westward, the distribution of information was crucial to the formation of states.^[10] The Elihu Stout Print Shop building in present day Vincennes is a replica of Stout's first print shop, but wooden printing press displayed is an original Adam Ramage Printing Press, the same type used by Stout.^[14] In 1806, Stout's original print shop burned down, destroying the building and his press, though it did not take long for Stout to acquire the funding to get the newspaper up and running again, as in July of 1807 papers were once again being churned out and distributed to subscribers.^[14]

Fort Knox II was one if the earliest military posts built and garrisoned in the Indiana territory and was an important outpost used by the United States Army from 1803 to 1813.^[10] The fort served as the staging area for the troops and on November 7, 1811, Governor William Henry Harrison gathered his army at Fort Knox II and marched up the Wabash River to the Battle of Tippecanoe at Prophetstown (near present-day Lafayette, Ind.).^[10] The fort is outlined with short posts and interpretive markers tell the story of the site.^[11] Fort Knox II site is listed and preserved as a state and national historic site and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[15]

Sugar Load Mound is a natural feature that Late Woodland Indians used as a burial mound around 900 A.D.^[10] With a sixteen by twenty five foot platform area Sugar Loaf holds a broad view over Vincennes.^[16] Travelers heading to Vincennes along the Buffalo Trace from Louisville used it as a landmark, it also served as a marker along the Underground Railroad for slaves seeking freedom in the North.^[10]

The Old State Bank is the oldest existing bank structure in Indiana^[17]. On Feb. 13, 1834, the Indiana General Assembly chartered the Second State Bank of Indiana, with headquarters in Indianapolis and 12 branches across the state.^[10] Construction of the bank in Vincennes began in July 1838. The bank moved into this building upon its completion in November 1838 having been previously located in a rented space on First Street between Main and Vigo Streets.^[10] The bank's facade is an imitation of the front of a Greek temple; this distinctive design known as the Greek Revival Style.^[11] The style is carried over into the main room of the bank where six fluted columns, more than 30 feet tall, support a bell-shaped cupola that admitted light into the main room.^[11] Given the proximity to the Wabash River, Vincennes was a strong fur-trading location early in Indiana’s history and the bank's charter allowed it to take furs and produce in exchange for cash.^[11] The Old State Bank helped transform Indiana from a fur-trade to agricultural economy and was a key establishment in settling the Midwest.^[17]

Ten Most Endangered (example of table that will be used)

Year	Name	Location	Photo
2015	Bedford Elks Building	Bedford, IN
	Camp Chesterfield	Chesterfield, IN
	First Presbyterian Church & Lafayette Building	South Bend, IN
	Indiana County Homes	Statewide
	Indiana Medical History Museum	Indianapolis, IN
	IOOF United Brethren Block	Huntington, IN
	McCurdy Hotel	Evansville, IN
	McDonald House	Attica, IN
	Mills House	Greenwood, IN
	Rivoli Theater	Indianapolis,IN
2016	Beech Church	Carthage, IN
	Rivoli Theater	Indianapolis, IN
	Hazelwood	Muncie, IN
	Speakman House	Rising Sun, IN
	Washington County Courthouse	Salem, IN
	Monon High Bridge	Delphi, IN
	Pryor’s Country Place	Fox Lake (near Angola, IN)
	Ford Motor Company Assembly Branch	Indianapolis, IN
	South Side Turnverein Hall	Indianapolis, IN
	Camp Chesterfield	Chesterfield, IN
2017	Marion National Bank Building	Marion, IN
	Newkirk Mansion	Connersville, IN
	Former Fire Station 18	Indianapolis, IN
	Old Marquette School	South Bend, IN
	Old YMCA	Terre Haute, IN
	Pryor's Country Place	Fox Lake (near Angola, IN)
	Round and polygonal barns	Statewide
	Simpson Hall, Indiana School for the Deaf	Indianapolis, IN
	Speakman House	Rising Sun, IN
	Washington County Courthouse	Salem, IN
2018	Cannelton Historic District	Cannelton, IN
	Commandant’s Row at Indiana Veterans’ Home	West Lafayette, IN
	The Courtyard Inn	Rising Sun, IN
	Cravenhurst Barn	Madison, IN
	Muncie Fieldhouse	Muncie, IN
	National Bank Building	Marion, IN
	North Christian Church	Columbus, IN
	Old Masonic Hall	Knightstown, IN
	Rocky Edge	Terre Haute, IN
	Saint Joseph’s College campus	Rensselaer, IN

Indiana Medical History Museum

--Notes for Edits--

From website (will need to find alt. source to verify&publish):

Voices from Central State was a Fall 2016 event series spotlighted the patient perspective on life at Indiana's flagship mental institution, Central State Hospital (1848-1994). "We're currently planning a continuation of the Voices project, an initiative to gather stories from people with connections to Central State Hospital, including former patients, workers, neighbors, and families."

Voices from Central State is a project created by the Indiana Medical History Museum to reconnect the human specimens to the life stories and perspectives of the patients who were treated at the Central State Hospital. "Entitled Rehumanizing the IMHM Specimen Collection, a permanent exhibit of the research opened in July 2019 and was featured in the Smithsonian Magazine’s online edition that same month."^[18]

(alt source - Smithsonian Magazine How One Museum Is Giving a Voice to Former Mental Health Patients) **Expand on this project.

From Encyclopedia of Indianapolis:

- Added to Indiana Landmarks Most Endangered list (2015)

-Campaign to raise the $2.2 million needed to repair and restore the Old Pathology Building (2015)

-Grants:October 4, 2021, awarded a  $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ^[19] **EXPAND - reason for grant

-Indiana Native Tree Arboretum established on museum grounds (2017)

-Section of museum grounds dedicated to native prairie plants (2018)

The Old Pathology Building was approved for a state historic marker in 2019 by the Indiana Historical Bureau^[20], the marker was installed the same year in celebration of the 50th anniversary if the Museum's founding.^[18]

( Indiana Historical Bureau:See page, lots of info!)