ONE-OF-A-KIND Indianapolis Indiana Tomlinson Hall City Market original artwork!

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Check it out...Here's a UNIQUE ORIGINAL ONE-OF-A-KIND 28" wide by 22" tall poster-sized hand painted acrylic on artist's canvas board painting by Indianapolis, Indiana artist Dale Blaney. Posterized pop-art painting features an image of a vintage image of old Tomlinson Hall next to City Market in Indianapolis, Indiana with an image of the seal of the city and an old electric streetcar on the left edge and the cross streets of North Delaware & East Market delineated at bottom and side & reads: "Tomlinson Hall" with the artists's initials DB & 2006 year date on front- The building burnt to the ground on January 30, 1958 and all that remains is the distinctive entryway of the building next to City Market. This is a BEAUTIFUL ITEM! Dale is a local Indianapolis artist who specializes in historical pop art, buildings and scenes from the Indianapolis area. He is known for using bright colors that pop out / jump off the canvas and really catch the eye-Mr. Blaney's work has appeared in books and print articles and can be found all over the city. Painting has been signed "Tomlinson Hall (C. 1900) Dale Blaney Indianapolis, Ind. 06 / 06" with the initials DB and date hand written on the back of the painting. There is only one of these in the world! A great retro Indianapolis item ready for display. Painting comes with a biography of the artist from a newspaper story from 2011. What a great, unique display item!
ONE-OF-A-KIND Indianapolis Indiana Tomlinson Hall City Market original artwork!
ONE-OF-A-KIND Indianapolis Indiana Tomlinson Hall City Market original artwork!
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Description
Check it out...Here's a UNIQUE ORIGINAL ONE-OF-A-KIND 28" wide by 22" tall poster-sized hand painted acrylic on artist's canvas board painting by Indianapolis, Indiana artist Dale Blaney. Posterized pop-art painting features an image of a vintage image of old Tomlinson Hall next to City Market in Indianapolis, Indiana with an image of the seal of the city and an old electric streetcar on the left edge and the cross streets of North Delaware & East Market delineated at bottom and side & reads: "Tomlinson Hall" with the artists's initials DB & 2006 year date on front- The building burnt to the ground on January 30, 1958 and all that remains is the distinctive entryway of the building next to City Market. This is a BEAUTIFUL ITEM! Dale is a local Indianapolis artist who specializes in historical pop art, buildings and scenes from the Indianapolis area. He is known for using bright colors that pop out / jump off the canvas and really catch the eye-Mr. Blaney's work has appeared in books and print articles and can be found all over the city. Painting has been signed "Tomlinson Hall (C. 1900) Dale Blaney Indianapolis, Ind. 06 / 06" with the initials DB and date hand written on the back of the painting. There is only one of these in the world! A great retro Indianapolis item ready for display. Painting comes with a biography of the artist from a newspaper story from 2011. What a great, unique display item!
Here is a history of the building:
Tomlinson Hall was created by the last will of Stephen D. Tomlinson, who died on November 14, 1870. In his will appeared the following: “Item 2: The residue of my estate, which may remain after her (his wife’s) decease, whether the same be acquired by exchange or by purchase, I bequeath to the city of Indianapolis to be used in the erection of buildings for the use of citizens and city authorities (what are commonly termed ‘public buildings’) on the west end of the East market house fronting on Delaware Street and next north of Market street. And I further direct that there be no unnecessary delay in converting the property hereby bequeathed to the uses designated as I do not wish to endow the city with a property to be held indefinitely for rent. Item 3: Should it be that the city provides these public buildings before this devise shall come to it, I hereby authorize my beloved wife to direct the purpose to which the same may be applied.” In April 1871, an agreement was reached between Mrs. Tomlinson and the City, which was to become legal owner of the property on condition of paying Mrs. Tomlinson an annuity of ,000 per annum, as long as she should live. Construction of the building began in 1885, completed in the spring of 1886, designed by Dietrich Bohlen, contractor, George W. Stanley. Bohlen also designed City Market, Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church and headquarters for the Morris-Butler House. The seating capacity was 3,500, and the cost of the building including all its plumbing, heating, and infrastructure, was estimated at 7,500. The beginning part of the paper’s report the following day mentions, among other things: ” various vendors of cheap refreshments did a thriving business,” and in describing the decor was reported: “there is no cheap tinsel or glittering decorations, no elaboartely draped proscenium boxes or carved columns, no frescoed walls nor bespangled ceilings, but everything is plain, unostentatious, but imposing. There is a picutresque contrast between the dark wood overhead and the gray plaster below it.” A total of 22 pieces of firefighting equipment were counted on the scene, including six aerial trucks fighting the 4-alarm blaze that swept through Tomlinson Hall on January 30, 1958. The first alarm sounded at 10:06 pm. “Tons of water poured on the fire flowed out into Market Street, turning it into an icy lake.”  On Tuesday, July 8, 1958, after much public outcry and attempts to keep the building from being razed, the wrecking ball was on the scene to destroy what was left, removing forever a beloved gathering place for all.
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