Woodruff Place
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Woodruff Place is a neighborhood in Indianapolis located about a mile east of Downtown Indianapolis. It was established in the 1870s as an early suburb of Indianapolis. Woodruff Place’s boundaries are: 10th Street on the north, West Drive on the west, Michigan Street on the south, and East Drive on the east. This community was an independent municipality and maintained autonomy, even as the City of Indianapolis grew and expanded around the neighborhood, enclosing the community well within the city limits. Woodruff Place remained independent up until the 1960s and was one of the final municipalities to be annexed by the City of Indianapolis prior to the merger of city and county governments.
Woodruff Place has always been, and is still, considered to be one of Indianapolis’ most affluent neighborhoods, and its design reflects that. Most of the homes in Woodruff Place are expansive, Victorian style homes from the late 19th century. The layout of the neighborhood is simple; three drives that run north-south (appropriately named East, West, and Middle) and a cross drive (not surprisingly, named Cross Drive). The streets are lined with magnolia and oak trees and have a central median. A fountain sits at each one of the intersections. Smaller fountains line the medians.
In 1972, Woodruff Place was added to the National Register of Historic Places.