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Woodruff Place Information
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 intil 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.