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This coffee cottage located in front of the Rose-Hulman Baseball diamond along the Historic National Road in Terre Haute, was moved to this location by INRA in the late 1990s.  It was INRA's first direct preservation effort along the byway.  The building was operated as a gas station, but now provides services to the sports center.

The INRA Antique Car Tour is a linear exhibit along a linear artifact of the past.  This traveling tour works to promote the byway in a creative manner by bringing the cars that once traveled the road back on it.  It serves to raise awareness about the Road and the need to preserve its resources.

Rising Hall is an incredible historic property along the road still appropriately being used as a private residence.  The owners who are intricately involved in the preservation of the Historic National Road, restored the home themselves and periodically open the home for scheduled tours.  The INRA car tour visited the home in 2004.  Photo credit Ron Sanders.

A unique view of the INRA car tour on the Indianapolis 500, a true Hoosier experience.  The Antique Car Tour had the opportunity for a drive around the track in 2002. 

Supporters greeted the INRA car tour to Greenfield in 2003 during the tours return to the town to promote recent preservation efforts around the courthouse square.  Seated in the center is Tom Carnegie, legendary Hoosier and famed voice of the INDY 500, who was Grand Marshall for the tour.

The Huddleston Farmhouse Museum is one of the best restored inns along the entire Historic National Road byway.  It was restored by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana in the 1970s, is operated as a museum today, houses the headquarters for the Eastern Regional office for HLFI and are the headquarters for INRA.  The site will soon house a new national interpretive center for the Historic National Road as INRA and HLFI begin their work on the center in 2007.

The Historic National Road in Indiana.

The Indiana Theater in Terre Haute.  This monumental theater still stands and operates in Terre Haute.

It may not be known that famed poet James Whitcomb Riley was born in Greenfield. His birthplace still stands today and is open for tours.

The Indiana Repertory Theater in Indianapolis is an impressive structure both inside and out and should be a stop for any visitor along the road to see the building and the performances that occur there.

Visit the Bona Thompson Center in Irvington on the east side of Indianapolis for a visit to an art gallery in the old library building of Butler University. This is a perfect example of preservation and reuse of a landmark along a National Scenic Byway. Irvington is a Preserve America Community and a locally designated historic district.

Drive a true authentic stretch of the original 1920s pavement in Putnam County. This is one of the few places along the entire stretch of the Historic National Road where travelers will have an experience like this. Be sure to peer over the Deer Creek Bridge to see the location where Conestoga Wagons forged the creek before the bridge was built!