In the heyday of American industrialism, companies often shaped whole communities, serving as a town\u2019s primary employer and economic driver. One of these so-called company towns, Columbus, Indiana, is home to Cummins Engine Company, a humble population of 46,000, and a disproportionate number of iconic mid-century modern buildings.<\/p>\n
Located 50 miles south of Indianapolis, Columbus owns dozens of architectural masterworks by internationally renowned designers from the era.\u00a0Eliel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Eero Saarinen<\/a>, and more than a handful of Pritzker Prize Laureates, including\u00a0I.M. Pei<\/a>,\u00a0Richard Meier<\/a>, and\u00a0Robert Venturi<\/a>, began developing projects there with sudden regularity in the mid-1950s. Several of their building works are located along the city\u2019s Fifth Street, otherwise known as the Avenue of the Architects.<\/p>\n An unlikely mecca of modernist architecture, it\u2019s a place where banks, churches, office buildings, and schools (in short, the core of the city\u2019s civic life) are also frequent stops along an architectural tour route trodden by thousands of design scholars and enthusiasts each year. The influential Indianapolis-based magazine\u00a0Saturday Evening Post<\/em>, noting the city\u2019s curious character combination of small-town charm and design sophisticate, famously dubbed it \u201cthe Athens of the prairie\u201d in 1964, an apt tagline that has held over the years.<\/p>\n For more information check:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/columbus.in.us\/mobile-map\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Columbus, IN offers you a free outdoor experience of architectural delights. How Columbus, Indiana, Became a Mecca for Modernist Architecture: In the heyday of American industrialism, companies often shaped whole communities, serving as a town\u2019s primary employer and economic driver. … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2018\/04\/Columbus-Indiana-Architecture.png\")
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