King and King Funeral Home records rescued before demolition (2024)

CTL-E-4055 · Event · demolition · 2024

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Indiana Landmarks' Black Heritage Preservation Program recovers the King and King Funeral Home records from 1503 Columbia Avenue before the building's demolition; the collection is deposited at the Indiana Historical Society.

Notes

RELP92 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-022012.

Relationships

Martindale — held at
Indiana Landmarks' Black Heritage Preservation Program recovered the King and King Funeral Home records from 1503 Columbia Avenue in the Martindale area before the building's demolition.

Referenced by

Institutional Closure — related to → this record
Lack Of Digitization — related to → this record

Sources

Indiana Landmarks - receives records from Black Indianapolis funeral home (2024-09)

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