Downtown Muncie Historic Architecture Walking Tour

An architectural exploration of 23 stops in downtown Muncie, IN

This walking tour was built for the Preserving Historic Places Conference held in Muncie in September 2023. Dr. Wendy Soltz, Director of the Public History Program at Ball State University developed the tour with public history student intern, Austin Kellar, and the Spring 2023 HIST 240: Introduction to Public History class. If you have a suggestion for resources to be added to this walking tour or have a question, comment, edit, or update, please contact Dr. Wendy Soltz at wfsoltz@bsu.edu.

Many thanks go to Danielle Kauffman and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology; Sara McKinley and the Muncie Public Library; Karen Vincent and the Delaware County Historical Society; and Melissa Gentry, Jonathan Spodek, and Cody Sprunger of Ball State University. This walking tour is dedicated to the memory of Mike Mavis (1959-2023) a history buff and Muncie architectural history maven.

This program has been made possible through a Historic Preservation Education Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.