Original Purpose

ID: 314 ~ Source: Indiana State Archives, Indiana Commission on Public Records. ~ Date: 1927

This file appears in: Hook's Drug Store

The Better Babies Building was designed especially for the annual Better Babies Contests by architects Kopf and Deery, who also designed other notable Indianapolis buildings such as Shortridge High School at 3401 North Meridian Street.

This file appears in: Hook's Drug Store

Hook's Drug Store

By Gail Gráinne Whitchurch & Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Hook's Drug Stores were Indiana fixtures throughout most of the 20th century. Founder John A. Hook opened his first Indianapolis store in 1900 in a now-demolished building at 1101 S. East Street in what is now the Fountain Square neighborhood.…