College of Musical Art, incorporated from 1907 to 1920, located at 824 N. Pennsylvania. The purpose was to teach “Piano, Voice,Violin, Harp, and Cornet. The directors were Grace Pierce & Oliver Willard Pierce -piano teacher and former President of the Metropolitan School of Music, room 8, 131 W. Market St.

Carriage Builder Publication Co. Incorporated in 1901 by John F. Wood and Labant Wood, printers at 40 1/2 E. Washington St. I wouldn’t think this would be very popular at the beginning of the Automobile Age.

Colored Union Oil Co , incorporated in 1907. The objective was to drill for oil and mining. The African-American stockholders were Elwood C. Knox – secretary and treasurer of the Freeman Publishing Co.; Joseph H. Ballard -a physician; John J. Buckner – a porter; John B. Goins – a waiter; H.L. Sanders – manufactured clothing, mainly uniforms; and Rev. C.H. Johnson.

Indianapolis Athletic Club, Incorporated from June 21, 1920 to 1939, located at 350 N. Meridian St. The objective was “to advance & encourage physical culture and manly sports; to promote social intercourse among its members; to provide for them the convenience of club houses, golf grounds, aviation & athletic fields , trap shooting , tennis and all other out door and indoor sports and amusements”. The original signers were: Henry C. Campbell – President of the Club and V.P of the Charles E. Stutz Sales Co.; Herbert L. Bass- architect located in Suite 801 of the Hume-Mansur Building; Lucius M. Wainwright – First V.P. of the Club and President of the Diamond Chain Co; Soughton A. Fletcher – Treasurer of the Club and President of the Fletcher American National Bank; William H. Oakes – Secretary & Treasurer of the Oakes Co., a manufacturer automobile parts; Harry A. Stutz – founder of the Stutz Motor Car Co.; Arthur B. Baxter – owner of the Keyless Lock Co.; Almus G. Ruddell – President of the Central Rubber and Supply Co.; Charles L. Bushman – V.P. and General Manager of the Lewis Meir & Co.: clothing manufacturers.

By 1939 the officers of the Indianapolis Athletic Club were: Joseph W. Stickney – President of the Club and owner of an insurance agency; Roy W. Adams – First V.P. of the Club and Chairman of the Board of the J.D. Adams Co.: manufactures of road graders; Ralph Reahard – Second V.P. of the Club and Director of the Pharmacy Division of Eli Lilly & Co.; Bowman Elder – Treasurer of the Club and owner of the Bowman Real Estate Agency. Bowman was the great-grandson of John R.Elder, editor of the early Indianapolis newspaper: the Locomotive.