email: roadarch@outlook.com

Indiana Signs (page 3)

(hit "refresh" to get the most recent version of this page; click on photos for larger images)

Masonic Temple
Frankfort, IN
This Masonic Temple sign has been installed on the building since at least the 1940s and may be much older than that. The building was constructed in 1912. For more, see this website. [map]

Sleep N Time Motel [gone]
Franklin, IN		 Don & Pete's
Point View Bar [gone]
Gary, IN		 Smith's Cleaners
Gary, IN
The Sleep N Time Motel sign appeared to be from the 1950s or earlier. This photo was taken in 2009. By 2014, the sign had been repainted black with red letters. The "No Vacancy" letters had been covered over. By 2018, the sign was gone.

Don & Pete's Point View Bar had been closed for many years but the sign remained. This photo is from 2009. By 2016, the sign was gone. For more, see this website.

Smith's Cleaners had been abandoned for many years. Around 2024, the building was demolished but the sign remains. [map]

Walt's Fine Foods
Gary, IN		 Hunters Inn
Gary, IN
Walt's Fine Foods is long gone but this sign remains. It was probably built in the 1950s. [map]

Hunters Inn opened in 1934. This sign might have been installed then. Around 2024, the sign was either replicated or restored. The neon had been missing for decades. It now has LED tubing. For more, see this website. [map]

former
Miller Drugs
Gary, IN		 former Miller Bakery
Gary, IN
Miller Drugs closed around 2009. This sign appears to be from the 1950s. In 2012, the building began housing the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts. By 2013, the neon bottom panel which read "DRUGS" had been adapted with a plastic panel for the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District. [map]

The Miller Bakery opened in 1941 and this sign is from then. The business closed around 2010. It reopened as the Miller Bakery and Cafe in 2013 but closed in 2019. In 2023, the building began housing Tiny's Coffee Bar and this sign remains. [map]

More Gary:
Char-El Mobile Home Park [map]
City Castle Hamburgers (originally King Kastle) [gone]
Dunes Bowl [gone]
Michael's Norman Furniture [gone]

Georgetown:
Polly's Freeze

Sorg Jewelers
Goshen, IN		 Sorg Jewelers
Elkhart, IN
Sorg Jewelers was founded in Roanoke, IL in 1900. This Goshen store opened in the early 1930s. The storefront is faced with vitrolite in pristine condition. The sign is lit at night. A twin sign is installed at their new store in Elkhart. It appears to be the same age so perhaps it came from a previous location. For more, see this website. [Goshen map]; [Elkhart map]

Indiana State Police
Greencastle, IN
This Indiana State Police sign was probably built in the 1950s. This photo is from 2010 when the sign was in Redkey, IN. By 2013, the sign had been moved to the Greencastle office. For more, see this website. [map]

More Greencastle:
Moore's Bar [map]

Greendale:
Whitey's Liquors [gone] [map]
Wishing Well Motel [gone]

Greensburg:
Minear's Department Store [gone]
Taff Furniture

former Griffith Furniture
Griffith, IN
2009: 2025:
The Griffith Furniture store opened here in 1963. This sign is probably from then or it might have been adapted from a previous business since it appears to be from the 1950s. The store had been closed by 2008. In 2013, the sign was adapted with backlit plastic letters for Griffith Billiards. The bulbs and neon at the top of the sign were kept. For more, see this website. [map]

Welliver's
Smorgasbord [gone]
Hagerstown, IN		 Horseshoe Casino
Hammond, IN
Welliver's Smorgasbord opened in 1946. The restaurant closed in 2009. This sign was still there in 2012 when this photo was taken. By 2013, the sign was gone.

This Horseshoe Casino is part of a chain with nine other locations owned by Caesars Entertainment. This location was built in 1996 as an Empress Casino. It was rebranded as the Horseshoe Casino in 2001 and this sign is probably from then. [map]

More Hammond:
Beer Port Tavern [gone]
Werth's Appliance Center [vintage; gone]

Hartford City:
Hartford Hardware [map]

Hebron:
Country Kitchen [gone]

Miner-Dunn
Hamburgers
Highland, IN		 Hoosier Highlander
Highland, IN		 Nick's Kitchen
Huntington, IN
Miner-Dunn Hamburgers opened in 1932 in Hammond, IN. This location had opened by 1963 and this sign is probably from around then. There were other locations operating in the 1960s in Chicago, Calumet Park, IL, and Gary, IN. For more, see this website. [map]

Hoosier Highlander opened in 1946 and this sign may be from then. The store's focus is on custom framing now. [map]

Nick's Kitchen opened in 1908. This sign was built in 2009 as a replica of their sign from 1947. There had been a plastic sign here for many years. This new sign is lit at night. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Hobart:
Cressmoor Lanes
Lake County Divers Supply

More Huntington:
Dairy Queen
Sheryl Manor Motel

Jasper:
V.F.W. [map]

Wayfare Motel
Jeffersonville, IN		 Holiday Motel
Jeffersonville, IN		 Jerry's Family
Restaurant [gone]
Jeffersonville, IN
The Wayfare Motel opened in 1958 and this sign appears to be from then. The sign was repainted in 2010 just before this photo was taken. Some of the text on the lower part of the sign was painted over. The sign was repainted again around 2019. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

The Holiday Motel name and the sign's font style must have been inspired by the classic Holiday Inn sign. For more, see this website. [map]

This Jerry's Family Restaurant was built in 1963. I believe this was part of the Jerry's Restaurant chain which had many locations in Kentucky and the South. I don't think any other plastic signs like this one still exist. Just about all the neon signs on the remaining Jerry's restaurant have been replaced with plastic box signs. However, after a fire in 2013, the restaurant was demolished. The sign was gone by 2015. For more, see this website.

More Jeffersonville:
Alben Motel [gone]
Colgate Clock
Gateway Plaza
Gold's Coin Shop [map]
Reeder's Laundry [map]

Indiana
(page 1)		 Indiana
(page 2)		 Indiana
(page 4)		 Indiana
(page 5)		 Indiana
(page 6)		 Indianapolis
Main Signs Page