Today a historic landmark on College Avenue, just north of the Village, got a face lift. It was part of a massive volunteer project, involving more than 800 Keep America Beautiful, Inc. volunteers transforming 60 acres at the Indiana School for the Blind.

According to the school's Superintendent, Jim Durst, the scroll-like stone buttresses are pieces from the original school that was built downtown in 1853 on North Street, where the War Memorial is today. They are 9 feet long, 4 feet high and 2 feet wide. In 1929, when the present school was built at 7725 N. College Ave., they were used in landscaping for the College entrance. Today the earth 'steps' between the buttresses were dug out, terraced and replanted.