12 Facts About Richmond Indiana

Richmond Indiana is sometimes called the "cradle of recorded jazz" because the earliest jazz recordings and records were made at the studio of Gennett Records, a division of the Starr Piano Company.

Richmond Indiana is still home to several Quaker institutions, including Friends United Meeting, Richmond Indiana Friends School, Earlham College and the Earlham School of Religion.

Many other internationally famous musicians recorded at Gennett's Richmond Indiana facility, including Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, and Fats Waller.

Many consider the most significant painting in the collection to be a self-portrait of Richmond Indiana-born William Merritt Chase.

Richmond Indiana was once known as "the lawnmower capital" because it was a center for manufacturing of lawnmowers from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.

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Richmond Indiana was a leader in school-bus safety innovations, but closed in 1992 during a period of school-bus manufacturing industry consolidations.

Richmond Indiana was known as the "Rose City" because of the many varieties once grown there by Hill's Roses.

Richmond Indiana had several sprawling complexes of greenhouses, with a total of about 34 acres under glass.

The annual Richmond Indiana Rose Festival honored the rose industry and was a popular summer attraction.

Richmond Indiana is noted for its rich stock of historic architecture.

Richmond Indiana is considered to be within the Dayton, Ohio, television market and has one full-power television station, WKOI, which is an Ion owned and operated station.

Richmond Indiana is the setting and filming location for the 2011 perceptual thriller Scalene.