Southwest quadrant of Monument Circle

H.P. Wasson & Co. department store annex occupied part of the southwest quadrant as well as the northeast corner of Washington and Meridian Streets. The "W" on the watertower in the photo is on top of that flagship building in this 1948 photo. The annex building — which had been erected in 1875 as the Remy Hotel and later became Hotel Morton — was acquired by H.P. Wasson in 1916. That location was also the site of the popular White's Cafeteria.

Canary Cottage Restaurant and Reed's Shoe Store also anchored this quadrant. The annex was destroyed by fire in 1969 and the land was replaced with a mini-park, until the Emmis Communications building was completed in 1998.