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1850 to 1899

1852	Greenmount Boarding School opens
1853	Railroad service begins
1859	Dr. Mary Thomas becomes the first woman to address the Indiana state legislature. She presented a petition asking for women's property rights and right to vote.
1859	Friends Boarding School becomes Earlham College
1861	Civil War begins
1863	First National Bank established with United States Charter Number 17. James E. Reeves was the first president.
1864	Morrisson Library opens on July 30. Financed by Robert Morrisson it is still the second oldest public library in the state.
1866	Knollenberg's opens
1869	Lyceum Hall opens in December
1872	Second National Bank organized.
1872	Union Station built
1872	Trayser Piano Co. formed
1873	County Seat moved from Centerville to Richmond in August. In October, a mob fires on deputies barricaded in the sheriff's residence of the jail. Read the New York Times coverage!
1873	Street rail service (horse or mule powered) begins
1874	Dille and McGuire Manufacturing Company begins producing lawn mowers.
1875	The Dublin, Indiana based company, Wayne Agricultural Works announced that it was moving to Richmond.
1877	Adam H. Bartel Co. opens for business
1878	Hoosier Drill Works relocates from Milton, Indiana to Richmond
1879	Wernle Orphans Home opens
1884	Construction of Richmond State Hospital begins
1884	St. Stephens Hospital opens
1885	City of Richmond buys park from Col. John Miller in February
1885	Doran Bridge completed
1886	City Hall dedicated
1889	First electric streetcars
1893	Courthouse dedicated
1893	Westcott Hotel opens
1894	The Morrisson Library becomes the Morrisson-Reeves Library
1895	Old National Road bridge closed to traffic
1897	Steel Main Street Bridge opens

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