How do you get into Speakeasy Books and More?
We have not confirmed it. Speakeasy Books and More is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Corpse Reviver No. 2, Twentieth Century, and White Lady are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Speakeasy Books and More occupies the Hendricks County Jail and Sheriff’s Residence, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 83000125. The listing is a federal record maintained by the National Park Service, and the nomination document is the primary source for the building’s architectural and social history.
National Register reference 83000125 · NPS nomination document
Where Speakeasy Books and More sits
Speakeasy Books and More is in Danville, Indiana, in Hendricks County, in the Midwest of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Danville. If you know another, tell us.
Indiana holds 25 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Indiana speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Indiana
Indiana did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Indiana already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Indiana.
What the newspapers recorded in Indiana
Searching the Library of Congress run of Indiana newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Indiana:
- The Lake County times, July 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- South Bend news-times, January 11, 1924 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, December 16, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, June 9, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Speakeasy Books and More by phone on (317) 354-3139 and on Facebook.
The address is 117 S Washington St, Danville, IN 46122. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Speakeasy Books and More we hold street address, telephone number, social accounts, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold official website, opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a books, music and video store.