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==Attractions and economy== Several major international companies have operations in the city: [[Toyota]], [[NSK Ltd.|NSK]], [[KYB]] and [[Mitsubishi]]. The city has worked to strengthen its international connections.<ref name="insideindianabusiness.com">[http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=41492 "Franklin Officials Wrap Up Asian Trip"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229133656/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=41492 |date=2012-02-29 }}, ''Inside Indiana Business'', accessed 26 June 2010</ref> Franklin is home of the first Ritters Frozen Custard, which has since franchised to several other markets.<ref>[http://www.ritters.com/ourstory.html "Our Story"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915060703/http://www.ritters.com/ourstory.html |date=2008-09-15 }}, Ritters Frozen Custard Official Website</ref> Franklin once had its own automobile factory, the Indiana Motor & Manufacturing Company.<ref>[[:de:Indiana Motor & Manufacturing Company|"Indiana Motor & Manufacturing Company"]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}} It produced the Continental brand from 1910 to 1913, and the Martindale & Millikan brand in 1914 and 1915. The Whitesides truck was also built in Franklin between 1910 and 1914<ref>[https://greenmarketpress.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/not-quite-henry-ford/ "Not Quite Henry Ford"] Green Market Press Blog, May 17, 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90992966/ "City Was On Way To Becoming Auto Manufacturing Center 50 Years Ago"] "The Franklin Evening Star", Saturday, February 25, 1961</ref> [[Image:FranklinIN-1936POcornerstone.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Franklin, IN Post Office Cornerstone]] Downtown Franklin is noted for the number of well-maintained, older houses and early brick streets. Landmark buildings include the Johnson County Courthouse and the [[Artcraft Theatre]]. Due west of the Artcraft is the renovated former City Hall, a [[Colonial Revival]] building originally constructed in 1936 to be used as a post office. It was designed by [[Office of the Supervising Architect|architect Louis A. Simon]] under Postmaster General [[James Farley]]. It was the original site of a federally commissioned [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA) mural painted by Franklin artist Jean Swiggett, who started his career during the difficult years of the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="wpamurals1">[http://www.wpamurals.com/franklin.htm "WPA Murals"], Franklin, Indiana Website</ref> The WPA work was moved to the "new" post office when it was built by the federal government. In the 1980s, a private non-profit group, Franklin Heritage Inc., was formed by citizens to preserve and restore its historic assets for new purposes. It now owns the Artcraft Theatre and is making it a community center for film, art, and special events. The current City Hall is located just east of the Johnson County Courthouse, and it also contains the Festival Country Indiana Visitor Center, which contains interactive exhibits that tell the story of the communities of Johnson County. The Franklin Parks and Recreation Department maintains several miles of walking trails through the city, which connect various parks, community centers, the public library, and the public pool. Due to flood damage, the long park along the creeks was closed for the summer of 2008.<ref>[http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080827/LOCAL0403/80827044 "Flood-damaged park repaired, reopening in Franklin"], ''The Indianapolis Star'', accessed 29 August 2008</ref> The city is the site of [[Franklin College (Indiana)|Franklin College]], a four-year liberal arts college established in 1834 and the first in the state to admit women. Its students add to the life of the town and college events are open to the community. The ''[[Daily Journal (Franklin)|Daily Journal]]'' is the local newspaper in Franklin and also covers news in all of Johnson County.
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