National Register of Historic Places - Indiana (IN), Lake County

Lake County Indiana (Vacant / Not In Use) has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bailey, Louis J., Branch Library--Gary International Institute and Lake County Courthouse, Gary Land Company Building, Gary Public Schools Memorial Auditorium and Indiana Harbor Public Library.

The famous person Joseph Ernest Meyer is associated with one of more of the Lake County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lake County places including Marcellus Gerometta, Frank A. Wickes, Joseph Wildermuth, John Largura, Porter & McNally, Price & McDanahan, Karl Vitzthum, Argyle E. Robinson and Cosbey Bernard Sr.. Prominent architectural styles found in Lake Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival.

Bailey, Louis J., Branch Library--Gary International Institute (added 2004 - - #04001102)

Also known as 089-232-20577

1501 W. Madison St. , Gary

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wickes, Frank A., Gerometta, Marcellus

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Hispanic, European, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Gary Land Company Building (added 1979 - - #79000021)

Also known as Gary's First Town Hall

4th Ave. and Pennsylvania St. , Gary

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Post Office, School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Gary Public Schools Memorial Auditorium (added 1994 - - #94001353)

700--734 Massachusetts St. , Gary

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Largura, John, Wildermuth, Joseph

Architectural Style:

Renaissance, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Music Facility, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Indiana Harbor Public Library (added 2005 - - #05001014)

Also known as Grand Boulevard Carnegie Library

3605 Grand Ave. , East Chicago

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Robinson, Argyle E.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Knights of Columbus Building (added 1984 - - #84001065)

333 W. 5th Ave. , Gary

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Porter & McNally

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Hotel, Restaurant, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Unknown, Vacant/Not In Use

Lake County Courthouse (added 1973 - - #73000073)

Public Sq. , Crown Point

BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Meyer, Joseph Ernest, House (added 1984 - - #84001068)

1370 Joliet St. , Dyer

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bernard,Cosbey,Sr.

Architectural Style:

Other, Tudor Revival

Historic Person:

Meyer,Joseph Ernest

Significant Year:

1931, 1929

Area of Significance:

Science, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Pennsylvania Railroad Station (added 1984 - - #84001070)

Also known as The Pennsy Depot

1001 Lillian St. , Hobart

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Ross, John, Farm (added 1996 - - #96000283)

3815 East SR 231 , Leroy

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

European

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

State Bank of Hammond Building (added 1984 - - #84001072)

5444-5446 Calumet Ave. , Hammond

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Vitzthum,Karl

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Wood, John, Old Mill (added 1975 - - #75000026)

Also known as Wood's Mill; John Wood Mill

E of Merrillville on IN 330 , Merrillville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use