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Muddy Waters941 viewsRemember the Road Houses?
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Lake County Courthouse 1879937 viewsCrown Point has had four court houses. The first two were log buildings and have disappeared from history and largely from memory. The third [above] was a frame building erected in 1849. Its dimensions were large for the day -- 67x37, and 27 feet high. There were three rooms, one for the court, one for the sheriffs, and the jury room. Its architect, George Earl, was allowed $15.00 for drawing the plans. The total cost was $10,000. Our artist shows a good view of the setting of buildings connected with it. The one on the left was used for the recorder and the clerk. The one on the right was used for the auditorship and county treasury. This office was blown up by malfeasants who sought to rob it of the $60,000 it contained at the time, money stored there for the erection of the new and present court house. The building was wrecked, but the money was saved. In 1879 the present fine stone court house [below] was erected. What thrilling stories of misdemeanors and crimes, of stern prosecution and eloquent defense, of learned exposition, and shrewd application of law, and of stirring debates where lives or fortunes were at stake, these court house walls could tell, if ashes and stones could relate sixty years of history which they have witnessed!
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Old Michigan City Lighthouse935 viewsThe Michigan City Lighthouse,
built in 1904, is connected by a pier and catwalk to the shore.
These structures are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The photo was taken by Thomas E. Martin,
First Assistant Lighthouse Keeper from 1911 to 1934.
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Bears Superbowl Tickets932 viewsBears Superbowl Tickets
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La Porte County's Second Court House, c. 1848.931 viewsBy 1847, La Porte County had outgrown its original 1834 brick court house, and a contract was awarded to Luther Mann, Jr., to build a new, larger building on the same site. It was built in the Greek Revival style popular at the time, and was designed by Chicago architect John Van Osdel. Van Osdel had founded the first architectural firm in Chicago in 1844, being brought from New York by Chicago's first mayor in 1836, to design his home. He was also the architect of the court house in South Bend that until recent years served as the home of the Northern Indiana Historical Society, and that building still stands in South Bend. Today, one can see a reminder of La Porte's Second Court House pictured here by driving by the future home of the La Porte County Historical Society in the former Door Prairie Auto Museum building on Indiana Avenue, coming in the south side of La Porte. Dr. Peter Kesling, the museum's builder, had the clock tower replicated exactly, from this photograph, to surmount his auto museum building.
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Cobe Cup930 viewsCobe Cup
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Rain Lilies929 views
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The King914 viewsPosted By Silas G Sconiers Jr
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DAN D LYING WHINE ANYONE? GREAT MAINTENANCE PLAN!911 views
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Post Office905 viewsAbove is the Post Office, circa 1920s, and below is a crop/blowup of the sign. The people in the photo are unidentified.
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Soul Music880 viewsRemember?
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