Built in 1898 of red granite, this was home to the August (Gus) Yunker Family, owner of Pearl Packing Company. The brick front porch and the back two-story addition are not original to the house. The original front porch had a gabled roof and...
Youth; Recreation; Music; Juke Box; Junior Women's Club
Members of the Junior Women's Club are shown donating a jukebox to the Youth Center in the Lions Club building in 1957. The Chesterton Women's Club, founded in 1934, and the Junior Women's Club, which had its beginning in 1950, have been active...
This multi-level building at 304 West 11th Street replaced the elegant mansion that was the YWCA's first home. It was dedicated on April 24, 1960. In 2007, the building was sold to a local church.