This photograph shows four women standing in front of the tabernacle at Oakwood Park. This octagonal structure was built in 1914 and torn down in 1960.
This photograph shows several buildings on the Oak Park property including the dining hall (built in 1894), the ice house, a home, and the gazebo at the public water pump.
This photograph shows the auditorium of the third tabernacle on the Oakwood Park property. This tabernacle was built in 1914 and was torn down in 1960.
This photograph shows the Beam House, located on Wagner Road in Porter, as it looked in the early part of the century. William Beam, a superintendent at one of the Porter brickyards, built the house in 1883. The Beams lived in the house for only a...
This photograph shows the front side of the original Hirschman cottage at Oakwood Park. The cottage to the left is the "Pioneer" cottage and was owned by the Hettler family.
This post office was established on January 13, 1848 with Buell Eastman as the first postmaster. The building (now gone) was located on the north side of Green Road between Hwy. 7 and Cragmont. This tiny building was in service for over 100...
Theaters; Syracuse (Ind.); Kosciusko County (Ind.)
This postcard image shows the exterior of the theater. Th]is theater was built and opened in 1947. There was a theater building on this site in the 1920s called the Oakland. It burned in 1927 and was rebuilt. It continued as the Oakland until...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster is advertising the 12 Creoles, a big band popular in the 1920s that played often at the Savoy in Chicago. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Dance halls;
This poster is an advertisement to come and listen to Glenn Stone and his famous Kilties at the new Crystal Ball Room. This particular night ladies could dance all night for only fifteen cents and men had to pay a quarter. The Crystal Ball Room...
This reservoir was located east of town. There were at least three such reservoirs around Madison. Plans for one of the early reservoirs were approved by the city council in 1846 under the guidance and ownership of Thomas Godman. It was to be...
This small church, located at the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Main Streets was originally built by Central Christian Church and was home to their congregation until 1900. At the time this picture was taken, it was the Christian and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This ticket would have been a pretty expensive ticket in the 1920s selling for seventy-five cents advanced purchase of a dollar at the door. But Bobbie Grice and her Brick Tops could have brought that kind of money at the Crystal Ball Room. The...
This two story brick Old Federal style mansion with Greek Revival cornices was built for Senator Jesse David Bright in 1837. Bright was a controversial politician who expressed pro-slavery sentiments in his political career. He served as Lt....
This was the second Anderson elementary school named Shadeland. The original was a frame building built in 1897. This building, on West 14th Street, was renamed Morgan-Fenner Elementary School and was closed in 2003.
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Delaware County (Ind.)--Biography; Delaware County (Ind.)--History
Two volume history of Delaware County, Indiana. Volume I is an historical account of early settlement and the development of local government and social organizations within the county. Volume II contains biographical sketches of the residents.
