Highland Park Marker

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Lafayette in Tippecanoe County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Highland Park

By Courtesy:: Marilyn Wolf, August 8, 2010

1. Highland Park Marker

(Click on any of these photos to see the details.)

Inscription. Neighborhood in late-Victorian "landscape garden suburb" style, designed by Cincinnati firm, Earnshaw and Punshon. Platted 1891, 1893. Houses are of a wide variety of architectural styles. Important for this suburban development was 1892 spur on existing 1888 electric streetcar system. Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1996.

Erected 1997 by Indiana Historical Bureau, and Highland Park Neighborhood Association. (Marker Number 79.1997.1.)

Marker series. This marker is included in the Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers marker series.

Location. 40° 24.435′ N, 86° 53.278′ W. Marker is in Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County. Marker is on Miami Avenue west of Pontiac Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lafayette IN 47901, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Highland Park Neighborhood (approx. 0.2 miles away); Camp Tippecanoe - - - 1861 - 1865 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ninth Street Hill (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Ellsworth Historic District (approx. half a mile away); The Red Crown Mini-Museum (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Forty - Niners (approx. 0.8 miles away); Earl & Hatcher Block (approx. 0.8 miles away); A Tribute to Joe Rumpza - The Vegetable King (approx. 0.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Lafayette.

Obverse View - - Highland Park Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Courtesy:: Marilyn Wolf, August 8, 2010

2. Obverse View - - Highland Park Marker

Also see . . . Tour of "Highland Park" ::. Courtesy:: "Tour de Lafayette" a fine video tour of "Highland Park" and some of its homes. (Submitted on August 12, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.)

Wide View - - Highland Park Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Courtesy:: Marilyn Wolf, August 8, 2010

3. Wide View - - Highland Park Marker

Looking South / East - - Highland Park Marker Photo, Click for full size

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4. Looking South / East - - Highland Park Marker

Looking North - - Highland Park Marker Photo, Click for full size

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5. Looking North - - Highland Park Marker

Looking West - - Highland Park Marker Photo, Click for full size

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6. Looking West - - Highland Park Marker

Marker can be seen at the lower left.

Shady Place to Rest Photo, Click for full size

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7. Shady Place to Rest

Bench and the Marker Photo, Click for full size

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8. Bench and the Marker

Long View West - - Highland Park Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Courtesy:: Marilyn Wolf, August 8, 2010

9. Long View West - - Highland Park Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 9, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 221 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on August 9, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.