Cedar Creek Township near Lowell in Lake County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Garage
Photographed by Daniel Barriball, October 12, 2025
1. Garage Marker
The west part of the near 1920 garage extended the domestic work area for washing and boiling clothes, summer cooking, milk separating, and possibly food preserving and soap-making. Thus it kept the main house cooler and cleaner in the summer. This well house area has a deep cistern underneath and an early picture indicates a windmill overhead. The center of the garage served as a garage, and the east part housed chickens at one time. The chickens along with the turkeys from the orchard roamed the yard freely during the day. The nearby orchard, garden, grape arbor, and bee hives all added to the progressive 1910's farm lifestyle.
Erected by Lake County Parks & Rec.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Animals. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.
Location. 41° 16.917′ N, 87° 22.709′ W. Marker is near Lowell, Indiana, in Lake County. It is in Cedar Creek Township. It can be reached from Belshaw Road west of Hendricks Street, on the left when traveling west. This marker is located within Buckley Homestead County Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this
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Regionally, this marker is in Northwest Indiana and in the Calumet Region. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: House (a few steps from this marker); Granary (within shouting distance of this marker); Hired Hands House (within shouting distance of this marker); Milkhouse / Silo (within shouting distance of this marker); Barn (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Family History (about 600 feet away); Schoolhouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Log House (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lowell.
Photographed by Daniel Barriball, October 12, 2025
2. Garage Marker in context
Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2025, by Daniel Barriball of Chesterton, Indiana. This page has been viewed 48 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 13, 2025, by Daniel Barriball of Chesterton, Indiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
