Center Township in Crown Point in Lake County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Site of Lake County's Second Courthouse

1849-1879

Lake County's Second Courthouse/20th Indiana Volunteers Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Daniel Barriball, October 19, 2025

1. Lake County's Second Courthouse/20th Indiana Volunteers Marker

Inscription. Mustering site of Company B of the Indiana 20th
Volunteers by Colonel John Wheeler
1861

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 41° 25.084′ N, 87° 21.903′ W. Marker is in Crown Point, Indiana, in Lake County. It is in Center Township. It is on West Clark Street west of South Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 112 W Clark St, Crown Point IN 46307, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana.

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: Crown Theatre (within shouting distance of this marker); Solon Robinson Home (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Crown Point World War II Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Lake County Courthouse (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Old Lake County Courthouse, 1878 (about 300 feet away); The Old Bank (about 500 feet away); Cheshire Hall (about 500 feet away); Carnegie Center 1908 (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crown Point.

Also see . . . John Wheeler. The Civil War in the East Brief biography

On July 2nd, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg Colonel Wheeler was leading the regiment on horseback in the fighting in the Rose Woods when he was shot in the temple and instantly killed. The 20th Indiana Infantry’s monument at Gettysburg notes that Wheeler was “killed nearby.” Wheeler was buried at Maplewood Memorial Cemetery in Crown Point, Indiana. The Middle School in Crown Point is named after him.

(Submitted on November 3, 2025, by Daniel Barriball of Chesterton, Indiana.)

Lake County's Second Courthouse/20th Indiana Volunteers Marker in context image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Daniel Barriball, October 19, 2025

2. Lake County's Second Courthouse/20th Indiana Volunteers Marker in context

The marker is on the right side of the arch.

Colonel John Wheeler image. Click for full size.

3. Colonel John Wheeler

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2025, by Daniel Barriball of Chesterton, Indiana. This page has been viewed 48 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 3, 2025, by Daniel Barriball of Chesterton, Indiana. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.