Columbia City in Whitley County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas

1877 - - - 1951

Whitley County Historical Museum

1. Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas Marker

Inscription.
Lloyd Cassel Douglas, minister and author, was born on this site, August 27, 1877. His father A. J. Douglas, was pastor of Grace Lutheran Church at that time. Lloyd Douglas became a minister and served a number of Lutheran and Congregational churches. To reach the unchurched, Dr. Douglas wrote novels with an ethical, spiritual, or Biblical history theme. Best known are Magnificent Obsession, The Robe, and The Big Fisherman. Douglas died February 18, 1951, in California.

Erected by Donated to the Whitley County Historical Society by Albion Production Credit Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1893.

Location. 41° 9.832′ N, 85° 29.266′ W. Marker is in Columbia City, Indiana, in Whitley County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (State Road 9) and North Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbia City IN 46725, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana

and in Greater Fort Wayne.

It is also in the American Midwest

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: Pastors Who Have Served Zion Lutheran Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Zion Lutheran Church Bell (within shouting distance of this

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marker); Adams-Pond Farm (approx. 0.3 miles away); "The Little Brick House" (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mill Stone from the Liggett Mill (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wm. Wells 1770 - 1812 (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Lincoln Highway (approx. 0.3 miles away); Home of Thomas R. Marshall (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia City.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 23, 2013

2. Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas Marker

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 23, 2013

3. Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas Marker

View to south along N. Main St (State Route 9)

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Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2013. This page has been viewed 816 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 1, 2013. 2, 3. submitted on August 23, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 4. submitted on December 4, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.