Georg Kessler was born in Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, grew up in Texas and returned to Jena for his formal education in garden and landscape design. Foster brought him to Fort Wayne to design the Park and Boulevard system that Robinson had . . . — — Map (db m248576) HM
Established in 2016, Franklin School Park is a neighborhood park designed in place of the former Franklin School building. The school served the neighborhood from 1921-1981 as an elementary and middle school. That neighborhood legacy continues with . . . — — Map (db m289072) HM
Foster hired Adolf Janicke during a chance meeting at a horticultural exposition in Philadelphia. A Berliner who had worked in that citys parks and gardens, Janicke became Fort Waynes first urban forester and park designer. When he arrived in . . . — — Map (db m248571) HM
Originally the location of the Moellering Brickyard, Harrison
Hill Neighborhood was platted by local developers Hilgeman
& Schaaf in 1915. The developers described Harrison
Hill as The Heart of New South Wayne. The Harrison
Hill name was . . . — — Map (db m250658) HM
( Front )
Argonne —— ∮—— Cantigny
Allen County and Fort Wayne
their Tribute
to the Glory of their Sons
Loyalty — Courage
Sacrifice — Victory
1917 —— 1918 . . . — — Map (db m54627) HM
Memorial Park
Neighborhood Association
lasting legacy
for the Fort Wayne
bicentennial celebration
August 1994
A Memorial Tribute
to Past, Present and
Future Veterans of
Allen County, Indiana
In this monument, during this
the . . . — — Map (db m197331) WM
Erected in memory of Arthur R Smith Pioneer aviator who gave his life in U.S. Air Mail Service
By the citizens of Fort Wayne A.D. 1926 — — Map (db m197333) HM
These plaques and this monument were commissioned in dedication to the Fort Wayne Daisies womens baseball team. The Daisies proudly represented the City of Fort Wayne in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1945-1954. The . . . — — Map (db m248459) HM
Harold T. Adams
William H. Ahrens
Spencer T. Alden
Horace W. Barnes
Charles Baron
Russell C. Barrett
Lansing Behrman
John C. Berry
Edward Bethner
Walter G Betz
Samuel Bibo
Leo J, Boaeuf
Albert B. Board . . . — — Map (db m197332) WM
Colonel Hugh B. Reed served as first Commandant. Here the 30th, 44th, 74th, 88th, and 100th Indiana Regiments and the 11th Indiana Battery were organized. — — Map (db m215667) HM
The 1st major league baseball game, now called
the 1st game in a professional league, was played
here May 4, 1871. Kekionga whitewashed Cleveland
2-0 in what was then acclaimed the greatest game
ever played. It remained the lowest score in . . . — — Map (db m289071) HM
On February 22, 1832, ground was broken two blocks north for the canal, which would link Lake Erie at Toledo with the Ohio River at Evansville. Jordan Vigus, Canal Commissioner, Charles W. Ewing, Samuel Hanna, Elias Murray participated in the . . . — — Map (db m21045) HM
Home 1948-1967 of Farnsworth, inventor of television. Farnsworth (1906-1971) was instrumental in perfecting the image formation mechanism which enabled the first effective image transmission in 1927. Farnsworth Radio and Television Corporation in . . . — — Map (db m65186) HM
This area of the Three Rivers was a site of settlement of Native Americans for as much as 10,000 years. The collection of villages known as Kekionga, located in the present-day Lakeside neighborhood, was a center of the Miami nation in historic . . . — — Map (db m21501) HM
1941 1945
In memory of
those of Lakeside
who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
This prayer we make in penitence
That all who pass by here may sense
The costliness of human strife,
The value of a soldier's life
. . . — — Map (db m288939) WM
Erected, 1750, by Captain Raimond
Surrendered to the British under Lieutenant Butler in 1760.
Ensign Richard Holmes and British garrison massacred by Miami Indians in 1763.
The most severe engagement of battle between Gen. Josiah . . . — — Map (db m21036) HM
This stone sentinal continues to watch over the land as it has since 1889. Its presence is a monument to those souls who lived, learned and played here.
The "State Sschool" was home to thousands of children and adults with intellectual and . . . — — Map (db m225929) HM
To the Memory of
Major John Wyllys
And His Brave Soldiers Who
Were Killed Near this Spot
In The Battle of
Harmar's Ford
Oct. 22, 1790
With the Indians Under
Chief Little Turtle — — Map (db m261053) HM
The Battle of Kekionga in October 1790 was the first battle fought by the United States Army after the War for Independence. The campaign had been ordered by President Washington against the Miami settlement of Kekionga, the center of Indian . . . — — Map (db m21497) HM
Built at Newport News, Virginia. Her keel was laid 20 November 1939
and she was launched on 21 November 1941. Battleship was placed
in commission on 30 April 1942.
Original statistics:
Length Overall: 680 feet
Extreme Beam: 108 feet, 2 . . . — — Map (db m250415) HM
Earned nine battle stars, on the Asiatic-Pacific Area Service Ribbon
for participating in the following operations and engagements:
1 Star Pacific Raids:
Marcus Island Raid: 31 Aug 1943
1 Star/Gilbert Islands Operation: 13 Nov-8 Dec 1943 . . . — — Map (db m250411) HM
Colonel David N. Foster, a veteran of Gettysburg and Fredericksburg, gave us modern Fort Wayne. Through his creating of the Park Board in 1905, to his leadership of the City Beautiful Movement, from his creation with famed urban architect Georg . . . — — Map (db m248579) HM
Henry Wolff Rudisill did more than any other person to create the culture of Fort Wayne. On Christmas Eve 1830 he arrived by sleigh in the tiny, muddy village as the hired land agent for developers Barr & McCorkle. Fort Waynes first Lutheran, . . . — — Map (db m248577) HM
ME-SHE-KIN-QUAH, Chief
of the Miami Indians
Teacher of his people
Friend of the United States
His endeavors toward peace
should serve as an inspiration
for future generations
This plot of ground, the last
resting place of Chief . . . — — Map (db m21066) HM
A tribute from patriotic citizens to the heroic sons of Allen County who fell in defence of the Union.
1861 - 1865
Chickamauga
Vicksburg
Gettysburgh — — Map (db m225933) WM
Chief Little Turtle was one of the most feared and respected leaders during the frontier wars of the 1780s and 1790s when Fort Wayne was born. Known to his people as Meshekinnoquah, Little Turtle is thought to have been born in 1752 in a village . . . — — Map (db m21503) HM
Although talked about for many years, serious steps towards building a replica of one of Fort Wayne's American forts did not take place until 1963 when the Allen County/Fort Wayne Historical Society voted to take action on the project. The . . . — — Map (db m231041) HM
The Saint Mary's River and the St. Joesph River converge in Fort Wayne to form the Maumee River. The most important geographical feature of the area is the short distance overland between the Three Rivers system, which eventually flows to the . . . — — Map (db m239133) HM
Anchoring the southern edge of the Headwaters Park Thumb until circa 1874, the Wabash & Erie Canals importance to transportation to the western part of the United States and to the growth of Fort Wayne was substantial. Headwaters Park is on the . . . — — Map (db m16985) HM
1 What it Does
Fort Wayne's Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant treats, softens and filters drinking water to serve more than 250,000 people in Fort Wayne and the surrounding areas. The water treatment process, and the testing . . . — — Map (db m231204) HM
The Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant was constructed between 1931 and 1933 as a solution to persistent difficulties suffered by the growing city of Fort Wayne in obtaining a sufficient quantity of safe drinking water.
Before the 1870s, . . . — — Map (db m239135) HM
The last American fort to exist at the confluence of the St. Mary's, St. Joseph and Maumee Rivers was built during the years 1815-1816 by Major John Whistler. Prior to this, two other American forts had been constructed near the confluence, the . . . — — Map (db m231040) HM
A tract of 320 acres of land extending west of the St. Joseph River (the modern Bloomingdale and Spy Run neighborhoods) was set aside by an act of Congress in 1808 for the Indian agent William Wells in recognition of his many services to the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m168274) HM
1949: Helen Quimby commissions renowned Fort Wayne architect A.M. Strauss to draw up plans for The Clyde Theatre in Quimby Village in honor of her late husband, Clyde Quimby, Clyde Quimby owned considerable business property in the region and . . . — — Map (db m253129) HM
A capsule was buried on this site on May 11, 2002 when citizens of Takaoka and Fort Wayne met to re-affirm an alliance established in 1977. The capsule, containing articles related to the 25th anniversary, will be opened on the occasion of the . . . — — Map (db m239279) HM
Born in Massachusetts, 1776
Died near Fort Wayne, 1843.
Buried in the David Archer Cemetery
Pioneer apple grower of Indiana and Ohio.
The Indiana Horticultural Society
and all those who are endeavoring to carry
on the work he nobly commenced . . . — — Map (db m59649) HM
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, called Fort Wayne home from the 1830s until his death in 1845. Love, not material things, drove Johnny's beliefs and actions. Making children smile was the most satisfying part of his day. — — Map (db m296512) HM
Abraham Lincoln came to Indiana in 1816 when but seven years old. Upon becoming of age in 1830 he migrated to Illinois. This statue by Paul Manship portrays Abraham Lincoln as a Hoosier youth. — — Map (db m162800) HM
9 January 1865. Patrick H. Keegan sold this half-lot to carpenter James C. Dillon who built a frame, one, and one-half story house.
28 June 1889. His three daughters sold this house to Patrick H. Keegan.
21 April 1914. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m197188) HM
In this house on October 6, 1908, was born Jane Alice Peters. Daughter of Frederick C. and Elizabeth Knight Peters, she took the professional name of Carole Lombard and became one of the most important figures in the motion picture industry. . . . — — Map (db m109155) HM
Oldest church structure in continuous use in Fort Wayne area and seat of Catholicism in northern Indiana.
Christianity carried to this part of the New World in 1600's by Catholic missionaries. Land formerly part of burial ground for Miami . . . — — Map (db m45024) HM
For nearly a century, the principal
business street of Fort Wayne, named for
Dana Columbia, hotel and canal boat operator.
Here was the terminal for passengers
and freight arriving and departing via
stagecoach and canal. Ground broken
for . . . — — Map (db m197141) HM
Fire Station #3
226 W. Washington Blvd
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1893 — — Map (db m197147) HM
The first Presbyterian minister to conduct services at Fort Wayne was the Rev. Matthew Wallace, an Ohio pastor who served as chaplain to the army under General William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812 and accompanied the troops in the relief . . . — — Map (db m197192) HM
French built a palisaded fort on this strategic site in 1722; named Fort Saint Philippe des Miamis. One of three French forts built in what is now Indiana to protect French fur trade from encroaching English. First of five forts built over time . . . — — Map (db m241261) HM
Fort Wayne
Printing Building
c. 1911
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m197146) HM
To the men
of the Fort Wayne Works
General Electric Company who
served in the World War 1914-1918
This memorial was erected by
their fellow employees Nov. 11, 1924
★ These made the supreme sacrifice
★ Adams, . . . — — Map (db m288941) WM
“Well done, good and faithful servant.”
(Ft. Wayne Chamber of Commerce – Jan. 7, 2927)
J.B. Franke dedicated his lift to service of others. He donated 80 acres to the City of Fort Wayne, which is now known as Franke park. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m119974) HM
Kresge-Groth
Building
c. 1926
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m197144) HM
Louis Mohr Block
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1891 — — Map (db m197195) HM
The Aqueduct
Carrying the Wabash and Erie Canal across the St. Marys River was located just north of the bridge about where the Nickle Plate Railroad crosses the river and was the playground and swimminghole for the West End Boys. Completed . . . — — Map (db m99093) HM
Commandants 1680-1697; Jean Baptiste Vissat, Sieur DeVincnnes, Francois-Margane, Sieur DeVincennes. 1725; Ensign Douville,. 1734; Ensign DuBuison.
In 1747, savages burned the fort but it was rebuilt. M. DeRaimond was commandant in 1748.
. . . — — Map (db m232369) HM
Schmitz Block
c. 1888
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m197145) HM
Established in 1846 as the Fort Wayne Female College on grounds donated by Wm. Rockhill.
In 1855 the college consolidated with the Fort Wayne Collegiate Institute for Young Men and it was then call the M.E. College.
In 1890 the college grounds . . . — — Map (db m100138) HM
St. Mother Theodore Guerin founded the first
catholic school in Fort Wayne on this site
in 1846. Her community, The Sisters of
Providence, taught young people of
Fort Wayne for over 125 years. She was canonized
a Saint October 15, 2006
. . . — — Map (db m197229) HM
The present Allen County Courthouse is the fourth to serve the county's judicial needs. Its cornerstone was laid on November 17, 1897, in the largest public ceremony held in Fort Wayne to that time. Louis Peltier, who had been born in the fort in . . . — — Map (db m162792) HM
In 1852 John Brown, a stonemason, built this last remaining vestige of the early canal era in FortWayne.
A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Brown came by canal boat to Allen County in 1847 with his wife Mary. He and his Scottish business partner, . . . — — Map (db m100141) HM
The Edsall House, the oldest structure in downtown Fort Wayne and the city's second hospital, was built by William S. Edsall in 1839. Edsall was a fur trader, builder, ferry operator, surveyor, sawyer and merchant, and was prominent in Fort Wayne . . . — — Map (db m215660) HM
The Embassy Theater is the last of
the great movie and stage houses in Fort
Wayne, and its restoration marks one of
the city's outstanding volunteer efforts.
Construction of the theater and the
adjoining Indiana Hotel was begun in
1926. . . . — — Map (db m197230) HM
The First French Fort
The French lived among the Miami at the Three Rivers as early as 1697 when Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (d. 1719), and Francois Marie Bissot de Vincennes, the son of Jean Baptiste . . . — — Map (db m241262) HM
John Grimes constructed a house on this lot in 1842, and on March 13, 1854, he sold the place to Sion S. Bass and his wife, Eliza. Sion Bass had come to Fort Wayne in 1848 from Salem, Kentucky, and worked for the Ewing fur-trading enterprise. He was . . . — — Map (db m197189) HM
The Hugh McCulloch House was built in 1843 from the design of architect Henry Williams. A native of Kennebunk, Maine and a Boston-trained lawyer, Hugh McCulloch came to the pioneer village of Fort Wayne in 1833 with a letter of recommendation from . . . — — Map (db m250351) HM
The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Paul was established at this site in 1864 for German-speaking Catholics of the then northwestern part of Fort Wayne.
Over the course of 138 years, this property also served the needs of St. Paul . . . — — Map (db m197185) HM
The Rotary Club of Fort Wayne was established January 9, 1915, when 35 local business professionals and community leaders held the Clubs first meeting at the former Commercial Club on Harrison Street in downtown Fort Wayne. In the 100 years since . . . — — Map (db m197194) HM
Fort Wayne's first Republican congressman, Samuel S. Brenton, was a Methodist minister who vigorously opposed the expansion of slavery into the new western territories. Born in 1810 in Kentucky, Brenton was an ordained Methodist minister by the age . . . — — Map (db m250354) HM
The intersection of Main and
Calhoun streets was the busiest corner in
Fort Wayne between the 1890s and the
1960s, for it was here, at the "Transfer
Corner, that all the trolleys (and later
buses) converged from their various
routes.
. . . — — Map (db m197143) HM
Original construction of the house was begun in 1844. The second story, wing, and rear portion was added in 1885. Colonel Swinney bequeathed this house and about 240 acres of land to the city as a park which was to remain open and free to the . . . — — Map (db m288942) HM
Henry Rudisill, whose efforts had resulted in the establishment of Fort Wayne's first German Lutheran congregation in 1837, also initiated the founding of the community's first English-speaking Lutheran parish, the English Lutheran Church of the . . . — — Map (db m197187) HM
The Protestant Episcopal Assembly met May 26, 1839 with 17 charter members in Fort Wayne's courthouse. They built First Trinity Episcopal Church in 1847 on the northwest corner, Berry and Harrison Streets. Present Trinity Church built 1865, . . . — — Map (db m197191) HM
Edsall (1811-1876) was an early community leader, serving on the first City Council, and later was a land office register and County Clerk. He was also a fur trader, merchant, plank road and railroad builder in the Fort Wayne area and helped Fort . . . — — Map (db m215666) HM
Buried here March 31, 1960 ~ the 35th Anniversary of WOWO, the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company Radio Station in Fort Wayne ~ contains tangible evidence of the mo'res in the Tri-State area during 1960 and before. To be opened October 22, 1994 ~ . . . — — Map (db m281295) HM
donated to the City of Fort Wayne
by Consul-General of Japan in Chicago Naoki Ito
Sunday, May 20, 2018
as a gesture of goodwill and friendship
to celebrate the Fort Wayne Cherry Blossom Festival
Sign donated by:
Japanese American . . . — — Map (db m197149) HM
Illsley. "Illsley" was the name of the large estate of Frank Illsley Brown and Anna Bond Brown. Their stately Italianate home faced west toward the St. Mary's River and was surrounded by extensive gardens. The front of the property on . . . — — Map (db m225926) HM
has been placed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
September 18, 2013
Designed by Arthur Shurcliff 1914-1916,
Wildwood Park features curvilinear roads which
utilize landscape . . . — — Map (db m250362) HM
Charles Young was a draftsman for the
Pennsylvania Railroad and later a mechanical
engineer for S.F. Bowser & Company, inventor
of the self-measuring fuel pump. This early
bungalow with its polygonal dormer, was
owned by the Young family . . . — — Map (db m250379) HM
A native of London, England, Henry
Beadell owned The People's Store but also
assisted in forming the Lincoln National Life
Insurance Co., Peoples Trust and Savings Co.,
Lincoln National Bank, and Wayne Pump Company.
His large Queen Anne Free . . . — — Map (db m250654) HM
Mr. Pierce and his wife co-owned Troy Steam Cleaners. Martha Pierce was the daughter of David W. Jones, who was the owner of the Fort Wayne Gazette newspaper. The Pierces created this Queen Anne style home by enlarging an existing house. The . . . — — Map (db m250377) HM
Judge Heaton and his wife lived in this
Queen Anne-Free Classic home until 1901. In 1912
he ran for Congress on the Bull Moose ticket. The
home was later owned by prominent local attorney
William Shambaugh who served several terms in . . . — — Map (db m250375) HM
Established in 1856 in Samuel Fletter house, 40 Bass Street, and meetings held at #5 Fire House on Prince Street. First Structure, Centenary Church, built in 1868 at Masterson and Harrison; Rededicated in 1885 and named in honor of Bishop Matthew . . . — — Map (db m248569) HM
Victor Nussbaum was the president of
VM Nussbaum & Co., manufacturers of electric
machinery. This home has the classic form of
American Foursquare Style but combines brick, wood
shingles, an entry porch with an open terrace, and
multi-pane . . . — — Map (db m250655) HM
William and Farla Myers moved into this
square towered Queen Anne home shortly after
they were married. Together they raised children
Raymond, Jackson, Franklin, Carver, and Annabel.
Myers worked as a bookkeeper for Hamilton
National Bank . . . — — Map (db m250656) HM
Originally in twenty three lots at a site selected by the Wabash Railway for a depot to serve a rich agricultural area. The first steam train arrived over the newly completed Fort Wayne-Toledo right of way on January 1, 1902. A post office was . . . — — Map (db m183600) HM
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