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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lake County, Indiana

 
Clickable Map of Lake County, Indiana and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Lake County, IN (71) Jasper County, IN (22) Newton County, IN (14) Porter County, IN (36) Cook County, IL (784) Kankakee County, IL (16) Will County, IL (142)  LakeCounty(71) Lake County (71)  JasperCounty(22) Jasper County (22)  NewtonCounty(14) Newton County (14)  PorterCounty(36) Porter County (36)  CookCountyIllinois(784) Cook County (784)  KankakeeCounty(16) Kankakee County (16)  WillCounty(142) Will County (142)
Crown Point is the county seat for Lake County
Adjacent to Lake County, Indiana
      Jasper County (22)  
      Newton County (14)  
      Porter County (36)  
      Cook County, Illinois (784)  
      Kankakee County, Illinois (16)  
      Will County, Illinois (142)  
 
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1 Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — Carnegie Center 1908
2 Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — The Old Lake County Courthouse, 1878
3 Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — W.W.II Triangle Memorial
4 Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Crown Point World War II Veterans Memorial
5 Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail 1882
6 Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — Sauk (Sak) Trail
7 Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — The Ideal Section Of The Lincoln Highway — "The finest section of road in the world"
8 Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — The Lincoln Highway — Ideal Section & Monument
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9 Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — 45.1996.2 — The Lincoln Highway / The "Ideal Section" — Approximate Western-extent of the "Ideal Section"
10 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Atty. Hall's Historic Patriotic Peace Flower and Rose Gardens and Mini-Forest Preserve — "The Wisdom of Love"
11 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2019.2 — City Church
12 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — For God And Country
13 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2014.1 — Froebel School
14 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2020.1 — Gary Roosevelt High School
15 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Gateway Park / Gary Land Company Building / Union Station — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail
16 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2022.1 — Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus / 1918 Circus Train Wreck
17 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — In Memory Of All American Veterans
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18 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Indiana University Northwest
19 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Michael Jackson — Office of the Mayor — City of Gary, Indiana —
20 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Michael Jackson Place of Birth
21 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2019.1 — Rep. Katie Hall (1938-2012) / Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
22 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.1976.1 — St. John's Lutheran Church — Tolleston
23 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2014.2 — Stewart Settlement House
24 Indiana, Lake County, Gary — The Fusion — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail
25 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Ambassador Apartments
26 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — City Methodist Church
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27 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Elbert H. Gary — 1846 - 1927
28 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Elbert H. Gary — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail
29 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Emerson
30 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary City Hall Building — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail
31 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary Indiana: Street Car System — Reported damaged
32 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — 79000021 — Gary Land Company Building — Built in 1906
33 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary Public Library
34 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary State Bank — Reported missing
35 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary’s First Schoolhouse
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36 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Horace Mann
37 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Jefferson Park Water Tower
38 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Lake Wind Sand Composition - Gary State Bank Building — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail
39 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Mayor Richard G. Hatcher — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail
40 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Memorial Auditorium
41 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Richard Gordon Hatcher — Gary Mayor 1968-1988
42 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Spanish American War Memorial — Reported damaged
43 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — The Gary Union Station
44 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Chanute Glider
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45 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium — National Register of Historic Places
46 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — History of Marquette Park — 100th Anniversary of Marquette Park, 1919-2019
47 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Jacques Marquette — Born 1637 - Died 1675
48 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Marquette Pavilion — Timeless Space for the Community
49 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Octave Chanute — National Landmark of Soaring
50 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Octave Chanute — Innovator, Dreamer
51 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Octave Chanute — An Eminent Engineer — Father of Aviation —
52 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Octave Chanute 1832-1910
53 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Patterson Island — Bridging Nature + History
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54 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Shipwreck Archeology — The Mystery of "Unknown 5 and 6"
55 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Southern Point of Lake Michigan
56 Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Miller Beach — Tuskegee Airmen Remembered
57 Indiana, Lake County, Griffith — 03000980 — Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern Railway Interlocking Tower — (Marker on the left of 2)
58 Indiana, Lake County, Griffith — 03000985 — Griffith's Grand Trunk Depot Museum — (Marker on the right of 2)
59 Indiana, Lake County, Griffith — Ray Nichels
60 Indiana, Lake County, Highland — 45.1992.1 — Dutch in the Calumet Region
61 Indiana, Lake County, Hobart — Hobart (Indiana) Patriotic Honor Rolls — The Spirit of the American Doughboy —
62 Indiana, Lake County, Lake Station — Potawatomi Trail
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63 Indiana, Lake County, Lowell — Halsted House
64 Indiana, Lake County, Lowell — J. Claude Rumsey House
65 Indiana, Lake County, Lowell — Main Street School
66 Indiana, Lake County, Merrillville — 45.1949.1 — First Physician
67 Indiana, Lake County, Merrillville — 45.1966.1 — Great Sauk (Sac) Trail — (east-west through this point) — Reported missing
68 Indiana, Lake County, Schererville — Lincoln Highway - Ideal Section - 1923 — Prototype of construction technology intended to make it the finest road in the world
69 Indiana, Lake County, Schererville — 45.1995.1 — St. John Township School District #2
70 Indiana, Lake County, Schererville — The Lincoln Highway — America's first transcontinental highway passed 137 feet south of this spot
71 Indiana, Lake County, Schererville — 45.1996.1 — The Lincoln Highway / The "Ideal Section" — Approximate Eastern-extent of the 1.5 mile long "Ideal Section"
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Apr. 24, 2024