On Ewing Street, on the right when traveling north.
“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
On South Calhoun Street just south of West Wayne Street, on the right when traveling south.
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
On West Wayne Street just east of South Harrison Street, on the left when traveling east.
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
On West Main Street at Rockhill Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
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
On Michaels Avenue at Van Buren Street, on the left when traveling west on Michaels Avenue.
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
On S. Calhoun Street at W. Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on S. Calhoun Street.
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
On Thieme Drive, on the right when traveling south.
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
On S. Calhoun Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
On South Calhoun Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on South Calhoun Street.
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
On East Superior Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
On West Main Street west of Webster Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
On W. Jefferson Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
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
On Van Buren Street at Michaels Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Van Buren Street.
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
On West Washington Boulevard at Fairfield Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Washington Boulevard.
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
On West Washington Boulevard at Fairfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Boulevard.
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
On West Wayne Street at Library Plaza, on the right when traveling east on West Wayne Street.
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
On S. Calhoun Street at E. Main Street, on the right when traveling north on S. Calhoun Street.
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
On West Wayne Street just west of Ewing Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
On West Berry Street at Fulton Street, on the left when traveling west on West Berry Street.
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
On West Main Street west of Webster Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
On W. Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Illsley Drive east of Broadway, on the right when traveling east.
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
On 1st Street just east of West Street, on the right when traveling west.
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
On Indiana Route 37 at Antwerp Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 37.
On north bank of prehistoric Lake Maumee. The ridge formed by the bank was part of the pioneer overland trace from Detroit to Fort Wayne. This route was surveyed as early as 1837 for the ridge road, served in the late nineteenth century as a toll . . . — — Map (db m183602) HM
On Indiana Route 37 just west of Repp Road, on the right when traveling east.
This cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always.
[Names listed on the back of the marker sharing the names of the interred.] — — Map (db m183603) HM
On Hoagland Road just east of Poplar Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Once an Indian trail directly through these school grounds, the route followed by General Anthony Wayne's army in its departure from the fort in 1794 and the way by which General William Harrison's troops came to the relief of the garrison at Fort . . . — — Map (db m211614) HM
On Lima Road north of Hunter Street, on the right when traveling south.
First called "The Opening", a natural clearing in the forest, settled about 1837. On the old Lima Plank Road connecting Howe (Lima) and Fort Wayne. Home of the Perry Centre Seminary, founded 1856 and closed 1861 when the entire faculty and all adult . . . — — Map (db m76402) HM
On Leo Road (State Road 1) 0.3 miles north of Amstutz Road, on the right when traveling south.
It served in multi functional roles to include field and anti-tank gun. These types of artillery
pieces were used by the U.S. Army during World War I, the interwar period, and World War II.
Originally of French design, the Canon de 75 modčle . . . — — Map (db m241291) HM
On Carroll Road near Madden Road. Reported permanently removed.
Colonel John Hardin, of the Kentucky Militia, with 180 men and Captain John Armstrong, U.S. Army, with 30 men, were routed here on October 19, 1790, by Indians under Miami Chief Little Turtle during General Harmar's Campaign. — — Map (db m232339) HM
On East South Street (Indiana Route 101) just east of Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling east.
One of the greatest developments in Monroeville in the early 1900s was the electric railroad which put the community in the line of traffic for passengers and freight. The line was known as the Fort Wayne, Van Wert and Lima Traction Company and was . . . — — Map (db m211613) HM
On Main Street (Indiana Route 101) just north of West South Street, on the right when traveling south.
Monroeville, Indiana was in a vast wooded area, with many lumber mills, stave and barrel factories in operation.
At one time it was the home of Lloyd C. Douglas, noted writer. Here he obtained the incentive to write some of his books, . . . — — Map (db m211610) HM
On U.S. 24 at Harper Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 24.
Wabash and Erie Canal lock was discovered here June 1991 during excavation for highway construction. It was built 1838–1840 by Henry Lotz and named for lock keeper Joseph Gronauer. The rare, well-preserved timber-frame design lock measured . . . — — Map (db m2498) HM
On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north.
Artist - Kim Linker
The New Haven Community Foundation
was officially founded in March 2015
with the purpose to enhance the lives
of our residents and to invest in our
community's future.
This New Haven Community Foundation
bulldog and the . . . — — Map (db m197135) HM
On Lincoln Highway East west of Broadway Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Lincoln Highway was the first auto road across the United States. Promoted by Carl G. Fisher, of Indianapolis, the Lincoln Highway route was announced in 1913. From Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, the Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m197131) HM
On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north.
Past this point flowed
the Wabash and Erie Canal
begun in 1832 and
dedicated July 4. 1843 at Fort Wayne.
In its final phase the canal
extended 459 miles
from Maumee Bay to Toledo,
through New Havens southwestward
to Layette and then to . . . — — Map (db m197133) HM
On Park Avenue east of Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east.
"We ask a lot of those who wear our uniform.
We ask them to leave their loved ones, to travel
great distances, to risk injury, even to be
prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice of their
lives. They are dedicated. They are honorable.
They . . . — — Map (db m197129) WM
On Main Street (Indiana Route 101) north of Bull Rapids Road, on the right when traveling west.
This clock tower, along with Woodburn Plaza, is dedicated in honor of Harry and Jeanette Henney for a lifetime of involvement and commitment to the people and city of Woodburn.
Upon graduating from Manchester College in 1935, Harry moved to . . . — — Map (db m193531) HM
On Main Street (Indiana Route 101) at Bull Rapids Road, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
First town incorporated in Maumee Township. Once called "Phelps Station" on the Wabash Railroad. A strategic point in a vast woodland of timber unsurpassed in the United States for variety and condition.
Incorporated as a 5th class city in . . . — — Map (db m193534) HM
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