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
Foster hired Adolf Janicke during a chance meeting at a horticultural exposition in Philadelphia. A Berliner who had worked in that city’s parks and gardens, Janicke became Fort Wayne’s first urban forester and park designer. When he arrived in . . . — — Map (db m248571) 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
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
Dedicated to the memory of the following Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Allen County
Michael Cronts ·
James Ball ·
Charles Weeks, Sr. ·
William Berry ·
Samuel Bird, Sgt. · James Saunders · Gurdin Burnham, Sgt. · David Blair . . . — — Map (db m73263) WM
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
Allen County was created on April 1, 1824, by a
December 1823 act of the Indiana General Assembly.
The newly created county was named for Col. John
Allen of the Kentucky militia who had helped relieve
the siege of Fort Wayne in 1812 and who was . . . — — Map (db m197324) HM
The Barr Street Market is the oldest
market in Fort Wayne. The land was
donated to the city by Samuel Hanna in
1837, and within six months a small
frame market house was built; merchants
rented stalls for $5 per year.
and the market were named . . . — — Map (db m197286) 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
During Fort Wayne's 1994 Bicentennial Celebration, this walking trail of
selected major sites in Fort Wayne's
history was developed as a Lasting Legacy
to the City with grants from the Journal-
Gazette Foundation, Essex Group, Inc.,
and Witwer . . . — — Map (db m197316) 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
Fort Wayne's Wildwood Builders developed the
Brookview neighborhood; the plat was recorded in
1917. Wildwood Builders was founded in 1910 by
Lee Ninde, his wife Joel Roberts Ninde, and Lee's
brother Daniel. Joel Roberts Ninde was a . . . — — Map (db m250345) HM
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
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
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
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Federal Government established a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp on the northside of Fort Wayne. The CCC was part of President Roosevelt's New Deal; it was established in 1933 and expanded in . . . — — Map (db m250233) HM
The Rural Branch School of the Church was located adjacent to the cemetery. School was conducted from 1844 to 1920. The building and grounds were sold to the State for the interchange of Highways I 69 and U.S. 27. — — Map (db m76433) 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 leading urban architect of his time, Robinson was hired by Col. David Foster to beautify Fort Wayne. Among his ideas for Fort Wayne was our now nationally celebrated Park and Boulevard System. He and Foster successfully teamed to sell the . . . — — Map (db m248570) 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
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
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
The concrete retention walls at the north end of the
plaza will help downtown Fort Wayne withstand future
flooding when the rivers rise. They were constructed
where sandbaggers and volunteers worked during the
flood of 1982 to build a dike to . . . — — Map (db m197138) HM
Craigville Depot
Built c. 1879
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m239338) HM
Fort Wayne business had a start on Duck Street, named for the 19th century Duck Creek that drained the area from the higher ground near Superior Street into the St. Mary’s River. Along Duck Creek in the 1840s and 50s stood the City Mills, one of the . . . — — Map (db m16997) HM
The Wabash & Erie Canal was instrumental in the construction of the first railways in Fort Wayne, which quickly became a railroading center in the Midwest. In 1852, along the canal at the present-day railroad elevation that borders the south edge of . . . — — Map (db m16996) HM
Around the turn of the century, the nationwide “City Beautiful” movement found local expression through the efforts of Charles Mulford Robinson and nationally known landscape architect George Kessler. Seeking to reclaim the natural beauty of our . . . — — Map (db m17034) HM
Old fort near this point was site of first Masonic meetings in northern Indiana, early spring 1823, leading in October to original Wayne Lodge No. 25, ancestor of present Lodge of same name and number. — — Map (db m213792) 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
Designed by Fort Wayne architects John Wing and Marshall Mahurin, the Elektron Building was built in 1895. The name Elektron inscribed on the cornice at the top of the building reflected the business interests in early electrical engineering of the . . . — — Map (db m162797) 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
She encouraged local efforts to form First Presbyterian Church, establish a public library, support the national Women's Suffrage Movement, and donated land for Fort Wayne's first African-American church.
The Hamilton Estate on Clinton Street . . . — — Map (db m16967) 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 confluence area of the Three Rivers was known to the native people since as early as the end of the last Ice Age, more than 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers melted and receded, they paused here creating a high point in the topography of the . . . — — Map (db m17064) HM
The first volunteer fire company was founded in Fort Wayne in
1839. On this site in 1860 was located the first Central Fire
House. This two story brick structure with a bell tower housed
two steam fire engines and two hose wagons. The units . . . — — Map (db m239331) 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
1863 marked the beginning of the first organized Police Force in the city. The council named a captain and three patrolmen to serve from twilight to daybreak. On this site was located the first city Police Station. It contained three iron cages on . . . — — Map (db m44086) 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
Methodism in Fort Wayne
area originated with the
establishment of a mission
in 1828.
Changed to Berry Street
Chapel in 1840.
Divided into First and
Wayne Street Churches
in 1849.
Reunited in 1968. — — Map (db m197284) HM
The concrete retention walls at the north end of the plaza will help downtown Fort Wayne withstand future flooding when the rivers rise. They were constructed where sandbaggers and volunteers worked during the flood of 1982 to build a dike to . . . — — Map (db m17061) HM
Most often the rivers here brought prosperity. They are the reason humanbeings settled here; established a land portage to connect with the Wabash River system; and attracted the canal followed by rails, highways, industry, and homes. They brought . . . — — Map (db m17030) 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
These plaques and this monument were commissioned in dedication to the Fort Wayne Daisies women’s 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
An ancient Indian trail, through Pottawattomie country, variably called the Dragoon, White Pigeon, Great Northwestern and Fort Dearborn Road. After 1795 used for mail delivery between Fort Wayne and Fort Dearborn. Captain Wells, Wayne spy, was slain . . . — — Map (db m20782) 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
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
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
The French built Fort St. Philippe (Fort Miamis) west of this area by 1722, to command the land portage here between the Maumee and Wabash Rivers. It was important to the French to protect the area in their political competition with the British as . . . — — Map (db m17067) 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
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
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
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
Architect Eric R. Kuhne was commissioned to design a flood control plan that would provide for a park and premier festival center. It could also serve as a model for flood control in other sections of the country. The Headwaters Park Commission was . . . — — Map (db m17037) HM
Headwaters Park has been created by the citizens of Fort Wayne through their donations, ideas, and labor as a means of flood control in the city. Earlier designs had a similar purpose. George Kessler's plan of 1912 envisioned a greenspace for . . . — — Map (db m197058) 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
This 2000 pound bell costing $1000,00. was manufactured by the Jones and Company Foundry, Troy, New York. It was placed in Fire Station Number 1 at the corner of Court and Berry Streets in 1867 a new Number 1 Fire Station was constructed in 1893 . . . — — Map (db m239332) 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
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
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
The Great Union Armies of the American Civil War (1861-1865) reached an aggregate of 2,759,049 enlistments. Not less than 4,103 men went from this county. After the war the veterans formed The Grand Army of the Republic and seven units of that . . . — — Map (db m268095) HM WM
Because of the often soggy conditions that discouraged use as either residential or commercial property, the area of Headwaters Park became known as the Jail Flats. The first jail in Allen County was a two-story hewn-log structure that was enclosed . . . — — Map (db m197061) HM
“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
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
Johnny Appleseed, legendary planter of orchards across Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, was a real person named John Chapman. He was a friend to all God's creatures and a missionary for the Swedenborgian religion, a Christian denomination.
He was . . . — — Map (db m21560) 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
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
Dedicated to the memory
of all men and women who
served in the Korean War
from June 1950 until
July 1953.
May God protect us
this memorial dedicated
May 26, 1990 — — Map (db m267559) WM
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
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
The Last Two American Forts
In 1798, Col. Thomas Hunt began construction on this site of the second American fort at the Three Rivers. this fort, which was completed in 1800, replaced the first, hastily built one erected nearby to the . . . — — Map (db m21219) HM
The first professional organized league baseball game was played here on May 4, 1871 ending in a victory for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas over the Cleveland Forest Citys by a score of 2-0. A wooden structure was built in 1883 and rebuilt numerous times . . . — — Map (db m59686) HM
This cabin is an exact reproduction of the one in which Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809 at Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Erected by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Fort Wayne, Indiana — — Map (db m248580) HM
Construction of the Lincoln Tower began less than
a month before the stock market crash of October
1929 that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. Completed in November 1930, the 312-foot
Tower was for many years Indiana's tallest . . . — — Map (db m197233) HM
Founded 1859 - Dedicated May 30, 1860, was enrolled on the National Register of Historic Places February 17, 1978 by the U.S. Department of Interior. Here in Lindenwood thousands of memorials relate to local, state and national history. — — Map (db m44598) HM
The valley of the Little River, where you are standing now, was carved out about 14,500 years ago when the waters of Glacial Lake Maumee overtopped the Fort Wayne Moraine, a ridge composed of glacial sediment, unleashing a catastrophic flood. The . . . — — Map (db m225921) HM
Miami Chief Mishikinakwa or Me-she-kin-no-quah, known to the Euro-Americans as Little Turtle, born circa 1747, played a significant role in the settlement of the area surrounding the confluence of the Three Rivers. He was the most successful Native . . . — — Map (db m197057) HM
