Welcome to the LaPorte County Historical Society!

La Porte County Historical Society

Welcome to our new website and web address: www.laportecountyhistory.org. New Museum building now open to the public. Museum hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 - 4:30.

Zimmerman House at 209 “G” Street, La Porte

This house was built about 1896 at 209 “G” Street in La Porte for George Zimmerman, who was Superintendent of the Niles & Scott Wheel Factory. Mr. Zimmerman was born in La Porte in 1855 and had lived here all his life.
He married Rose Debley and they had two daughters, Laura and Florence.
Mr. Zimmerman was known as a faithful long-time employee of the wheel company, and he loved his home.
The house features decorative shingles, a dentil molding in the porch cornice, leaded glass windows, and fluted posts on the wraparound porch. George Zimmerman died after surgery in Chicago in 1924.

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La Porte County Historical Society Museum
2405 Indiana Avenue, Suite 1
La Porte, IN 46350
Tel: 219/324-6767
Fax: 219/324-9029

Admission Charge: La Porte County Adult Residents $3
Out-of-county Adult Residents $5
Children/Students 12-17 $3
Commercial bus tour participants $3

Children under 12, La Porte County Historical Society, Inc. members
Time Traveler affiliates, School Tours FREE

OPEN TO PUBLIC
Tuesday thru Saturday
10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M
Handicapped accessible

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