View from LaPorte High School Tower

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.

View from La Porte High School Tower

This photo was taken from the tower of La Porte High School, around 1890.
The high school building had been built in 1864 on Harrison Street between
Clay and Jackson. The view here is looking to the northwest, with three
towers visible. To the left is the First Christian Church which fronted on
Maple Ave. To the right is the First Methodist Church on Monroe Street.
Just to the left of that tower, visible over the top of the Odd Fellows Building
with the round-headed windows, can be seen the very top of the La Porte County
Court House tower. This was the second court house building, built in 1848, and
replaced by the current court house in 1892.

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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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