William Grant Seamon, City Methodist’s Founder Since Gary’s founding in 1906, there has always been a Methodist church within the city. In 1916, Dr. William Seaman became its pastor. He had a...
Archive - National Register of Historic Places
Gary United States Post Office The former Gary United States Post Office located downtown was constructed in 1936 as part of the New Deal, a series of programs, public works projects, financial...
Protective Order of Elks Lodge Building The former H. Gordon and Sons Department Store is an abandoned four-story brick building in downtown Gary, Indiana. The building was initially constructed for...
Emerson High School Bearing the name of transcendentalist writer, lecturer, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson High School was Gary’s first high school and the first public school in the...
Memorial Auditorium The Gary Memorial Auditorium is an abandoned civic center in Gary, Indiana, constructed to commemorate residents who were killed fighting in World War I. Commissioned by the Gary...
The Kizer Family The Kizer House, also known as the Castle, was built around 1888 by businessman William L. Kizer for his family. The two-and-a-half-story home was designed in the Romanesque style...
North Gleason Park North Gleason Park in Gary was first developed in 1920. Originally named Riverside Park, it was renamed after the U.S. Steel Superintendent and park board president William P...
John Adolph Emil Emerson, Architect The Palace Theater in Gary, Indiana, is an abandoned theater designed by renowned architect John Emerson and built in 1925 by the Max and Sons construction firm...