Monthly Archives: January 2022

Monument stands at Tippecanoe Battlefield & Museum

Posted on January 30, 2022 by historynut11

Just a few miles from Lafayette in Tippecanoe County is the Tippecanoe Battlefield & Museum. I visited this site in 2020 and I would highly recommend anyone interested in history, particularly Indiana history, to visit too. In the photo is … Continue reading →

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Historic house in Goshen dates to the 1880s

Posted on January 23, 2022 by historynut11

Goshen has several beautiful historic houses and this week’s post is yet another example. The house pictured is on North Third Street, north of the county courthouse, in Goshen. According to the Indiana Landmarks inventory of historic structures in Elkhart … Continue reading →

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Masonic lodge is a historic building in Goshen

Posted on January 17, 2022 by historynut11

If my memory serves me correctly, it was the summer of 2015 when I went along on one of the walking tours of historic sites offered by the Goshen Historical Society. One of the buildings we stopped at was the … Continue reading →

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Building in downtown South Whitley was originally a bank

Posted on January 10, 2022 by historynut11

Here is another old building in downtown South Whitley. At the time I took this photo it was a cafe and is located on the corner of Front and State streets. According to information I was provided by the South … Continue reading →

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Wilbur Wright’s birthplace is featured at museum

Posted on January 2, 2022 by historynut11

Wilbur Wright and his brother, Orville, are clearly iconic historical figures for their invention of the airplane. Wilbur Wright was born in Indiana and in the summer of 2020 I had the opportunity to visit a museum where his birthplace … Continue reading →

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