Repurposed Indiana Landmark Buildings

HOOSIER & BYWAYS HIGHWAYS

Indiana Hoosiers are caring people who invite neighbors to come by and sit a spell. They are people who invite visitors to enjoy off-the-beaten path spots, tastes of the Midwest, and honest to goodness laidback experiences. Connect with locals on a multi-day regional tour that is designed ala carte, just the way you want, for the perfect journey. We offer a wide selection of balanced itineraries for people who want to relax, learn something new, and enjoy simple pleasures.

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Madison County

Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, Anderson Historic Paramount Theatre and Ballroom, Anderson Mounds State Park, Anderson Oakley Brothers Distillery, Anderson Shop ‘Til You Drop in the Country, Elwood The World’s Largest Ball of Paint, Alexandria Uranus Indiana, Anderson

Howard County

Elwood Haynes Museum, Kokomo Greentown Glass Museum, Greentown Kokomo Opalescent Glass, Kokomo Old Ben, Kokomo Seiberling Mansion & Howard County Museum, Kokomo Kosciusko County

Downtown Pierceton Dixie Sternwheeler, North Webster Lake City Skiers, Warsaw The Village at Winona, Winona Lake Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, Warsaw Warsaw Biblical Gardens, Warsaw

Historic buildings have new life in Chesterton

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Buildings persist. They occupy not only space but time. Give a building a generation and it’s likely to have outlived its builder, outlived even its reason for being built.

In an old town like Chesterton, Ind., the storefronts have changed hands frequently, as storefronts will. But the buildings persist, and if you know where to look, you’ll discover ghostly landmarks hiding in plain sight.

Take, for example, The Factory, 1050 Broadway, built in 1902 and home to a glass works, later a china works, then a long line of machine and tool shops. It endures still as an eclectic mix of businesses: The Chesterton Brewery, offering its own craft beers and a fine pub menu; Gilbert’s Candy & Confections, a candy shop like the one you remember, with retro sweets and more; Duneland Deli Station, selling exceptional subs and soups; and South Shore Tattoo, whose artist-operator, Nic Bender, has established a regional reputation for his creations.

Then there’s the grand edifice at 101 Broadway, raised in 1898 by Smith & Son as a dry goods store. It survived the Great Fire of 1902 and for most of the 20th century kept the families of Chesterton stylishly clothed. 101 Broadway now boasts Running Vines Winery. Sample one of its exceptional vintages and enjoy an Italian bite.

The Aron Theatre, 219 Broadway, Chesterton’s picture palace from 1942 to 1961. Later it became a Ben Franklin, then a framing gallery, and in its current— magnificent—incarnation, ISO Unique, an outstanding curation of antiques.

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The Atlas Roller Rink, 109 70 S. Third St., built in 1943. Today 69 64 you’ll find inside it the cozy digs of (219) Taproom and something eminently sippable plus gastro delicacies.

Finally, the New York Central freight depot, 123 N. Fourth St., for much of the 20th century the hub of the Downtown, lovingly restored by Rich Riley in his Railhouse, a bed-and-breakfast for train buffs with accommodations in vintage cars.

Visit Chesterton, Ind., worn smooth and comfortable by the past.

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