Burns Harbor, IN
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nomadwillie
N 41° 36.740 W 087° 07.590
16T E 489460 N 4606743
Burns Harbor is located adjacent to the Indiana Dunes, an area that conservationists have fought hard to preserve.
Waymark Code: WMQ4TG
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2015
Views: 3
Burns Harbor Town Complex is a modern 1 story building with a faux stone foundation that is shown with vertical siding. Entrance is located on the right side of the building with a small ell and a gable roof.
Settlers moved into the area that would become Burns Harbor after the federal government began selling land in 1833 and following the 1838 forced removal of the Native Americans from Indiana.
In the 1850s, Swedish and German immigrants moved into the area from Chicago to work in the local lumber industry and stayed to farm and create the Baillytown community. The Michigan Central Railroad and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad laid track through historic Burns Harbor in 1852, providing transportation from the East Coast and to Chicago.
By the mid-1870s most of the land in historic Burns Harbor had been settled, cleared and put under cultivation.
After 1870, immigrants from Germany and other countries moved to the area to farm and to work in the nearby Porter brickyards.
Source:http://www.burnsharbor-in.gov/203/Local-History
Name: Burns Harbor Town Complex
Address:
1240 W North Boo Rd
Burns Harbor, IN
Web Site for City/Town/Municipality: [Web Link]
Date of Construction: Not listed
Architect: Not listed
Memorials/Commemorations/Dedications: Not listed
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