National Register of Historic Places
Elston Grove Historic District
Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana
The record
- Listed
- September 25, 2013
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Bounded by Michigan Blvd., 11th, Pine & 6th Sts., Michigan City
- County
- La Porte
- State
- Indiana
- Contributing resources
- 215 buildings, 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 41.71688, -86.89324
- Reference number
- 13000759
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The story
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Elston Grove Historic District is a historic district in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, bounded by Michigan Blvd., 11th, Pine and 6th streets. It has 215 contributing buildings and one contributing structure, built from about 1860 to about 1990 in styles from Italianate to Craftsman and Art Moderne.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2013, with local-level significance in architecture, education and industry, reflecting the district's mix of building styles, its former public library and the Zorn family's brewery business.
Physical character
Walls are mostly brick in shades of brown, cream and tan, though some buildings have limestone, clapboard or wood shingle walls; foundations include limestone, fieldstone and concrete block, and roofs range from slate and clay tile to asphalt shingle. Some buildings have corner towers, turrets, bay windows, wraparound porches, and mansard or gambrel roofs. A 1925 remodeling added Craftsman-style windows and brick walls to one building, and about 1940 another had its foundation and walls covered in stone.
Historical context
The public library served Michigan City from 1896 to 1975 and became an arts center in 1978, though vacant when listed. Houses in the district were built for local families including the Reichars in 1905, the Strigers in 1908, the Schroeders in 1917 and the Millers in 1928, and in 1970 one building became home to the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist congregation.