Draft Historic Property Report for the NICTD Double Track NWI Project, Michigan City to Gary, Indiana Segment 3 of 3, Lake County Lake County, IN DHPA No. 19318 April 24, 2017 Draft Historic Property Report for the NICTD Double Track NWI Project; Segment 3 of 3, Lake County, Indiana PREPARED FOR Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District 33 E. U.S. Highway 12 Chesterton, IN 46304 PREPARED BY 2600 Park Tower Suite 100 Vienna, VA 22180-7342 AUTHORS Diana Garnett Jeanne Barnes Kristin Morgan Leesa Gratreak April 24, 2017 Draft Historic Property Report for the NICTD Double Track NWI Project; Segment 3 of 3, Lake County, Indiana Table of Contents 1.0 ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Survey Personnel .......................................................................................................................... 2 3.0 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Previously Identified Architectural Resources ............................................................................... 6 4.0 HISTORIC CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Miller .............................................................................................................................................. 9 4.2 Aetna ........................................................................................................................................... 12 4.3 Gary ............................................................................................................................................. 15 4.4 The South Shore Line ................................................................................................................. 17 5.0 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 23 5.1 Survey Methods .......................................................................................................................... 23 5.2 NRHP Evaluation Methods ......................................................................................................... 24 6.0 NRHP ELIGIBILITY AND EVALUATIONS .................................................................................... 26 6.1 Summary of All Resources .......................................................................................................... 26 6.2 Resources Previously Recommended Eligible ........................................................................... 26 6.2.1 089-232-07091 - 6101 E. 6th Place, Gary (Contributing) .................................................... 27 6.2.2 089-232-07092 – 6064 E. 6th Place, Gary (Contributing) .................................................... 28 6.2.3 089-232-07093 – 6032 E. 6th Place, Gary (Contributing) .................................................... 30 6.2.4 089-232-07095 – 665 S. Lake Street, Public School District Number 8/Miller School (Notable) ............................................................................................................................... 32 6.2.5 089-232-07096 – 630 (also known as 626) Greene Street, Gary (contributing) .................. 36 6.2.6 089-232-07101 – 662 Elkhart Street, Gary (Contributing) ................................................... 38 6.2.7 089-232-07103 – 5428 E. Melton Road (Contributing) ........................................................ 40 6.2.8 089-232-07104 – 5512 E. Melton Road (Contributing) ........................................................ 42 6.2.9 089-232-07114 – 4032 10th Avenue, Gary (Contributing) ................................................... 44 6.2.10 089-232-19001 – 575 Ohio Street (Contributing) ................................................................. 46 6.2.11 089-232-19003 – 552 Tennessee Street, Gary (Contributing) ............................................. 48 6.2.12 089-232-19004 – 523 Kentucky Street, Gary (Contributing) ................................................ 50 6.2.13 089-232-19667 – 2600 E. 5th Avenue/Walter Bates Steel Corporation (Notable) .............. 51 6.2.14 089-232-19670 – 602 Illinois Street, Gary (Contributing) .................................................... 58 6.2.15 089-232-19671 – 608 Mississippi Street (Contributing) ....................................................... 60 6.2.16 089-232-19672 – 628 Mississippi Street, Gary (Contributing) ............................................. 61 6.2.17 089-232-19674 – 637 Indiana Street (Martin Luther King Drive), Gary (Contributing) ........ 61 6.3 Surveyed Properties Newly Evaluated........................................................................................ 63 6.3.1 South Shore Line .................................................................................................................. 63 6.3.2 Recommended Glen Ryan Park Historic District ................................................................. 84 6.3.3 Recommended Hiway Homes Historic District..................................................................... 90 Page i April 24, 2017 Draft Historic Property Report for the NICTD Double Track NWI Project; Segment 3 of 3, Lake County, Indiana 7.0 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................ 98 8.0 REFERENCES CITED .................................................................................................................. 103 List of Appendices Appendix A: Maps Appendix B: APE Maps Appendix C: Survey Results List of Tables Table 1. Previously recorded resources within the APE in Lake County. ..................................................... 7 Table 2. Previously and newly evaluated resources in Lake County. ........................................................ 99 List of Figures Figure 1. Project location map. ..................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2. The first Miller Schoolhouse, c. 1908; the school stood at the location of 651 S. Henry Street (Svengalis 2006:345). ................................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 3. The second Miller Schoolhouse, built c. 1880 at the approximate location of the present-day historic Miller School at 6th Place and Lake Street (Svengalis 2006:345). ................................................ 10 Figure 4. The third Miller Schoolhouse, built c. 1890, replaced the second in situ, at 6th Place and Lake Street (Svengalis 2006:345)........................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 5. Miller as drawn by Gary City Engineer Harold Zweig in 1945 (Svengalis 2006:340). ................. 12 Figure 6. Aetna, view northwest from a dune near 10th Avenue and Arizona Street, c. 1907. The Wabash railroad depot is visible at the upper right (Svengalis 2006: 365). .............................................................. 13 Figure 7. Map of Aetna, 1919 (Svengalis 2006: 375). ................................................................................ 13 Figure 8. Aetna in 1950, undergoing development by Fifield. Aetna Street lies at center (Svengalis 2006:381). ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 9. Fifield’s duplexes under construction in the 1950s (Ogorek 2012:114). ..................................... 15 Figure 10. The former Wabash Railroad Depot (rear) with c. 1960 Fifield office brick addition (HDR 2017). .................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 11. West-bound freight moves through Michigan City, c. 1940, ...................................................... 20 Figure 12. The South Shore Line moves through Michigan City in a snow storm (Middleton 1970:114). 20 Figure 13. Combine No. 109 heads west past Beverly Shores, c. 1950 (Middleton 1970:83). .................. 21 Figure 14. Michigan City, c. 1955 (Doughty 2007:9). ................................................................................. 22 Figure 15. 089-232-07091 6101 E. 6th Place, looking southeast. .............................................................. 27 Figure 16. 089-232-07091 6101 E. 6th Place, looking southwest. ............................................................. 28 Figure 17. 6064 E. 6th Place (089-232-07092), view north-northeast. ....................................................... 29 Figure 18. 6064 E. 6th Place (089-232-07092), view west-northwest. ....................................................... 29 Figure 19. 6032 E. 6th Place (089-232-07093), view north. ....................................................................... 30 Page ii April 24, 2017 Draft Historic Property Report for the NICTD Double Track NWI Project; Segment 3 of 3, Lake County, Indiana Figure 20. 6032 E. 6th