Warren, Indiana
November 30, 2009
Return to Urban Indiana Home Page All Photographs Copyright © 2009 - 2011 by Robert E Pence Warren straddles the Huntington County/Wells County line. It was founded in 1837 by Samuel Jones, a veteran of the War of 1812. Jonesfirst named it Jonesboro, but changed the name soon afterward because Jonesboro already had been claimed by another Indiana town.
Cute little courtyard
The 1884 Pulse Opera House went from traveling shows through varioususes and fell into disuse by 1970. It was used for storage until 1986, when
restoration was begun. Now it hosts not-for-profit summer theatre, and
prior to the Christmas Holidays presented "It's A Wonderful Life."
Prowling alleys
Cute!
Leaf pickup detail
Oh, My!
A visitor to my web site offered this comment: "Nice small town photos! The aforementioned Queen Anne style home with the tower and"moongate" window on the second floor looks like a possible design by Knoxville, TN 19th century mail order architect, George Franklin
Barber. Barber's customized mail order plans were shipped all over the U.S. and even as far away as China and Japan. He was active
from 1888 until his death in 1915. His specialty and best known designs were for his 1890's Queen Anne style houses. Examples still
can be found in nearly every state in the Union. The moongate window would have had colorful stained glass originally." And this follow-up: "Since maybe someone might be interested, I did hear back from a George F.
Barber enthusiast about the Warren, IN Queen Anne style house: (with the
"moongate" window upstairs) "Yes, it is very much a Barber design -- you'll
find the exact design in Cottage Souvenir No. 2, as [I think] Design No. 33
(I always tend to get the design number wrong on first guess). You don't often
see this design in brick (and it may be just brick veneer -- Barber makes a
reference to this option in regards to a lot of his firm's designs, including this
one). I was previously not aware of this example. Thanks!!" Maybe this attribution
to a nationally known architect will somehow help in saving this once-grand home."
Salamonie River, a major tributary of the Wabash River.
Fleming Mitchell built a water-powered mill here between 1837 and 1840. The mill passed through several owners over the years, and in1921 was rebuilt as a five-storey structure with machinery powered by four horizontal turbines. The 1921 building burned in 1976, and a new
feed mill was built on the foundation of the old one. The remains of a low-head dam, the water intakes, and the tailwater channel still are visible.
Prowling alleys again
Oh, My! again. There was a "sold" sign in the yard and a U-Haul was parked at the curb,with furniture and a moving dolly on the porch. I don't know if someone was moving in or out.
