6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, 46804. Eagle Marsh Preservation on Facebook. Bald eagles and sandhill cranes are the stars among a variety of wildlife returning to this restored marsh in the portage area of southwest Allen County maintained by the Little River Wetlands Project. The portage area of southwest Allen County connects the 3 Fort Wayne rivers with the Wabash River that flows southwest to the Ohio River then the Mississippi River. Fort Wayne is called the "Summit City" because it was the highest point on the Wabash & Erie Canal and also near a continental divide so the Maumee River Flows northeast to Lake Erie (one of the Great Lakes) in the opposite direction as the Wabash River. The Fort Wayne Community School Portage Middle School is near and named for this area. Fort Wayne sits along a continental divide discussed in Options narrowed for Eagle Marsh carp plan August 15, 2013 by Dan Stockman of the The Journal Gazette newspaper. Carp-control report released for Eagle Marsh August 15, 2013 statement issued by the Corps of Engineers. Officials to research 2 options for halting carp August 16, 2013 by Dan Stockman of the The Journal Gazette newspaper. PrimeTime - Age of Nature - October 9, 2020 Season 2020 Episode 32 | 27m 33s Age of Nature. Guests - Bob Dispenza and Betsy Yankowiack. This area’s only in-depth, live, weekly news, analysis and cultural update forum, PrimeTime 39 airs Fridays at 7:30pm. This program is hosted by PBS39’s President/General Manager Bruce Haines.
The East State Village sign, which Hofer and Davis, Inc. provided some information to Alan Grinsfelder, local architect with Grinsfelder Associates for this archway sign across State Street! was shown in a December 12, 2017 post with the dedicated bricks in the archway in a December 18, 2017 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook.
East State Village ca. 1960 (with a photo)
By Randy Harter Fort Wayne Reader
2017-07-08
The roughly eight block long East State Village is made up of approximately 20 commercial properties largely developed during the city’s trolley era in the 1920’s. In this circa 1960 image (taken from the roof of today’s Colvin Kitchen & Bath building), two of the pictured businesses are still going strong, PIO Market and the Candlelight Café. Others not in the view, State Grill, the Acme Bar, and the Tecumseh Library (now in a new building) are also still with us.
In the view, just past the circa 1926 Spanish Eclectic style fire station (FW Engine Company #10) is Fort Wayne National Bank, which today houses The Rib Room and Nick’s Martini Bar. It’s interesting in that Nick’s Ribs was in business (since 1957) when this image was taken, but was then located in the first building east of the firehouse (you can just barely see the “N” in Nick’s on the front of the building), and then moved to the old Fort Wayne National Bank building after the bank moved out. Beyond the bank going west was Wayne Camera, Stately Women’s Wear, Roble Shoes, Pio Market, and then the parking lot, which from 1930 until the early 50’s was the site of the State Street Theater. Next, was Klemm’s Candlelight Café, Belmont dime store (now S & V Liquors) followed by a Texaco gas station. Still going west on the north side of the street, across Crescent was Clay Pharmacy on the NW corner, Trend Television & Appliances, Curtis Flowers (now the Acme parking lot), and the Acme Bar “Where Neighbors Meet - Since 1941”.
Jumping across the street south and coming back east, was Peerless Dry Cleaners on the SW corner of State and Kentucky, then across the intersection Noel’s Service Station on the SE corner , Rommel’s Body Shop, Klug Shoe store, Lantz Insurance, Karl’s Barber Shop and State Street Hardware on the SW corner of State and Crescent. Across Crescent going east was Dr. Franke/Phys , Weaver Barber Shop, Dr. Merkel/DDS, Roberts Hair Salon, State Grill, Dr. Rockey/DDS, Huntine Shell (where gas was 29.9 per gallon). Then across California Avenue a Sinclair Service Station, Meyer Bros drugstore and Schwartz Babyland (both were in today’s Colvin Kitchen & Bath building), Scott’s Bakery, Mix Jewelers and finally, State Street Shoe Repair before coming to Alabama Ave.
Crossing the street north to where Abby Brown’s Chocolate’s was most recently located was Millers’s Dairy Store, the Tecumseh Library, Kroger grocery store (now the parking lot east of the library), Buschbaum Drug, Bon Ton Bakery, the U. S. Post Office (now Simply Socks Yarn Company), then crossing California to the then 1960 Nick’s Rib Bar location and once again the fire station. (Image courtesy Bob Baker)
Thanks to Bob Baker for his remembrances of East State Village, and prior research by Creager Smith/City of Fort Wayne Historic Planner and Michael Galbraith/ARCH-Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership.
Randy Harter is a Fort Wayne historian, author and tour guide for Fort Wayne Food Tours.
A local landmark opened July 31, 1956, at 5300 Decatur Road, with the longest clear-span, monochord trusses ever used in any building in the world supporting the roof. The July 1958 Indiana Business Magazine featured Henry J. Eavey's flagship store in Fort Wayne. At 80,761 square feet, with a selling area of 50,250 square feet, it was the largest supermarket in the world at the time. Dan Vance photo caption stated: 1956 - The Eavey's Supermarket on Decatur Road, opening July 31, 1956, has been called the world's largest, with 80,761 square feet. it has a selling area of 50,250 square feet. One of its king-sized features is the 70-foot cornucopia holding the sign at the north end of the building. shown in the photo posted in THIS DAY IN HISTORY: July 27 in photos published July 27, 2018 in The News-Sentinel newspaper. The store was owned by Scott Foods, then bought by Kroger, who closed the store February 14, 2009, which then faced demolition until a new owner bought it in 2013 for warehousing.
January 9, 2013 Businessman Robert Troxel acquired the 58,000-square-foot grocery at 5300 Decatur Road with initial plans for warehousing, but he is reconsidering the best use for the site. Stated in the articleFormer Scott’s on Decatur Road sold by Paul Wyche of The Journal Gazette [January 9, 2013].
1915 West Main is a grand 1900 Free Classic home owned by Henry E. Eckart, general manager and secretary-treasurer of the Fred Eckart Packing Co., a mammoth meat-processing company deeply woven into the neighborhood’s history. Its plant and stockyards at 1825 W. Main St. – the remaining building lost in a fire in 1998 after changing hands – employed hundreds after the company was founded in 1877 by Henry Eckart’s father, Frederick Eckart, an immigrant from Bavaria, Germany. Copied from A house with a history Meatpacker’s mansion draws dad, daughter June 2, 2013 by Rosa Salter Rodriguez of The Journal Gazette newspaper. See June 13, 2013 photo for home tour by ARCH ( Architecture and Community Heritage)on Facebook.
Eckrich, Peter & Sons Meats
Peter Eckrich, an immigrant from Waldsee, German arrived in America at the age of 17. He launched a meat market in 1894 Fort Wayne. He created and sold sausage varieties he enjoyed growing up in Germany. By 1907 he was wholesaling meat, then incorporated as Peter Eckrich & Sons in 1925. They ceased retail by 1932, operating exclusively as a wholesale meat vendor. By 1932, Eckrich meats were nationally recognized for their great taste and supreme quality. Peter died in 1942. In the 1960s-1970s, Peter Eckrich & Sons heavily advertised during local sporting events including high school basketball, baseball, and Komets hockey. Eckrich was sold to publicly owned Beatrice Foods of Chicago in 1972 merged into Swift and Sons in 1986 as Swift-Eckrich. The Fort Wayne plant closed in the mid-1980s. In 1990 they were sold to ConAgra, then October 2, 2006 sold to Smithfield Foods which in 2013 became privately owned by a Chinese company.
Wallace and Barr Streets circa 1902-1920. The photo at right of women workers outside the business was posted with the description: A 1902 edition of The American Hatter magazine reported that the business was about to open in Fort Wayne and would employ 50 people. By 1907, they employed 100 women and 5 men. The factory manufactured canvas work gloves, underwear, and mittens, and was in business at least through 1921. on The Indiana Album, Joan Hostetler Collection. The photo was posted and discussed January 26, 2019 on
You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook. One comment said the factory at Barr & Wallace Streets was destroyed by fire February 4, 1920 from an article in the February 5, 1920 The News-Sentinel newspaper.
Built an electric motor buggy. There were several companies during the early 1900s that used the name 'Economy.' One of the earlier companies to use the name was the Economy Motor Buggy Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana, which produced motor buggy's from 1908 through 1911. Their president was William R. Everett, an individual who had worked on developing an experimental electric roadster as well as a light delivery vehicle. Copied from 1908 Economy Model B at Conceptcarz.com. The Success Automobile Manufacturing Company was founded in 1906 by John C. Higdon, who had built his first car in 1896; back then for experimental purposes only. While Higdon was open to let people copy his construction back in 1896, and even publicly invited to do so, he became much more aware of patents and royalties when building cars on a commercial schedule. So, he took several competitors to court on this matter; among them the Economy Motor Buggy Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Copied from Success Automobile Manufacturing Company at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
As the century turned, the auto was arriving in Fort Wayne.
First were the "silent, gliding [p.10]" electrics of the city's leading merchants, according to "The Columbia Street Story," a history of Fort Wayne's first main street written by Roy M. Bates and Kenneth B. Keller for Fort Wayne's bicentennial in 1994. [did she mean the 1976 USA bicentennial? the book was published in 1975 - p. 6]
But the 20th century's first decade also saw the arrival of early cars on the city's mostly unpaved streets. Some of the local "horseless carriages" were purchased from Fort Wayne's first Ford dealer, or were made here, however briefly, by the Economy Motor Buggy Co.
Local historian Bob DeVinney found Economy Motor Buggy in the earliest city directories in his extensive collection. He has the company identified in 1908 and part of 1909 in a factory in what was called the Commercial Addition off Taylor Street, although he does not know an exact address.
J. Ferd and Kenneth H. Beuret were the owners.
DeVinney also has an old Cliff Richards column from The Journal Gazette that mentions Economy Motor Buggy, along with the two other makes of cars once built in Fort Wayne, the Wayne and the Huffman.
"But I couldn't find anything about them," he said.
Das Unternehmen wurde 1908 in Fort Wayne in Indiana gegründet. William R. Everett war Präsident. Er begann mit der Produktion von Automobilen unter dem Markennamen Economy. Die Success Auto-Buggy Manufacturing Company zog vor Gericht, weil Economy ihre Patente nutzte. Daraufhin zog Economy nach Kankakee in Illinois. Der Mangel an geeigneten Arbeitskräften in dieser Stadt sorgte dafür, dass der Sitz wenig später nach Joliet in Illinois verlegt wurde. Ende 1909 erfolgte die Umfirmierung. Ab 1910 lag der Schwerpunkt auf der Produktion auf Nutzfahrzeugen. 1911 endete die Pkw-Produktion. 1912 kam es zum Konkurs. Economy Motor Car Company on the German version of Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
A comment: GE manufactures the electrical components at their Fort Wayne Indiana factory. Was on the 1914 Timeline of Electric Cars at the Edison Tech Center.
A 1907 Holsman 10hp No. 3 Runabout Engine no. 170 sold at auction in the United Kingdom by Bonhams.com under Saleroom notices stated: We are pleased to inform bidders that this High Wheeler is actually a far rarer Economy Model E 22/24hp. The Economy Motor Buggy Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana, produced motor buggy's from 1908 through to 1911.
An April 22, 2019 comment to Disappearing Indy Auto Landmarks posted by Dennis E. Horvath | Sep 24, 2012 at HistoricIndianapolis.com stated: Mr. Flowers. Our family owns the building that was the Economy Motor Buggy (later Economy Motor Car Co) of Joliet. I have a lot of information on both the “Economy Motorbuggy Co of Fort Wayne that later became the “Economy Motorcar Co.in Joliet. Mr Everett bought the company after the bankruptcy in order to built electric cars. I would like to exchange information with you and show you my collection of memorabilia. About 8 cars build in both Fort Wayne and Joliet still exist. One is in our local museum. http://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/content/joliet-economy-motor-buggy.
William S. Edsall House (Circa 1975 - 2017) 305 West Main Street by Daniel Baker uploaded February 17, 2017 on flickr.
This brick Federal-Greek Revival home was built for William S. Edsall. Mr. Edsall came to Fort Wayne in the 1820s as a surveyor for the Wabash & Erie Canal. Like many of his notable local peers of the era, he was quite the entrepreneur with businesses in mercantile, fur trading and produce to name a few. He also served as councilman when Fort Wayne's city charter was approved in 1840 and later as County Clerk. It was at that time that he built his home on Main Street.
As business ventures go, Edsall fell hard and had to sell his home in 1865. Nine years later, he bought it back. He celebrated the homecoming by sending out 500 hundred invitations to the people who helped settle Fort Wayne with him. The Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel described the festivity, "Last evening was one of the largest and most brilliant social parties ever given in this city." Among the names of guests that now live on as streets: Bass, Ewing, Hanna, Suttenfield, Colerick and Brackenridge to name a few. His hope of "passing the closing years of his life within its walls surrounded his children and friends" was realized (1). He died of a paralytic stroke two years later (2).
Edsall's house was sold and became the Fort Wayne City Hospital for a very short time (3). It opened in 1878 advertising "see Edison and his phonograph" as well as "the Siamese Twins." On the menu was the "best oyster stew" (4). A couple weeks later, the hospital moved (5). Today we know the hospital as Parkview.
For a number of years the home was used as a warehouse, falling into disrepair and finally vacated by the 1970s. Around that time, housing for senior citizens was being planned for the block. ARCH, recognizing the historic and architectural importance, nominated the Edsall House for the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It still stands on West Main, the oldest structure in central downtown (6).
Sources: 1)Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel, 16 April 1874
2)Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, 12 December 1876
3)" ", 24 October 1878
4)" ", 29 October 1878
5)Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, 6 November 1878
6)National Register of Historic Places: secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/17b4e/N/Edsall_William_S_... August 1, 1975
Edsall Housethe oldest structure in downtown Fort Wayne and the city’s second oldest hospital, was built by William S. Edsall in 1839 on the West Central Trail 17 stops on the Heritage Trail by ARCH ( Architecture and Community Heritage).
#2 - WILLIAM EDSALL HOUSE. YEAR CONSTRUCTED: 1839-40. The William Edsall House on W. Main St. is built in the Federal/Greek Rivial style. Its brick construction includes four interior end chimneys. It is the oldest structure in downtown Fort Wayne and hosted grand "Pioneer Balls" that saw the founders of Fort Wayne gather, reminisce and honor the creation of the city on the three rivers. It was converted into the city's second hospital in 1878, but it shuttered two days after it opened due to a clash with the mortgage company. It has housed the offices of the Home Builders Association of Fort Wayne since 1986. (Photo courtesy of The History Center). Copied from FORT WAYNE FIVE: Oldest city structures on the National Register of Historic Places by Justin Kenny posted January 4, 2018 at The News-Sentinel newspaper. See our National Register of Historic Places page.
A December 14, 2017 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook shared December 14, 2022 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook stated: For "Throwback Thursday" we share this article written for the PEOPLE SOUTHWEST through The Journal-Gazette by Tracy Warner on February 11, 1988. Tracy later became Journal-Gazette writer and Editorial Editor, and now works for Indiana and Michigan Power (AEP). We shared pictures before on the McCulloch House on Superior Street, when Tom and Kris Bireley had restored it and we surveyed for them. This article is on the flip side, and mentions one of our long-time clients Bud Hall. It also talks about the City Light property before it became Science Central. BTW....Hofer and Davis, Inc. provided the survey when Science Central took over! It shows an image of the PEOPLE SOUTHWEST a The Journal Gazette newspaper article by Tracy Warner on February 11, 1988 discussing six old buildings he wrote about four years earlier in 1983, four were vital to Fort Wayne heritage, that were wasting away. Two were still empty in 1988. They were the McCulloch House, the Centlivre Brewery site still standing in 1988 but later demolished, The Edsall House, the Baker Street Train Depot, the Hanna School built in 1905, closed in 1977, city bought in 1979, sold in 1984, bought again in 1986 then demolished in 1987 saving only the arched doorways, a gable, the cornerstone and balustrade; and City Light now Science Central. At the end he mentioned car phones a new technology in 1988!
Electric Works: A New Kind of Energy posted Aug 2, 2022 by Electric Works Fort Wayne on YouTube. Located in the heart of downtown Fort Wayne, the historic 1.2 million square foot General Electric campus has been reimagined as a modern-day, mixed-use district of innovation. From business and education, to dining and shopping, Electric Works is generating a new kind of energy.
Primetime-Electric Works Update- (7/29/2022) by PBS Fort Wayne on Vimeo from August 2, 2022 post on Facebook
Kevan Biggs ( Partner, RTM Ventures). This area’s only in-depth, live, weekly news, analysis and cultural update forum, PrimeTime airs Fridays at 7:30pm. This program is hosted by PBS Fort Wayne’s President/General Manager Bruce Haines.
A photo of a flag posted July 4, 2019 by Electric Works on Facebook states once the “Biggest Flag in Indiana.” The photo is of Monument Flag in 1898. “Superintendent Edward Barnes decided that the Fort Wayne Electric Works should display the flag in a striking manner. He constructed a flagpole 120 feet high in the mold of the masts of English racing yachts. ...The pole carried a flag which was 32 feet, 6 inches wide by 54 feet, 6 inches long.
Happy Independence Day, America! Quote from General Electric of Fort Wayne, Indiana, A 110 Year History by Clovis E. Linkous. Published in 1994.Fort Wayne Electric Works Dragon Fan c. 1907 photos shown on
200 @ 200 2016 Bicentennial items at
The History Center.
November 2, 2022 post with before and after photos: Wow! The Union St. Market entrance is really starting to come together. This passage hasn’t seen usage since it was bricked off back in the 1950’s. It had previously been used by General Electric workers who parked their cars on the surface lots located north of the elevated train tracks. By West Central Neighborhood on Facebook.
Electric Works is honored to be chosen as Fort Wayne Magazine''s Project of the Year. This recognition is all about the people who brought Electric Works to life, and you can read about some of them in the December issue. Thank you to Fort Wayne Magazine and to the many, many people who have played a role in the project! Copied from a December 2, 2022 post on Facebook. Read the online copy of the December 2022 issue of Fort Wayne Magazine.
After years of planning and fundraising and building and restoring, the former General Electric campus in Fort Wayne is transformed into the new mixed-used development called Electric Works. WANE 15 got exclusive access to the different areas people can experience when they visit – and some of the areas not always open to the general public. Watch the different videos at WANE 15 explores everything Electric Works has to offer by Alyssa Ivanson, posted: Dec 7, 2022 at CBS WANE-TV NewsChannel 15.
Our campus sign is installed, and now we are ready to light it! Join us on campus Monday evening as we celebrate the inaugural lighting of the Electric Works and Do it Best sign.
A January 31, 2013 post by Weigand Construction on Facebook.
What an iconic moment for our community! 💡
It's been quite a while in the making, but the new Do it Best Electric Works sign has officially been lit. If you didn't get the chance to come to the lighting ceremony last night, make sure you ✨look up✨ next time you're on Broadway!
#BuildingLandmarks #ElectricWorks #FortWayne
The lighted sign at Electric Works marks an important step in the years-long renovation of the sprawling and crumbling million square foot historic industrial campus in downtown Fort Wayne into a buzzing mixed-use district of innovation, culture and community. 🔆
➡️ Electric Works flips switch on new sign
Did you know that the Union Tunnel at Electric Works was previously used by GE employees? Now, the tunnel that has been closed off for years is being used once again to connect the Electric Works campus to parking on the other side of the tracks.
On this episode of HHMtv, we take the tour of Fort Wayne's biggest and most ambitious project to date, Electric Works with the help of our friends at Elevatus Architecture! A sprawling 700,000 sq ft campus, the historic GE Campus has been renovated and repurposed, and now is home to incredible things like Union Street Market, Prayerworksfw, and the Amp Lab at Electric Works. Bring the whole family down to the campus, enjoy some great food and drink at the Market, and enjoy the warm weather outside at the Weigand Yard! With more construction and more businesses being added, Electric Works is going to be an incredible asset to Fort Wayne for years to come! Make sure you follow along with HHMtv, so you don't miss an episode! #hhmtv#electricworks#myfortwayne
Have you heard the news? The Electric Works campus is now on the National Register of Historic Places!
FUN FACT: Parts of our campus date all the way back to 1883, when the Fort Wayne Jenney Electric Light Company was founded. Near the turn of the century, the company was acquired by General Electric, and the rest was history.
125 West Jefferson Boulevard, Street View photo from Google maps with over 3,000 user submitted photos on Google
Episode 186: Embassy Theatre by Granite Ridge Builders posted Nov 23, 2022 on YouTube The historic Embassy Theatre provides a majestic backdrop for Broadway performances, concerts of all musical formats, cinema, and the annual Festival of Trees. In this week’s episode, we discuss the history, interior styles, facts, theatrical superstitions, and more! We invite you to visit the annual Festival of Trees at the Embassy Theatre through November 30th.
We have a growing list of Granite Ridge videos posted on our pages.
In the video, Lonnie Norris mentions his movie Pursuit of Freedom Original title: Pulled from DarknessThe real life story of a Ukrainian woman who was separated from her three children and sold into trafficking by Russian gangsters. Defying all odds, she survived to be reunited with her children. See the 4-minute trailer: Director George A. Johnson & Producer Lonnie Norris share the story behind PURSUIT OF FREEDOM.
Saving the Embassy part 1 published May 27, 2011 by Embassy1928 on YouTube
Faced with the wrecking ball in 1972, a handful of community leaders and volunteers led by Robert Goldstine, banded together to form the Embassy Theatre Foundation. This is their story.
Saving the Embassy part 2 published May 27, 2011 by Embassy1928 on YouTube
Faced with the wrecking ball in 1972, a handful of community leaders and volunteers led by Robert Goldstine, banded together to form the Embassy Theatre Foundation. This is their story.
Did you know that the Embassy's Grande Page Pipe Organ was built by The Page Pipe Organ Company out of Lima, Ohio? The Page Pipe Organ Company was a manufacturer of small organs, however, they built only four larger organs one of which is housed at the Embassy.
The Embassy's organ has more than 1,300 pipes that range in size from a small pencil to large wooden flues sixteen feet high. Our organ was built to accompany silent movies, as such it has special effects which include bird whistles, police sirens, telephone bells, train whistles and more. We also have one of the few organs in the nation still in its original home!
Have you ever noticed the architectural features of our lower lounge bathrooms? This area features pillared arches in a Spanish motif with carvings of the scarab beetle (Scarabaeus sacer, regarded by the ancient Egyptians as sacred and a symbol for new life). We also have false back-lighted windows on one side of the corridor to give an open-air impression even though the hall is below ground level!
See a 14 page collection of newspaper pages about the new Emboyd Theater from the May 14, 1928The Journal Gazette newspaper.
In the spring of 1929, an unknown young vaudevillian named Bob Hope spent three weeks there performing as a master of ceremonies. The world-famous comedian, who died in 2003, later credited the theater with giving his career its start. ... In 1978, during a Save the Embassy fundraising campaign Bob Hope left a photo of himself, on which he inscribed, To the Embassy Theatre patrons: Don't let it fall. It helped get me started. My Best, Bob Hope. Copied from Nine decades packed with memories published May 19, 2018 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
May 13, 1988 Paul Harvey recorded a custom version of "The Rest of the Story" for WOWO, spotlighting the 60th anniversary of Fort Wayne's Embassy Theatre and one of its most famous performers, followed by a WOWO promo for The Big Broadcast of 1988. Recording courtesy of Jim Cassell from the collection of the late Charlie Willer.Listen to 4 minute audio from the History of WOWO Airchecks page.
Fort Wayne is a city where Embassy Theatre’s Grande Page pipe organ is practically a local celebrity and where scores of people drive from church to church just to hear their outstanding pipe organs demonstrated as part of “Follow the Pipes” during the Fort Wayne Newspapers Three Rivers Festival. quote from the newspaper article Instrument has many local fans February 7, 2013 by Rosa Salter Rodriguez of The Journal Gazette newspaper.
Did you know that the chandeliers hanging inside our theater weigh 500 pounds and are eight feet tall! The draperies behind the chandeliers are hiding more than 1,300 pipes for the Grande Page pipe organ.
Built in 1928, the Embassy Theatre is both Indiana’s largest self-sustaining historic theater and home to the magnificent Grande Page pipe organ. Originally known as the Emboyd, with the adjoining seven-story Indiana Hotel, our majestic movie palace and vaudeville theater introduced northern Indiana to the biggest and brightest stars of stage and screen. Faced with the wrecking ball in 1972, a handful of community leaders and volunteers banded together to form the Embassy Theatre Foundation. They rallied the community and saved the theater!
Thank you to those who helped contribute to this video:
Harvey Cocks, Jr - Embassy historian
Connie Haas Zuber - Executive Director, Arch
Fred Hitzemann - Long-time volunteer
Ellsworth Smith - Founder, Embassy Theatre Foundation
Bob Nickerson - Founder, Embassy Theatre Foundation
Bill Zabel - Founder, Embassy Theatre Foundation
Embassy Theatre: A VISION FOR THE EMBASSY! by fwembassytheatre posted April 28, 2015 on YouTube Embassy updates A VISION FOR THE EMBASSY! Last summer Weigand Construction began the renovation of the Indiana Hotel. We will be keeping you up-to-date with the project with the help of Punch Films. Here is one our latest videos talking about the challenges of working in a historical faciity.
A Romanesque Revival style fire house designed by the architectural firm of Wing & Mahurin. With arched doorways and stall openings in brick, and a stone belt course above a row of brick dentils on the main façade. In its day, it was the largest and best-equipped fire station in town, also served as a testing site for new equipment and firefighting methods. Last used as a fire station in 1972. It currently houses the Fort Wayne Firefighter’s Museum and the Old No. 3 Firehouse Café.
William G. Ewing's house on the northwest corner of Berry and Ewing Streets was built in 1838. The three-story brick mansion was considered to be one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Fort Wayne. In April 1948, the home was purchased for $57,000 by the Fort Wayne-Allen County chapter of the American Red Cross from then-owners Dr. and Mrs. Don F. Cameron. The building housed several commercial tenants, and the Red Cross planned to move all its operations and activities, including the community blood center, into the site about a year later. Copied from This Day in History April 12 in photos published April 12, 2018 by The News-Sentinel newspaper. 1854 Initial Construction photos and some information at the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey. The Library of Congressphotos posted April 6, 2019 on
You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook.
Ewing Tavern or Washington Hall
Where the Allen County government started in a log tavern of Alexander Ewing off Columbia Street at the muddy intersection of Columbia and Barr streets in 1824. No longer there, it would now be the backyard of the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre and Fort Wayne Museum of Art. The Ewing Tavern site is at stop #19 The Beginnings of Fort Wayne on the
ARCH ( Architecture and Community Heritage) Central Downtown Trail.
