LaPorte County

Mount Baldy is a sand dune located in Indiana Dunes National Park. It is on the southern shore of Lake Michigan and is 126 feet tall. It is a wandering dune that moves or shifts every year, and is called a "living dune."

LeMans Academy (formerly Sacred Heart Military Academy) was a private Catholic boarding middle school (grades 5–9) for boys located 90 minutes east of Chicago, Illinois, near La Porte, Indiana, on 700 acres (2.8 km²) of land. It was sponsored by the Brothers of Holy Cross from the University of Notre Dame. It was founded in 1955 in Watertown, Wisconsin.

LaLumiere was a South Shore Line flag stop located at Wilhelm Road in LaPorte County, Indiana. The station opened prior to 1910 and closed on July 5, 1994, as part of an NICTD service revision which also saw the closure of Ambridge, Kemil Road, Willard Avenue, Rolling Prairie, and New Carlisle.

Rolling Prairie was a South Shore Line flag stop located at County Road 500 East which served the communities of Rolling Prairie and Birchim in LaPorte County, Indiana. The station opened prior to 1910, and closed on July 5, 1994, as part of an NICTD service revision which also saw the closure of Ambridge, Kemil Road, Willard Avenue, LaLumiere, and New Carlisle.

Willard Avenue was a South Shore Line flag stop located at the corner of Willard Avenue and 10th Street in Michigan City, Indiana. The station opened prior to 1937 and closed on July 5, 1994, as part of an NICTD service revision which also saw the closure of Ambridge, Kemil Road, LaLumiere, Rolling Prairie, and New Carlisle.

The Everel S. Smith House is located on the northeast corner of West Jefferson Street and Clyborn Avenue in Westville, Indiana and is set well back from the streets it fronts. The yard is landscaped with four large maples and one medium size tulip tree equally spaced along the road. There is an enclosed garden with patio (6 1 high, woven cypress fence, 32' X 32') on the west side beginning at the back of the bay and extending north and west. The house faces south and is of two story, red brick construction with ivory painted wood trim. Its design is Italianate with a single story wing on the north (rear) side. There is a hip roof on the main section capped by a widow's walk with a wrought iron fence around its perimeter. A gable is centered on a short extension of the center, front wall which has a limestone block with beveled corners set in its center above the second story windows that is inscribed with the date 1879. There is a black, cast, spread eagle below the inscribed stone.

Downtown LaPorte Historic District is a national historic district located at LaPorte, Indiana. The district encompasses 70 contributing buildings in the central business district of LaPorte. It developed between about 1860 and 1930, and includes examples of Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Neoclassical style architecture. Notable buildings include the Zahrt Blocks (1868, 1874), Ridgway Hotel (1863), Higday and Collins Blocks (1886–1888), LaPorte County Courthouse (1890–1894), Odd Fellows Building (1895), Lonn's Block (1889), People's Bank (1912), U.S. Post Office (1912), New York Central Depot (1909), Masonic Temple (1910), and Hotel Rumely (1912).

Franklin Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Michigan City, Indiana. The district encompasses 73 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential section of Michigan City. It developed between about 1875 and 1955, and includes examples of Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Michigan City Post Office (1909–1910). Other notable buildings include the Staiger House (c. 1908), Earl House (c. 1890, 1917), M & M Diner (1955), Zorn Building (1907), St. Paul's Lutheran Church (1876) and rectory (1888), First Federal Savings Bank (c. 1950), Aicher Block (1914), Brinkman Building (c. 1917), Trinity Episcopal Church (1889), Merchants National Bank Building (1926), Ledbetter Building (1908), Rodenbeck Saloon (c. 1894), First Methodist Episcopal Church (1922), Barker Hall (1929), Masonic Temple (1922–1923), and the Salvation Army Building (1925).

Haskell and Barker Historic District is a national historic district located at Michigan City, Indiana. The district encompasses 205 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and one contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Michigan City. The district is named for the Haskell and Barker manufacturing company. It developed between about 1860 and 1960, and includes examples of Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed John H. Barker Mansion and First Congregational Church of Michigan City. Other notable buildings include the St. Stanislaus Koska Church (1922–1926), Rectory (1938), and Convent (1938), Consumer Service Company (1922), Michigan City School of Fine Arts (1908), Gilmore-Gardner Building (1925), Porter-Carrigan House (1895), Hutchinson House (1875), St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (1868) and Convent (1905), and Hartke House (c. 1860).

Indiana and Michigan Avenues Historic District is a national historic district located at LaPorte, Indiana. The district encompasses 223 contributing buildings and one contributing site in a predominantly residential section of LaPorte. It developed between about 1860 and 1963, and includes examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Prairie School, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Francis H. Morrison House. Other notable buildings include the Hobart M. Cable, Jr., House (c. 1925), Rear Admiral R. R. Ingersoll Residence (1908), John Secor House (c. 1890), Swan-Anderson House (1870), Carnegie Library (1920), Emmett Scott House (1915), Frank Osborn House (c. 1895), Henry McGill House (c. 1863, 1881), First Presbyterian Church (1862), Winn House (c. 1875), First Church of Christ Scientist (c 1890, 1920), and St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1895–1898).

John and Cynthia Garwood Farmstead is a historic home and farm located in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The house was built about 1866, and is a tall 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Italian Villa style brick dwelling. It has a gabled-ell form with a center tower. Also on the property are the contributing gambrel-roofed barn (c. 1930), milk house (c. 1930), and silo (c. 1930).

Ames Family Homestead is a historic home and farm located in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The Captain Charles Ames House was built in 1842, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a split granite stone basement and a gable roof with dormers. The Augustus Ames House was built in 1856, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It sits on a brick foundation and sheathed in clapboard siding. Also on the property are the contributing traverse frame barn (1838), privy (c. 1930), ice house (c. 1930), cow shed (c. 1900), corn crib (c. 1930), chicken coop (c. 1940), silo (c. 1930), water pump (c. 1900) driveway marker (c. 1880), and wood shed (c. 1915).

Francis H. Morrison House is a historic home located at LaPorte, Indiana. It was built in 1904, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame dwelling in an eclectic combination of popular revival styles including Tudor Revival, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, and American Craftsman. It has a hipped roof with dormers, a two-story sleeping porch, Palladian window, and stuccoed areas with curved corner pieces.

Garrettson-Baine-Bartholomew House is a historic home located at Michigan City, Indiana. It was built in 1908, and is a two-story, asymmetrical, Tudor Revival style dwelling. It features a full-length porch, stone first story, and stucco and half-timbering on the second story.

George and Adele Jaworowski House, also known as Early Birds, is a historic home located in Michigan Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was designed by architect John Lloyd Wright and built in 1945–1946. The house is atop and carved into a sand dune on the shore of Lake Michigan. The house is in the Prairie School of architecture and has a high pitched hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves and dormer. Also contributing is the house site.

Hoover-Timme House is a historic home located at Long Beach, Indiana. It was designed by architect John Lloyd Wright and built in 1929. It is a three level house carved into a sand dune on the shore of Lake Michigan. The house is in a rambling Prairie School style with hipped and mansard roof forms. The house is sheathed in ashlar sandstone and stucco. Also contributing is the house site.

John and Isabel Burnham House, also known as the Pagoda House, is a historic home located at Long Beach, Indiana. It was designed by architect John Lloyd Wright and built in 1934. It is a five level house located on the shore of Lake Michigan. The house is a blend of Prairie School and International Style architecture with hipped and pent roof forms. The house is sheathed in stucco and salmon colored brick. Also contributing is the house site with extensive stone terracing.

Lowell E. and Paula G. Jackson House, also known as the House of Tile, is a historic home located at Long Beach, Indiana. It was designed by architect John Lloyd Wright and built in 1938. The house is constructed of 12 inch square clay tiles painted green and carved into a sand dune on the shore of Lake Michigan. The house has horizontal clapboard siding and is in the International Style of architecture. The house has three levels and a carport. Also contributing is the house site.

Pinehurst Hall, also known as the Charles T. Leaming House, is a historic home located in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was built in 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling, with Italianate style accents. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has two one-story rear additions.

William Orr House, also known as the Orr-Richter House, is a historic home located in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was built in 1875, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Eastlake movement style brick dwelling, with Italianate and Gothic Revival style design elements. It features a 3+1⁄2-story central tower with a mansard roof and full-width front porch.

Barker House is a historic home located at Michigan City, Indiana. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, rectangular, Shingle Style / Prairie School style dwelling. It sits on a brick foundation and has a hipped roof with hipped dormer and has a modified American Foursquare plan. Also on the property are the contributing carriage house, dance studio, and garage. The house and grounds are occupied by the Save the Dunes offices and Barker Woods Nature Preserve, which is managed by Shirley Heinze Land Trust.

Elston Grove Historic District is a national historic district located at Michigan City, Indiana. The district encompasses 215 contributing buildings and one contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Michigan City. It developed between about 1860 and 1963, and includes examples of Italianate, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the A.J. Henry House (1904, 1908), Kubik Doctors Office (1953), Manny House (1902), Haskell-Boyd House (1875, c. 1917), Moritz House (1911), Zorn Brewey (c. 1877), Petti Grocery (c. 1900), Luchtman Building (c. 1900), Dr. Ginther House (1940), Sherman Apartment Building (1921), First Baptist Church (1914), the Public Library (1896–1897), and the Adventist Church - Christian Science Church (c. 1860).

Wills Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,098 (down from 2,110 at 2010) and it contained 833 housing units.

Noble Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,599 (down from 1,625 at 2010) and it contained 634 housing units.

Pleasant Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,502 (up from 3,380 at 2010) and it contained 1,446 housing units.

First Congregational Church of Michigan City is a historic Congregational church building at 531 Washington Street in Michigan City, Indiana. The church building was built in 1880-1881 and constructed in a Romanesque, Tudor Revival style. It was rebuilt in 1908-1909 following a fire. It is the second oldest church building in Michigan City.

Center Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,274 (up from 25,075 at 2010) and it contained 10,055 housing units.

Cass Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,825 (a tiny decrease of 1,833 from 2010) and it contained 764 housing units.

Clinton Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,551 (up from 1,507 at 2010) and it contained 607 housing units.

Coast Guard Station Michigan City is a United States Coast Guard station located in Michigan City, Indiana. The station is the only Coast Guard Station located on Lake Michigan in Indiana. Station Michigan City is a multi-mission unit that conducts missions in search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, homeland security and marine environmental protection. The station responds to an average of 125 search and rescue cases a year, assisting nearly two million dollars in property.

Coolspring Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,684 (up from 14,718 at 2010) and it contained 7,302 housing units.

Dewey Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana, USA. At the 2020 census, its population was 1,000 (up from 935 at 2010) and it contained 421 housing units.

The Galena River is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) stream in northern Indiana in the United States. It rises in the northeast corner of Springfield Township, about 5 miles (8 km) north of LaPorte in LaPorte County and flows northeast. Just after it crosses the state boundary into Three Oaks Township in Berrien County, Michigan, it is joined from the east by Spring Creek to form the South Branch Galien River. After becoming the Galien River in Michigan, the river ultimately flows to Lake Michigan in New Buffalo.

Galena Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,980 (up from 1,899 at 2010) and it contained 979 housing units.

Hanna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hanna Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It had a population of 463 at the 2010 census.

Hanna Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 976 (up from 965 at 2010) and it contained 409 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Hanna.

Prairie Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 202 (down from 209 at 2010) and it contained 86 housing units.

Hudson Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hudson Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. The town sits on the dividing line between Central and Eastern time zones. It is the site of the Hudson Lake station stop of the South Shore Line. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 1,297.

Hudson Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,832 (down from 1,883 at 2010) and it contained 962 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Hudson Lake.

The John H. Barker Mansion is a historic home located in Michigan City, Indiana.

Johnson Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 207 (up from 198 at 2010) and it contained 82 housing units.

Kankakee Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,739 (down from 4,830 at 2010) and it contained 1,579 housing units.

Lincoln Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,846 (up from 1,794 at 2010) and it contained 966 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Fish Lake.

Marquette Catholic High School is a private, co-educational, college prep school in Michigan City, Indiana. It is run along the principles of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary. Marquette offers dual credit courses, and AP credit opportunities.

Michigan Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,517 (slightly down from 27,522 at 2010) and it contained 13,431 housing units.

LaPorte Community School Corporation (LPCSC) is a school district headquartered in LaPorte, Indiana.

Mill Creek is an unincorporated community in northern Lincoln Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It lies along CR875E, east of the city of La Porte, the county seat of LaPorte County. Although Mill Creek is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 46365. It is possible to reach Mill Creek from Upper Fish Lake by way of a shallow stream that feeds the lake: this stream passes under a railroad bridge about a half mile east of the town. Mill Creek is not an actual creek, it is south of La Porte.

New Durham Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,105 (down from 8,664 at 2010) and it contained 2,351 housing units.

Rolling Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 562.

Scipio Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,218 (up from 4,570 at 2010) and it contained 2,115 housing units.

Smith is an unincorporated community in Galena Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.

Springfield Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,770 (down from 4,045 at 2010) and it contained 1,574 housing units.

Trail Creek is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km) north- by northwest-flowing stream whose main stem begins at the confluence of the West Branch Trail Creek and the East Branch Trail Creek in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. Its mouth is a Lake Michigan harbor and marina adjacent to Washington Park in Michigan City, Indiana.

Union Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,281 (down from 2,348 at 2010) and it contained 961 housing units.

The Hoosier Slide was a large sand dune on the shore of Lake Michigan near Michigan City, Indiana. The 200-foot (61 m) dune was a popular tourist destination in the late 19th century, attracting visitors for the view from the top and to slide down the dune's face. At about the same time as it became a tourist attraction, it was found to be a good source of iron-rich sand that would make a light blue-tinted glass. The sand mining activity led to the dune's disappearance by 1920.

The Fort at Door Village was one of the hastily built forts erected by settlers after the onset of the 1832 Black Hawk War.

Washington Park is a historic public park and national historic district located on Lake Michigan at Michigan City, Indiana. The park encompasses 13 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, 11 contributing structures, and 21 contributing objects, and includes the Michigan City Zoo. It was established in 1891 and later developed by the Works Progress Administration and its predecessors during the 1930s. Notable features include the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1896), former park headquarters building (1934), bandstand (1911), World War I doughboy monument (1926), tennis court (c. 1933), log picnic shelter (c. 1936), and four-story observation tower (1936).

The Washington Park Zoo is a zoo located in Washington Park, Michigan City, Indiana, which covers 15 acres (61,000 m²) on a hilly sand dune close to the southeastern tip of Lake Michigan. The park and zoo were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Washington Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,211 (down from 1,357 at 2010) and it contained 491 housing units.