This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Huntington County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Huntington County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There are 12 historical markers located in Huntington County. [1]
Marker title | Image | Year placed | Location | Topics |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pioneer Medical Doctors/Chase S. Osborn [2] | 1949 | Southeastern corner of the junction of State Roads
105 and
124, west of
Mount Etna 40°44′26″N 85°37′15″W / 40.74056°N 85.62083°W |
Science, Medicine, and Inventions, Women | |
Home of Chief Richardville [3] | 1966 |
Forks of the Wabash Historic Park at the southwestern corner of the junction of
U.S. Route 24 and
State Road 9 near
Huntington 40°52′39″N 85°31′58″W / 40.87750°N 85.53278°W |
American Indian/Native American | |
Forks of Wabash [4] | 1972 | Junction of Business
U.S. Route 24 and W. Park Drive east of the
State Road 9 junction near
Huntington 40°52′38.2″N 85°31′50″W / 40.877278°N 85.53056°W |
American Indian/Native American, Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Canal Landing on Washington Street/ Jefferson Park Mall: Indiana's First Tax-Free Mall [5] | 1973 | Junction of Washington and N. Jefferson Streets in
Huntington 40°52′58″N 85°29′44″W / 40.88278°N 85.49556°W |
Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Drover Town [6] | 1979 | One block north of the junction of Etna Avenue and Henry Street on the property of St. Peter's First United Church of Christ in
Huntington 40°52′40″N 85°29′38″W / 40.87778°N 85.49389°W |
Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns, Immigration and Ethnic Groups | |
The "Lime City" [7] | 1979 | Junction of W. Park Drive and Diamond Street at Sunken Gardens Park in
Huntington 40°52′41.7″N 85°30′24″W / 40.878250°N 85.50667°W |
Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Huntington's Buildings over the River: Controversy to Controversy/Huntington's Ford and First Bridge [8] | 1979 | Jefferson Street bridge over the
Little River in
Huntington 40°52′45.4″N 85°29′35.6″W / 40.879278°N 85.493222°W |
Buildings and Architecture, Business, Industry, and Labor, Transportation | |
Wabash & Erie Canal Lock 4 [9] | 1997 | 339 E. First Street at
U.S. Route 24 in
Roanoke 40°57′42.3″N 85°22′16″W / 40.961750°N 85.37111°W |
Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Kiilhsoohkwa (Kilsoquah) [10] | 2005 | Glenwood Cemetery in the 1000 block of N. Main Street in
Roanoke 40°58′16″N 85°22′19″W / 40.97111°N 85.37194°W |
American Indian/Native American, Women, Government Institutions, Early Settlement and Exploration | |
Warren's Carnegie Library [11] | 2007 | 123 E. Third St. in
Warren 40°41′0.6″N 85°25′32″W / 40.683500°N 85.42556°W |
Carnegie Libraries, Buildings and Architecture | |
Dr Otto U King [12] | 2018 | 322 N. Jefferson St.,
Huntington 40°52′53″N 85°29′40″W / 40.88139°N 85.49444°W |
Medicine, Education | |
Elizebeth Smith Friedman, 1892-1980 [13] | 2021 | Memorial Park, 1120 W. Park Dr.
Huntington 40°52′42″N 85°30′22″W / 40.87833°N 85.50611°W |
Women; Science, Medicine, and Invention; Education and Library; Military |
This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Huntington County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Huntington County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There are 12 historical markers located in Huntington County. [1]
Marker title | Image | Year placed | Location | Topics |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pioneer Medical Doctors/Chase S. Osborn [2] | 1949 | Southeastern corner of the junction of State Roads
105 and
124, west of
Mount Etna 40°44′26″N 85°37′15″W / 40.74056°N 85.62083°W |
Science, Medicine, and Inventions, Women | |
Home of Chief Richardville [3] | 1966 |
Forks of the Wabash Historic Park at the southwestern corner of the junction of
U.S. Route 24 and
State Road 9 near
Huntington 40°52′39″N 85°31′58″W / 40.87750°N 85.53278°W |
American Indian/Native American | |
Forks of Wabash [4] | 1972 | Junction of Business
U.S. Route 24 and W. Park Drive east of the
State Road 9 junction near
Huntington 40°52′38.2″N 85°31′50″W / 40.877278°N 85.53056°W |
American Indian/Native American, Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Canal Landing on Washington Street/ Jefferson Park Mall: Indiana's First Tax-Free Mall [5] | 1973 | Junction of Washington and N. Jefferson Streets in
Huntington 40°52′58″N 85°29′44″W / 40.88278°N 85.49556°W |
Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Drover Town [6] | 1979 | One block north of the junction of Etna Avenue and Henry Street on the property of St. Peter's First United Church of Christ in
Huntington 40°52′40″N 85°29′38″W / 40.87778°N 85.49389°W |
Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns, Immigration and Ethnic Groups | |
The "Lime City" [7] | 1979 | Junction of W. Park Drive and Diamond Street at Sunken Gardens Park in
Huntington 40°52′41.7″N 85°30′24″W / 40.878250°N 85.50667°W |
Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Huntington's Buildings over the River: Controversy to Controversy/Huntington's Ford and First Bridge [8] | 1979 | Jefferson Street bridge over the
Little River in
Huntington 40°52′45.4″N 85°29′35.6″W / 40.879278°N 85.493222°W |
Buildings and Architecture, Business, Industry, and Labor, Transportation | |
Wabash & Erie Canal Lock 4 [9] | 1997 | 339 E. First Street at
U.S. Route 24 in
Roanoke 40°57′42.3″N 85°22′16″W / 40.961750°N 85.37111°W |
Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Kiilhsoohkwa (Kilsoquah) [10] | 2005 | Glenwood Cemetery in the 1000 block of N. Main Street in
Roanoke 40°58′16″N 85°22′19″W / 40.97111°N 85.37194°W |
American Indian/Native American, Women, Government Institutions, Early Settlement and Exploration | |
Warren's Carnegie Library [11] | 2007 | 123 E. Third St. in
Warren 40°41′0.6″N 85°25′32″W / 40.683500°N 85.42556°W |
Carnegie Libraries, Buildings and Architecture | |
Dr Otto U King [12] | 2018 | 322 N. Jefferson St.,
Huntington 40°52′53″N 85°29′40″W / 40.88139°N 85.49444°W |
Medicine, Education | |
Elizebeth Smith Friedman, 1892-1980 [13] | 2021 | Memorial Park, 1120 W. Park Dr.
Huntington 40°52′42″N 85°30′22″W / 40.87833°N 85.50611°W |
Women; Science, Medicine, and Invention; Education and Library; Military |