Photo Album — Lowell, Indiana — Places

Photo Album -- Lowell, Indiana -- Places

Businesses

Agriculture
Lowell squab farm
Love hay barn
Banks (click here for thumbnail photos)
1900 bank
Lowell National Bank exterior
Lowell National Bank interior -- 1915
Lowell National Bank advertisement -- 1906

Blacksmiths/Wagons/Harnesses/Liveries (click here for thumbnail pictures)
William Tramm's blacksmith shop and Peter Schuttler's wagon shop
William Tramm in front of his shop
McGonigal Harness Shop -- 1900
Kelsey Livery Stable
Brickyards
Lowell Brickyard
Car Garages / Gas Stations (click here for thumbnail pictures)
Lowell Garage
exterior photo
interior photo

Shelby service station
Shell Station
photo 1
photo 2
Contractors
J. Claud Rumsey (click here for thumbnail pictures)
J. Claud Rumsey's home
A. Hull's home
Mrs. L. Pratt's home
F.L. Weakly's home
Wiley Brothers
house they built
bank they built
Grain Elevators / Mills (click here for thumbnail pictures)
DuBreuil-Keilman Mill and Elevator (Keilman-Kimmet Flour Mill)
exterior photo -- 1906
interior -- 1906
Nichols Elevator -- 1938

Hotels (click here for thumbnail pictures)
Alyea Hotel -- circa 1912
Binyon Hotel, Cedar Lake -- 1909
D.J. Doty Hotel/Saloon, Shelby -- ca. 1906
Heiser Hotel --1923
Log Huntsman's Lodge, Cedar Lake
Schmal Hotel -- 1910
Sigler House, Cedar Lake -- 1906
Cumberland Lodge
1937 photo
photo 2
photo 3
photo 4

Lumber Companies
Wilbur Lumber (click here for thumbnail pictures)
undated photo
1938
1952
1906
Wilbur Lumber employees -- Group photo
Albert J. Moxell, manager -- 1952
Newspaper Office
Lowell Tribune
Post Office
Lowell Post Office in the early 1900's
post office at Cerston, 1952
Resorts
Ahlgrim Park, 1906
Lassen Brothers' Pavilion -- Cedar Lake
Restaurants/Taverns
Farmers Home, 1890's
Shopping Center
Plaza Shopping Center, Lowell, arial view -- 1977
Stores
Furniture
Thomas Arnott's furniture store -- 1911
General Stores
The "Red Front (click here for thumbnail photos)
1894
ca. 1910-20

Grant Bros. General Merchandise (click here for thumbnail photos)
in front of the store -- ca. 1899
exterior view -- 1909
interior view -- 1909
store's delivery wagon -- early 1900's
Sears
exterior view -- 1962
exterior view -- 1962
remodeling -- c.a. 1963-4
remodeling -- c.a. 1963-4
remodeling -- c.a. 1963-4
remodeling -- c.a. 1963-4
remodeling -- c.a. 1963-4
the remodeled store -- c.a. 1963-4
Hardware/Implement Shops (click here for thumbnail photos)
J.C. Kenney Implement Shop, 1908
-- owned by Anda H. Maxwell, 1906

Milliners
Lizzie Davis' hat shop -- early 1900's
Lena Kimmet's millinery, 1906
Photographers
Hayward Art Studio
Train Stations
Samuel Bartlett's depot in Armour Town (Cedar Lake) -- 1920's
Monon Depot, Lowell -- 1890's
Shelby Depot -- ca. 1906-13
North Hayden Depot -- 1917
Schneider Depot
Schneider Depot -- 1917

Churches (click here for thumbnail pictures)

earliest Baptist Church in Lowell
West Creek Methodist Church -- 1923
Church of Christ, Clarion, Iowa
Lowell churches -- 1906
Lake Prairie Presbyterian Church -- 1872
Lake Prarie Presbyterian Church -- 1956
Believers Church -- 1911
side view of Believers Church
Catholic Church, Lowell
Methodist Church, Lowell

Cemeteries

Lowell Memorial Cemetery
stone arch

Gravestones

Guy and Bessie Surprise
Oliver E. and Carlinda Surprise
William and Celistea Surprise

Homes (click here for thumbnail pictures)

Ackerman home on Mill and Jefferson
home on Lincoln St., Lowell
Ackerman home, unkonwn location
E.R. Bacon home, 1898
E.R. Bacon home
Charles Bailey home, 1913 -- Belshaw Road
James Belshaw house -- 204 W. Commercial, 1911
old Van Arsdell house -- 204 W. Commercial, 1984
old Van Arsdell house -- 204 W. Commercial, 1993
Charles J. Bisig's home/shop
James Black's farm home, in Thayer
Andrew Jackson Childer's home -- Burnham St.
Warren W. Dickinson's home -- Burnham and Indiana
the Dumond parlor -- Burnham St.
the Dumond home -- Burnham St.
Henry H. Dumond home -- Main St.
Henry H. Dumond home -- Burnham St.
Dr. Alfred A. Gerrish's home/office
the Gordon home -- on Union Ave. in Lowell
the Halsted house -- 201 E. Main St.
the Joe Heiser farm house
the Holtz farm house
A. Hull's home
Conrad Jergens' School Grove farm
William Love's home
the Albert and Mary Miles house -- Mill St.
Henry and Molly Peterson's home -- Grant Street
Mary Peterson's home -- Grant Street
Mrs. L. Pratt's home
Cordie Ragon's home
H.H. Ragon's home
J. Claud Rumsey's home
Harry P. Simms' home, 1911
Kenneth L. Surprise home -- 5005 Main St., Lake Dale
Ernest A. Surprise home, Lake Dale
F.L. Weakly's home
John L. Worley homestead, 1888
Nathan Worley homestead
226 W. Commercial Ave.
231 W. Commercial Ave.
231 W. Commercial Ave., 1995
266 W. Commercial Ave., ca. 1910
115 Nichols, 1995
home on the move, 1977
North Hayden railroad house, 1917
Schneider railroad house, 1917
old Methodist parsonage
unidentified home


Kankakee River (click here for thumbnail photos)

1876 map
fishing scene, 1906
scene, 1906
excursion boat, ca. 1908
log barge, ca. 1908
boat camping
early 1900's


Lake County Government Buildings (click here for thumbnail photos)

Lake County Courthouse, erected 1849
Lake County Courthouse, erected 1879

Libraries (click here for thumbnail photos)

Lowell Public Library, the Carnegie Building
1922 photo
interior photo

Maps

proposed Indiana canal system
1909 Cobe Trophy Race route
Conrad, Indiana (near Lake Village)
southern Lake County -- 1891
Town of Lowell -- 1852
origianl Town of Lowell plat -- 1853
Lowell -- 1876
Lowell, Indiana -- proposed 1887 town annexation
Northwest Indiana -- 1836
Potawatomi removal -- 1838
the Three Creeks area -- 1876

Odds and Ends

airplane beacon light near Lowell
popcorn wagon
Joseph Heiser's horse
Jabez Clark Memorial Plaque
old cars


Parks

Ahlgrim Park
1906
Ahlgrim Park excursion boat
Ahlgrim Park dock
Oakland Park
Olde Town Square (Senior Citizens Park) (click here for thumbnail photos)
Lowell Town Square -- 1909
Lowell Town Square postcard

Schools (click here for thumbnail photos)

first school in Lake County -- 1838
Brunswick School -- ca. 1900
Brunswick School -- 1920
Buckley School
Cedar Creek Twp. School, interior view, District 3 -- ca. 1913
Center Elementary School, Eagle Creek Twp. -- 1990
Creston School -- 1894
Eagle Creek Twp. School, interior view, District 2 -- ca. 1913
Egypt School -- 1910
Holy Name School
Lake Prairie School -- 1922
Lake Prairie School -- ca. 1928
Lake Prairie School -- ca. 1928
an old Lake Prairie school
Liberty School -- 1923/4
Lincoln School
Lincoln School
Lincoln School -- 1912/13
Lowell High School -- ca. 1913
Lowell High School -- 1916
LHS chemistry lab and ag class -- 1917
Lowell High School -- 1920's
east view of Lowell High School -- 1920's
Lowell High School -- 1922
Lowell High School -- 1923
Lowell High School -- 1949
Lowell High School -- 1949
Lowell Middle School
first school on Main Street
first school on Main Street, ca 1890-1895
school on Main Street, undated
school on Main Street -- 1906
school on Main Street -- 1909
school on Main Street -- 1913
school on Main Street -- ca. 1950
a Lowell school
Lowell Grade School (Main Street school) -- 1921
school on Main Street -- 1980
school on Main Street
1896 school on Main Street
Michael School students -- 1905
Oakland School
Oakland School
Oakland School students -- 1928
Orchard Grove School -- 1899
River Ridge School -- 1911
Plum Grove School -- ca. 1913
Schneider Consolidated School -- ca. 1913
Scullen School
Shelby Consolidated School -- 1912
Shelby School, interior view -- ca. 1913
Shelby School, another interior view -- ca. 1913
Shelby Grade School -- May 28, 1914
Shelby School -- 1915
Shelby Grade School in background
Sheridan School -- 1913
Sheridan School, interior -- 1913
Sheridan School
St. Edward's School
St. Martin's School
West Creek School


Towns

Cedar Lake (click here for thumbnail pictures)
picnic train arriving -- 1906
north from depot -- 1906
bathing beach -- 1906
Binyon Hotel -- 1909
view from Binyon Hotel
Log Huntsman's Lodge
Sigler House -- 1906
Lassen Brothers' Pavilion -- 1906

Creston
business district -- 1952
Post Office -- 1952
Lake Dalecarlia (click here for thumbnail photos)
rustic footbridge -- 1930
1939
1998
Lowell (downtown) (click here for thumbnail pictures)
street scene
Commercial Ave., west from the depot
Commercial Ave. view, west at Washington St.
Commercial Ave., east from Parkview, view #1
Commercial Ave., east from Parkview, view #2
Washington St. looking east toward Commercial -- 1926
Lowell Town Square -- 1909
Lowell Town Square postcard
vew on Commercial Ave. -- 1910
looking south on Clark St. -- 1910
Commercial Ave., south side -- 1920's?
east from the Mill St. corner -- 1940's
aerial view
west on Commercial toward Parkview St. -- 1940's
west on Commercial -- 1906
looking east on West Commercial Ave.
building on corner of Commercial Ave. and the Cedar Lake road
downtown Lowell

Lowell (other views)
looking north down Union Street -- 1911
Schneider
1907
Schneider Consolidated School -- ca. 1913
Schneider Depot -- ca 1912-1914
Schneider Depot -- 1917
Schneider railroad house -- 1917

Shelby
Dickey's Sanitarium
waiting for the train -- ca. 1906-1913
Shelby Grade School -- May 28, 1914
Shelby Grade School in background
Shelby service station -- late 1930's-early 1940's
Shelby Lions Club -- 1986
Shelby bridge -- 1986
Shelby postcard

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Last updated on May 7, 2013.

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