Growth and Conflict in Gary, Indiana, 1906 to 1930
The United States Steel Corporation acquired land at the southernmost tip of Lake Michigan in 1905 for the purposes of building a steel mill. The area that wo…
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Construction of the Milllocation_fillUnlike other well-known centers of industry, such as Pittsburgh or Detroit, where the cities significantly pre…
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Construction of the Townlocation_fillUS Steel needed laborers to build its steel mill and the city of Gary. A subsidiary of the steel mills, the Ga… -
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Building a City for Workerslocation_fillThe Gary Land Company’s First Subdivision covered the area from just south of the Steel Mill Entrance south to… -
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The Steel Strike of 1919 in Garylocation_fillOn September 22, 1919, workers employed by the US Steel Corporation laid down their tools and abandoned their … -
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The Emerson School Strike of 1927 in Garylocation_fillSchool strikes by students for any reason are rare in the history of the United States. Gary is unique in that… -
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Memorial Auditoriumlocation_fillMemorial Auditorium, located in Gary’s downtown, was built in 1927 and for 43 years, it served as the city’s o… -
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5th Avenue Apartmentslocation_fillListed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the West 5th Avenue Apartments Historic District i… -
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If These Walls Could Talk: City Hall, Lake County Courthouse, and Gary’s Colorful Political Historylocation_fillBoth Gary’s City Hall and the nearby Lake County Courthouse building, whose Grecian-Doric designs can seem ide…
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