John Claus Peters House
John Claus Peters House | |
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Location | 832 West Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 41°4′36″N 85°9′3″W / 41.07667°N 85.15083°WCoordinates: 41°4′36″N 85°9′3″W / 41.07667°N 85.15083°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1885 |
Built by | John Wing |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 80000051[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 17, 1980 |
The John Claus Peters House is a historic home at 832 West Wayne Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980. It is part of Fort Wayne's West End Historic District. It was built in 1885 for Mary and John Claus Peters who had seven children. John Wing designed the Queen Anne style house. It has eight fireplaces.[2]
J.C. Peters was born in Fort Wayne in 1848 and was the grandfather of actress Carole Lombard. His business's included Horton Washing Machine Company (established in 1871), the (acquired in 1886),[3] , and Peters Hardware.[2]
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References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b http://www.oldwestend.com/peters-heffley-house/[unreliable source?]
- ^ The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River, Volume 1 Bert Joseph Griswold, Mrs. Samuel R. Taylor. Robert O. Law Company, 1917 - Allen County (Ind.)
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Queen Anne architecture in Indiana
- Houses completed in 1885
- Houses in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs