Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters

	Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Circus Drive-In, July 2012
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Location	6125 US 31 South near Peru, Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana
Coordinates	40°40′36″N 86°07′38″W / 40.67667°N 86.12722°WCoordinates: 40°40′36″N 86°07′38″W / 40.67667°N 86.12722°W
Area	11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
Built	c. 1939-1967
Architect	Stuber, Jack; Burke, C.J.
NRHP reference No.	12000188
Added to NRHP	April 5, 2012

Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters, also known as Pipe Creek Wild Animal Farm and Circus Winter Headquarters, was a historic circus complex and national historic district located at Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana. The district encompassed five contributing buildings, three contributing sites, three contributing structures, and seven contributing objects related to the circus headquarters. Most notable are the Terrell Jacobs Cat Barn (1939, 1951), Terrell Jacobs Elephant Barn (1945, 1950), and the Circus Drive-In Restaurant (1967). Other notable contributing resources are the Elephant Rock (1901, 1940), Jacobs Bridge (c. 1940), six Cole Brothers Circus Wagons (c. 1950), creek landscape and Wallace Grotto (1944-1949), and the wild animal graveyard (c. 1945–1970). The property was the site of the birth of Tony, a captive white tiger.^[2] In 2020 the Indiana Department of Transportation slated the structurally unsound elephant barn for demolition. Road access will be removed to provide free flowing conditions along US 31 between Indianapolis and South Bend. ^[3] ^[4] In 2021 the site was demolished by the Indiana Department of Transportation.^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/02/12 through 4/06/12. National Park Service. 2012-04-13.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Kurt West Garner (November 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
^ {https://www.in.gov/indot/4003.htm} Accessed 8/24/2020
^ {https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/a-circus-for-sale-historic-property-formerly-owned-by-wild-animal-trainer-on-the-market/article_2b460868-0c4b-11e8-bc97-1bd5de8547cd.html} Accessed 8/24/2020
^ Tribune, Carson Gerber Kokomo. "INDOT begins demolition of historic circus barns". Kokomo Tribune. Retrieved 2022-01-17.

External links[]

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IN-316, "Terrell Jacobs Circus Barns, 6125 South U.S. Route 31, Peru, Miami County, IN", 11 photos, 1 color transparency, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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[nps-1] "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/02/12 through 4/06/12. National Park Service. 2012-04-13.

[SHAARD-2] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Kurt West Garner (November 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

[3] {https://www.in.gov/indot/4003.htm} Accessed 8/24/2020

[4] {https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/a-circus-for-sale-historic-property-formerly-owned-by-wild-animal-trainer-on-the-market/article_2b460868-0c4b-11e8-bc97-1bd5de8547cd.html} Accessed 8/24/2020

[5] Tribune, Carson Gerber Kokomo. "INDOT begins demolition of historic circus barns". Kokomo Tribune. Retrieved 2022-01-17.

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