LaPorte County, Indiana

Founding: 1832
Parent counties: St. Joseph and unorganized territory

Namesake: Perhaps the French word la porte ("the door")
Seat: La Porte (1832–)

Land area: 598 square miles

Population (2020): 112,417

Population (historic): 8,184 (1840); 22,919 (1860); 30,985 (1880); 38,386 (1900); 60,490 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; nine towns; four CDPs; 21 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,699 (21.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,849
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,673

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,431
Average farm size (1920): 115.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania

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La Porte

Namesake: Perhaps the French phrase la porte ("the door")

Founding: 1832 (platting); 1832 (post office); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 22,471

Population (historic): 1,824 (1850); 6,581 (1870); 7,113 (1900); 15,755 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880s; 1900–1970; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,539 (34.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Charles Ames House (1842). 5336 West 150 North. Center.
2. Joseph Orr House (c. 1855). 355 Orr Lake Road. Center. Greek Revival.
3. William Orr House (c. 1875). 4076 Small Road. Center. Eastlake/Gothic Revival.
4. John Garwood House (c. 1866). 5600 Small Road. Center. Italianate.
5. David Wynkoop Farm (c. 1858). 3463 State Route 39. Center. Greek Revival.
6. Merchant School (1912). 4013 State Route 39. Center. Classical Revival/Prairie.
7. Pinehurst Hall / Charles Leaming House (1853). 3042 US Highway 35. Center. Italianate.
8. English Lake Gun Club (c. 1905). 22922 Bigler Road. Dewey. Classical Revival.
9. Asa Heckman House (c. 1890). 1677 East 900 North. Galena. Eastlake.
10. Hart Weaver House (c. 1865). 588 North 250 East. Kankakee. Italianate.
11. Jesse Blake Farm (c. 1850). 855 North 250 East. Kankakee. Greek Revival.
12. Springville School (c. 1910). 1477 North 250 East. Kankakee. Classical Revival.
13. Anton Leliter House (c. 1865). 3555 North 300 East. Kankakee. Italianate.
14. Jesse Coplin Farm (c. 1865). 2215 East 350 North. Kankakee. Italianate.
15. House (c. 1875). 4303 North 400 East. Kankakee. Italianate.
16. Abram Bush Farm (c. 1870). 2262 Fail Road. Kankakee. Italianate.
17. Jesse Hecker Farm (c. 1840). 3046 US Highway 20. Kankakee. Greek Revival.
18. William Gilchrist Farm (c. 1840/1855). 55 North 250 East. Pleasant. Greek Revival. Razed.
19. Joseph McLellan Farm (c. 1875). 2801 South 425 West. Scipio. Italianate.
20. Marion Ridgway House (c. 1885). 210 Crescent Drive. Scipio. Eastlake.
21. James Forrester Farm (1858–1860). 969 Forrester Road. Scipio. Italianate.
22. Isaac Evans Farm (1877). 3298 Joliet Road. Scipio. Italianate.
23. Henry Craft Farm (1866). 4652 South 300 West. Scipio. Italianate.
24. St. Joseph's Novitiate (1933). 5901 North 500 East. Wills. Gothic Revival/English Revival.

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