Porter County, Indiana

Founding: 1836
Parent county: LaPorte

Namesake: David Porter (1780–1843), U.S. naval captain
Seat: Valparaiso (1836–)

Land area: 418 square miles

Population (2010): 164,343

Population (historic): 2,162 (1840); 10,313 (1860); 17,227 (1880); 19,175 (1900); 22,821 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1920–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; nine towns; six CDPs; 12 townships

National Register listings: 35

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,490 (8.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,093
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,901

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,791
Average farm size (1920): 104.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Germany, New York, Sweden, Illinois, and Pennsylvania

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Valparaiso

Namesake: Valparaíso, Chile

Founding: 1836 (platting, as Porterville); 1837 (post office)

Population (2010): 31,730

Population (historic): 522 (1850); 2,765 (1870); 5,090 (1890); 6,987 (1910); 8,079 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920s; 1940–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,043 (14.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Prentiss House (1873). 2708 Froberg Road. Center Township. Italianate.
2. Miller Baum House (c. 1885). 312 Mander Road. Jackson Township. Italianate.
3. George Patton House (c. 1865). East 300S, east of Ahlgrim Ditch. Morgan Township. Italianate.
4. *Rosina Weller Farm (c. 1870). 601 Burdick Road. Pine Township. Italianate.
5. *Josephus Wolf House (c. 1875). 453 West 700N. Portage Township. Italianate.
6. Elmer Wolf Farm (1890). 610 Oxford Road. Portage Township. Romanesque.
7. Hazard Sheffield Farm (1853). 326 State Route 2. Porter Township. Italianate.
8. *Joseph Bailly House (c. 1835/1891). 733 Howe Road. Westchester Township. Shingle.
9. Augsburg Swedish School (c. 1880). Oak Hill Road, east of Dunes Highway. Westchester Township.

1. *George Brown House (c. 1885). 700 West Porter Avenue. Chesterton. Queen Anne.
2. *Porter Town Hall (1913). 303 Franklin Street. Porter. Craftsman.
3. *Conrad Bloch House (1873). 608 North Academy Street. Valparaiso. Italianate.
4. *Porter County Sheriff's Residence (1871). 153 Franklin Street. Valparaiso. Italianate.
5. *Porter County Memorial Hall (1893). 104 Indiana Avenue. Valparaiso. Romanesque.
6. *William McCallum House (c. 1885). 507 East Lincoln Way. Valparaiso. Italianate.
7. *George Haste House (1887). 208 North Michigan Street. Valparaiso. Queen Anne.
8. *DeForest Skinner House (c. 1870). 208 North Washington Street. Valparaiso. Italianate.
9. *Immanuel Lutheran Church (1891). 308 North Washington Street. Valparaiso. High Gothic.