Tolleston
Tolleston | ||
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ZIP code 46404 | ||
| Area code | 219 | |
Tolleston is a neighborhood and former town in west-central
Tolleston is primarily residential, with commercial districts along 11th and 15th Avenues. The housing stock of Tolleston consists chiefly of single-family homes, which as of 2000 had a 92% occupancy rate.[2] The neighborhood was served by the Tolleston Branch of the Gary Public Library which is now closed and is served by the Tolleston Station post office. Distinctive subdivisions within Tolleston include Tarrytown, running for ten blocks north-to-south between Clark Road and Whitcomb Street, and Small Farms at the neighborhood's southern end. Small Farms is the site of some of Gary's most expensive homes.
History
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Tolleston was platted in 1857 by George Tolle.
Tolleston was incorporated as an independent town on September 4, 1906, to prevent annexation by Gary.[5] It was annexed nonetheless in 1910, as a byproduct of an annexation dispute between East Chicago and Gary.[6] As a neighborhood of Gary, it was exclusively white until the early 1950s, when legal segregation in Gary ended; it was almost entirely African-American by 1985.[7]
Tolleston is the birthplace of astronaut
Tolleston is the home of architecturally significant
Tolleston is also the home of St. John's (Evangelical) Lutheran Church, located on the corner of 10th Avenue and Taft St. Originally a German Lutheran congregation, St. John's has baptismal dating back to 1863 and Church Board minutes from 1870. It is the oldest congregation in the Calumet region.[8]
References
- ^ a b c City of Gary 2008, p. 154.
- ^ City of Gary 2008, p. 112.
- ^ Schoon 2003, p. 182.
- ^ a b Schoon 2003, p. 183.
- ^ Schoon 2003, p. 184.
- ^ Schoon 2003, p. 185.
- ISBN 0-8131-1798-4.
- ^ "St John's Lutheran Church Tolleston". 16 December 2020.
- Dart, Susan (1993). Edward Dart Architect. ISBN 1-879260-09-3.
- “ Like Praying Hands.” Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine 27 Dec. 1959: 16. Print.
- “St. Augustine’s Episcopal Presents Unusual Form.” The Post Tribune 14 May 1960: 7.Print.
- City of Gary (2008). City of Gary, Indiana Comprehensive Plan (PDF).
- Schoon, Kenneth J. (2003). Calumet Beginnings. ISBN 978-0-253-34218-8.
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