Address
706 E 4th St
Hobart, IN 46342
Phone
219-942-0970
Hours
Monday to Friday: By Appointment
Saturday: 10AM - 12PM
Sunday: Closed
If anyone had any doubts that preservation and economic development could co-exist, they only needed to attend the Hobart Historical Society’s annual dinner Oct. 26. The program took place in a former funeral parlor and later a Mexican restaurant. The…
The Hobart Historical Society’s annual dinner is moving this year to Wild Wood’s, A Gathering Place, 619 E. 3rd St., on Monday, Oct. 26. Tiffany Tolbert, an expert in historic preservation, will speak on the Lake George Commercial Historic District.…
The Hobart Garden Club took advantage of mild fall weather Oct. 7 to dedicate another of its trees outside the Hobart Historical Society Museum. This time it was a redbud tree, native to Indiana. Jim Pavelka of the Hobart Garden…
Baseball great Pete Rose once commented that Sparky Anderson, his manager with the Cincinnati Reds, was the type of guy for whom you would walk through hell with a gas can in your hands. Judging from local comments, the late…
If anyone questioned Mark Deal’s roots in Hobart, they only had to remain through the end of the program Aug. 2 at St. Bridget Catholic Church. Long after the awards program concluded, Deal was still there, chatting with friends and…
A little bit of Hobart history has made its way into the John W. Anderson Archives & Special Collections at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. The papers of Hobart founder George Earle have been researched,organized, and are now available for…
Hobart’s oldest church is getting a new life, thanks to Felix Perry. Felix Perry in recent years has been to a Christ Scientist church turned Orthodox and a Nazarene church. Since 2024 he’s been working on the former Augustana building…
Ever wonder where the Brickie nickname originated? Did you also know that Hobart’s bricks have a connection to a potential Catholic saint? Hobart’s original Brickies were just that – bricks. Back when horsepower meant actual horses, brickmaking plants were very…
When the expected 4,000 people entered the Lake County Fairgrounds’ Industrial Building Feb. 10 for the NWI Comic-Con, they were treated to a variety of comic books, artists, paraphernalia, and food. They were also treated to two artists with a…
Featured image by Chicago Tribune/AP; web source: During a 1990s interview, Dale Messick, already in her 80s, commented that she was dating three men at the time. She explained, “At my age, it takes three men for a good date.”…
