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Item Title
Ames-Paton House, Pinola, La Porte County, IN
Location
Pinola, IN
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IN-34
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-21).
Building/structure dates:
1842 initial construction
Significance: The house was built by Captain Charles Ames, an officer in the War of 1812, and one of the earliest pioneers of Northwestern Indiana. His family had lived in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts since 1640. After the War of 1812, Captain Ames became associated with the Ames Shovel Works of Boston, a family enterprise. Like his cousin, William Cullen Bryant, he wrote poetry and kept a diary. In 1836 he brought his family to Indiana by way of the Erie Canal to Buffalo, and thence to Michigan City, Indiana by schooner.
Related Names
Ames, Capt. Charles
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT. 1956 VIEW FROM SOUTH WEST
2. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT., 1956 VIEW FROM SOUTH EAST
3. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT. 1956 PARLOR MANTEL
4. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT. 1956 OLD KITCHEN MANTEL
5. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT. 1956 BED ROOM MANTEL
6. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT. 1956 WOOD SHED
7. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT. 1956 BARN LOFT
8. HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY DOROTHY REED, PHOTOGRAPHER OCT. 1956 AUGUSTUS' HOUSE
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