Martin Young House


Martin Young House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
summer 2010
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Location	324 Second St., Chesterton, Indiana
Coordinates	41°36′30″N 87°3′14″W / 41.60833°N 87.05389°W / 41.60833; -87.05389Coordinates: 41°36′30″N 87°3′14″W / 41.60833°N 87.05389°W / 41.60833; -87.05389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1878
Architect	Miles, Thomas J.
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	07000208^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 29, 2007

Martin Young shows up in the abstracts of several significant real estate transactions that provided for the growth of the town of Chesterton. He does not appear to have had a major role in the development on the town, except it apparently provided him with the means to build the Italianate home on Second Street.^[2] Young's prominence in the community began with the death of Cornelia Woods. She owned numerous acres on the south and southeast sides of downtown Chesterton since 1872. When she died in 1891, her five children from two marriages could not agree of the dispensation of the estate. In October, 1891 they reached a settlement and allowed Commissioner George Morgan to sell the property to Martin Young for $5,400. Young bought two parcels, one of 42.52 acres (17.21 ha) and the other of 14 acres (5.7 ha). “except one acre conveyed by grantors April 30, 1894 to the Chesterton Paint Manufacturing company”, this was the complete estate of Cornelia Woods.^[2] In 1907, the Chesterton Realty Company purchased the area east of Coffee Creek and platted the Morgan Park development. Martin Young received $8,220 for his land.^[2]

This "mansion" was built by Thomas Miles (1827 VA - 1893 Chesterton, IN) in 1878. (4/18/1878 Vidette Messenger) He was in Chesterton in 1880 with his wife Ellen (Morrical) Miles and six children. In 1889, Ellen left for Findlay, Ohio with the children. (12/13/1889 Chesterton Tribune) Martin Young bought the house in 1888 after Thomas Miles "met with a series of business reverses that rendered him bankrupt". Thomas Miles died July 1, 1893 and is buried in Chesterton cemetery with no gravestone. The obituary said he died "penniless." (7/7/1893 Chesterton) Today the house is known as the "Martin Young" house.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

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References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 Photos: 100th anniversary of Morgan Park, Chesterton's first planned subdivision; Chesterton Tribune; 5/31/2007
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Lisa Belchik (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Martin Young House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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