Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city and the county seat of Allen County in northeastern Indiana. As of the 2000 census, as recertified in June 2003, the city had a total population of 220,486. It is named after a U.S. military fort established in 1794 by Gen. Anthony Wayne where the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River join to form the Maumee River.

Sites of interest

Architecture of note

• Allen County Courthouse, 700 block of South Clinton Street, government building, by Brentwood S. Tolan, 1897-1902
• Anthony Wayne Bank Building, 203 East Berry Street, commercial high-rise, 1960
• Center School, 1893 schoolhouse restored to its original state
• Commerce Building, 127 West Berry Street, Beaux-Arts architecture high rise, 1923
• Crooks House, residence, by postmodernist architect Michael Graves, 1976
• Fine Arts Center, School and Performing Arts Theater, theatre, by L. I. Kahn, 1966-1973
• Fort Wayne National Bank Building (National City Bank), skyscraper, 1970
• Old City Hall, government building, 1893
• J. B. Franke House, residence, 1914
• Hanselmann House, residence, by postmodernist architect Michael Graves, 1967
• One Summit Square (Bank One), skyscraper, 1981
• Richardville House, residence, 1827
• Haus der Schönen Künste - Fine Arts Center, museum, by L. I. Kahn, 1961-1964
• Lincoln Bank Tower, 116 East Berry Street, skyscraper, by Alvin M. Strauss, 1929
• Snyderman House, residence, by postmodernist architect Michael Graves, 1972