Connections

The Calumet Heritage Partnership helps Calumet Region individuals and organizations to connect with each other.

CHP News and Social Media

CHP Groups

Calumet Heritage Partnership Groups, or just CHP Groups, exist to bring people with common interests together for networking and to plan and create events and programs related to the mission of the CHP and the Calumet National Heritage Area.

CHP Groups Page

Resource Directories

Calumet Region Organizations

Calumet Region Resources

Shifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability (documentary)
Calumet Environmental Resource Center (CERC)
Cynthia Ogorek – the Public Historian
Field Museum Calumet Environmental Education Program (CEEP)
Field Museum Journey Through Calumet
Hoosier Heritage Digital Library
Calumet An Ecological & Economic Rebirth (U.S. Forest Service)
The Calumet Region: An American Place Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University
Spotlighting Southeast Chicago and Northwest Indiana
Gary-Indiana – Midtown The Central District video

Calumet Region Preservation Organizations

Lake County:

Cedar Lake Historical Association, Inc./Lake of the Red Cedars Museum
Julie Zasada, Executive Director
P. O. Box 421
Cedar Lake, IN 46303
Phone: 219-374-6157
clhamuseum@yahoo.com
Website: www.cedarlakehistory.org

City of Crown Point (Historic District Board of Review)
Planning and Building
11035 Broadway, Suite E
Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 219-661-5039

Decay Devils Inc.
Tyrell Anderson
1060 N Vanderburg St.
Gary, IN 46403
Phone: 219-213-4893
teanderson@decaydevils.org
Website: www.decaydevils.org
Affiliate member of Indiana Landmarks

Griffith Historical Society, Inc.
Karen Kulinski, President
P. O. Box 678
Griffith, IN 46319
Phone: 219-924-9019
depotkaren@aol.com

Hammond Historic Preservation Commission
Brian Poland, Director of City Planning
City of Hammond Department of Planning
5925 Calumet Avenue Room G17
Hammond, IN 46320
Phone: 219-853-6397 x3
polandb@gohammond.com

Hammond Historical Society
564 State Street
Hammond, IN 46320
Phone: 219-931-5100

Highland Historical Society
Mary Anne Ahlborn
8943 Prairie Avenue
Highland, IN 46322
Phone: 219-838-2962

Hobart Historic Preservation Commission
Ross Pietrzak, City Planner
414 Main Street
Hobart, IN 46342
Phone: 219-942-7985
planning@cityofhobart.org
Website: www.cityofhobart.org/217/Historic-Preservation-Commission

Hobart Historical Society
Paula Isolampi, President
706 East 4th Street
Hobart, IN 46342
Phone: 219-942-0970
hobarthistory@gmail.com
Website: www.facebook.com/Hobartindianahistoricalsociety/

Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Inc.
Debra Parcell
402 W. Washington Street
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 574-210-6278
lincolnhighwayassoc.office@yahoo.com
Website: www.indianalincolnhighway.org
Affiliate member of Indiana Landmarks

Lowell Historic Preservation Commission
Ken Floyd, President
Town of Lowell
501 East Main Street
Lowell, IN 46356
Phone: 219-696-7794 ext 223

Lowell Main Street
Daylene Welty
c/o Chamber of Commerce
428 East Commercial Avenue
Lowell, IN 46356
Phone: 219-696-6876

Schererville Main Street
Richard Krame, Town Manager
10 East Joliet Street
Schererville, IN 46375
Phone: 219-322-2211, ext. 323

Crown Point Historic Preservation Commission
Planning and Building
101 North East Street
Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 219-661-5039

Porter County:

Historic Preservation of Porter County, Inc.
Jeff Jacobs, President
Jeff Jacobs, President
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: 219-462-5751
256haas@designorg.com

Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Inc.
Debra Parcell
402 W. Washington Street
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 574-210-6278
lincolnhighwayassoc.office@yahoo.com
Website: www.indianalincolnhighway.org
Affiliate member of Indiana Landmarks

Kankakee Valley Historical Society
John Hodson, President
22 West 1050 South
Kouts, IN 46347
Phone: 219-766-2302
jophod@gmail.com
Website: www.kankakeevalleyhistoricalsociety.org
Affiliate member of Indiana Landmarks

Portage Community Historical Society
Donna Smith
PO Box 305
Portage, IN 46368
Phone: 219-762-8349
portagechs@gmail.com
Website: www.inpchs.com

Valparaiso Historic Preservation Commission
Carley Lemmon, Assistant Planner
166 Lincolnway
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: 219-462-1161
clemmon@valpo.us
Website: http://ci.valparaiso.in.us/128/Historic-Preservation-Commission

PoCo (Porter County Museum)
Kevin Matthew Pazour, Executive Director
152 South Franklin Street
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: 219-465-3595
kevin@pocomuseum.org
Website: pocomuseum.org

LaPorte County:

Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Inc.
Debra Parcell
402 W. Washington Street
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 574-210-6278
lincolnhighwayassoc.office@yahoo.com
Website: www.indianalincolnhighway.org
Affiliate member of Indiana Landmarks

La Porte Historic Review Board
Mary Jane Thomas, City Planner
City Hall
La Porte, IN 46350
Phone: 219-362-8260
lpcityplanner@attbi.com

Michigan City Historic Review Board
Deb Parcel, Advisor
100 East Michigan Boulevard
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: 219-872-6141
dparcell@indianalandmarks.org
Website: https://www.emichigancity.com/251/Historic-Review-Board

Michigan City Historical Society/Old Lighthouse Museum
Karen Rutter, Director
P. O. Box 512
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: 219-872-6133

Michigan City Main Street
Ed Kiss, President
100 East Michigan Boulevard
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: 219-874-3647

Preserve Historic La Porte
Dottie Rosenbaum, President
P.O. Box 853
La Porte, IN 46352
Phone: 219-987-2962
peplaporte@yahoo.com
Affiliate member of Indiana Landmarks

Preservationists of Michigan City, Inc.
Richard Richey, President
P. O. Box 9688
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: 219-872-5593
preservationist@usa.net

Wanatah Historical Society
PO Box 156
Wanatah, IN 46390
whistsoc@frontier.com

Reports on the Calumet Region

Calumet Ecological Park Feasibility Study, August 1998, Prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region