Visual Art in Crown Point, Indiana
Crown Point is the county seat for Lake County and boasts an incredible Historic Courthouse. Crown Point is also known for it's yearly Cobe Cup Race, Corn Roast, and Marriage Mill where couples stand at the courthouse steps to marry or to restate their marital vows. Famous couples like Ronald Regan and Rudolph Valentino have married there over the years.
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Jerry Ross School Mural
Mural at Jerry Ross Elementary School Crown Point by Darlene Vassil.
11319 Randolph St.,
Crown Point, IN 46307-8612
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Women in Law Enforcement Memorial
Law Enforcement Resource Center
2450 W. 93rd Avenue
Crown Point
Women in Law Enforcement Memorial
A granite sculpture of a sheriff’s star rises in front of the center featuring a photo and dedication to Lake County’s first and only female Sheriff, Lillian Holley.
It is surrounded by red bricks with the names of retired and fallen female Lake County police and correction officers. Lillian Holley assumed office in 1933 when her husband was killed in the line of duty. She was sheriff for two years, including the year 1934 when John Dillinger escaped from the county jail. She died in 1994 at the age of 103.
Source: Sheriff unveils Women in Law Enforcement tribute nwi.com
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From Such Beginnings Sprang
the County of Lake
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Reverend Dr. Jack Hyles and Mrs. Hyles
A Bronze statue of Reverend Dr. Jack Hyles and Mrs. Hyles, located at Founder's Park, Hyles-Anderson Baptist College. Richard R. Miller, an artist and sculptor, created this statue.
This statue is located at Founder's Park, Hyles-Anderson Baptist College, 8400 Burr Street.
Photo obtained from the "Bronze sculpture by artist Richard R. Miller" website. |
St. Francis of Assisi
An 8 by 8 foot cherry wood sculpture flanked by the representations of the people helped by Franciscans is located near the entryway of the St. Anthony Home chapel. A donor wall with inscribed brass placards pays tribute to benefactors who have contributed gifts
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The Victory of Law through Justice
Painted in 1927 by Frank Carlson, Geo. R. Stewart Studios Chicago.
The room where the painting is located was the Lake County Criminal Courtroom and right below it is a stage that was once the original jury box where the judge's bench once stood. John Dillinger was arraigned in this room. Judge William Murray in 1934 presided over the arraignment of John Dillinger for the shooting-murder of police officer William O'Malley during the January 15 hold up of the First National Bank of East Chicago. Dillinger escaped from the Lake County Jail 21 days later.
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The Doughboy
The doughboy is a long time resident of Crown Point.
He first stood on the property of Mr. Reiser behind Scot Drugs.
When the store was built, the statue had to be moved because
it straddled the property line.
The statue was donated to the Lake County Historical Society and
kept in the yard of Mrs. Van Derlaan, curator of the historical society
until it was donated to the Garden. The soldier is made of
solid Indiana limestone and is the likeness of one or more men of the
Lake County region.
Maplewood Cemetery
555 S. Indiana Avenue
Crown Point, IN
Veteran’s Garden Dedication
Dedicated November 12, 1979
Source: Lake County Star, 11-29-1979
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Heroes Memorial
The Heroes Memorial, located within Crown Point's Maplewood Cemetery, was dedicated Sept. 29, 2003, during a ceremony in which the remains of Gary fire engine driver Otto Doege were re-interred with his partner Capt. Charles Smith and another fellow firefighter John Pappas, both of whom had been buried at Maplewood. Doege had been previously buried at Waldheim Cemetery in Gary's Tolleston section.
Doege and Smith were killed on March 28, 1917, when their rig, Engine No. 3, was struck by a Michigan Central Railroad passenger train at a Roosevelt Street crossing.
The memorial includes an eternal flame honoring all heroes from all walks of life and professions.
Maplewood Cemetery
555 S. Indiana Avenue
Crown Point, IN
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