| Fort Wayne City Hall | |
| Location: | 302 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Coordinates: | 41.0795°N -85.1363°W |
| Built: | 1893 |
| Architect: | Wing & Mahurin |
| Architecture: | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Added: | June 4, 1973 |
| Refnum: | 73000027 |
The Fort Wayne Old City Hall Building in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana operates as a museum known as The History Center, and has served as headquarters for the Allen County–Fort Wayne Historical Society since 1980. The Richardsonian Romanesque style sandstone building was designed by the architectural firm Wing & Mahurin and built in 1893. It served as a functioning city hall for the city until 1971 when local officials moved to the City-County Building.[1] [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The History Center has collected 32,000 artifacts and shows many of them in permanent displays dedicated to the region's history, dating from the Ice Age to the 18th century to present.[3]
The Society also owns the National Historic Landmark Chief Jean Baptiste de Richardville House and the Historic Barr Street Market.[4]
Earliest Inhabitants, tools, weapons, a mastodon's broken rib bone and large tooth are displayed.
Miami Indian History, images of Pacanne, Little Turtle, and Jean Baptiste de Richardville, all chiefs of the Miami, displayed, along with collections on the Miami Indian capital, Kekionga. Miami chief Little Turtle's items displayed include a sword presented to him by President George Washington. Exhibit also includes a model of a typical 18th-century Miami village.
Anthony Wayne, exhibits the birth of Fort Wayne with General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's ordering of a fort to be built at the three rivers, October 22, 1794.
An Emerging City, includes a model of and parts of the Wabash and Erie Canal, attributed to turning the city into a boom-town in the 19th century.