The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Center Township (also historically spelled Centre) was established in 1833. It was named from its position near the geographical center of LaPorte County.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Center’s history is told.
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Center, decade by decade
Before
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2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
4 historic places in Center
Center has 4 listings on the National Register, and they protect 13 historic buildings, because Ames Family Homestead alone counts 8.
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In Indianaby listings · most towns there have none
4places listed3 buildings · 1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
13historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1976first listedPinehurst Hall · newest: Ames Family Homestead, 2012
Where they are
Tap a dot for a photo and link. Districts show at their center.
BuildingsDistricts
Architectural styles
From each listing’s National Archives record · 3 of 4 name a style
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966. Center’s busiest decade was the 2010s.
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Listed 1976Pinehurst Hall
Listed 1984William Orr House
Listed 2012John and Cynthia Garwood Farmstead
Listed 2012Ames Family HomesteadNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.