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The first image, from a postcard postmarked 1918, shows the old Methodist Church on what was then apparently called Main Street (aka the Lincoln Highway), now called 73rd Avenue. The church was built in 1879 and served the Methodist congregation until they built their new church on 68th Street in 1948.* After that, this building housed the Merrillville fire department, and now it's the Ross Township Trustee's office. (This information from A Pictorial History of Merrillville by Jan Clemens.)
Here's the reverse of the 1918 postcard:
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*That church too has since been sold, I understand.
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For years and years that fire station you speak of had a nightly siren go off @9pm. It's been said that many parents used that for the curfew time if their children were outdoors in the neighborhood with their friends during summer months, when the Turkey Creek subdivision began to grow by leaps and bounds during the 1960's.
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