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I love the historical caches... So I am sharing the story of the one we came across today in Michigan City, Indiana.

At 35,000 square feet, the Barker mansion is one of the largest historic homes in the United States. The original mansion was built in 1857 by John Barker Sr., then president of the Haskell-Barker Car Company, a freight car manufacturing firm in Michigan City. John Sr and his wife moved to Chicago and the business was taken over by his eldest son, John H. Whom stayed in Michigan, married and moved his family into the mansion.
John H. and his wife, Katherine both passed away in 1910, leaving behind an estate worth sixty million dollars at the time to their 14-year-old daughter Catherine.
Catherine devoted the rest of her life to philanthropy. Her parents had begun a legacy of philanthropy in Michigan City by partially funding to the construction of the first public library in Michigan City, the first YMCA, St. Anthony’s hospital, and many other civic institutions. Catherine carried on this legacy upon her parents’ passing; a few weeks after her father passed Catherine requested extra funds from her trust to complete the YMCA. At several points, teenage Catherine sued the trust to allow her to donate more to Catholic charities and other philanthropic interests than the trust allowed. During the First World War, she donated ambulances to the French and American armies, medical supplies, funded Liberty Theatres, and allowed the Red Cross to use the Washington St. mansion.
In 1948 Catherine moved to New York and donated the home to Purdue University, which used the mansion as a satellite campus until the late 1960s. Around 1968 Catherine donated the home to the City of Michigan City to be used as a civic center and museum. Catherine passed away two years later in 1970.
In 1975 the mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in 2014 the surrounding neighborhood became the Haskell-Barker National Historic District. Today the interior of the mansion is over 90% original to 1910, now used as a museum and event center.

I love the historical caches... So I am sharing the story of the one we came across today in Michigan City, Indiana.

At 35,000 square feet, the Barker mansion is one of the largest historic homes in the United States. The original mansion was built in 1857 by John Barker Sr., then president of the Haskell-Barker Car Company, a freight car manufacturing firm in Michigan City. John Sr and his wife moved to Chicago and the business was taken over by his eldest son, John H. Whom stayed in Michigan, married and moved his family into the mansion.
John H. and his wife, Katherine both passed away in 1910, leaving behind an estate worth sixty million dollars at the time to their 14-year-old daughter Catherine.
Catherine devoted the rest of her life to philanthropy. Her parents had begun a legacy of philanthropy in Michigan City by partially funding to the construction of the first public library in Michigan City, the first YMCA, St. Anthony’s hospital, and many other civic institutions. Catherine carried on this legacy upon her parents’ passing; a few weeks after her father passed Catherine requested extra funds from her trust to complete the YMCA. At several points, teenage Catherine sued the trust to allow her to donate more to Catholic charities and other philanthropic interests than the trust allowed. During the First World War, she donated ambulances to the French and American armies, medical supplies, funded Liberty Theatres, and allowed the Red Cross to use the Washington St. mansion.
In 1948 Catherine moved to New York and donated the home to Purdue University, which used the mansion as a satellite campus until the late 1960s. Around 1968 Catherine donated the home to the City of Michigan City to be used as a civic center and museum. Catherine passed away two years later in 1970.
In 1975 the mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in 2014 the surrounding neighborhood became the Haskell-Barker National Historic District. Today the interior of the mansion is over 90% original to 1910, used as a museum and event center

Here’s to another year of caching. Looking forward to finding a good cache to drop this tag in. Appreciate the patience. This would of been the ideal place for this guy.

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