Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“William C. and Clara Hagerman House is a historic home located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built about 1923, and is a two-story, side gabled, American Craftsman style brick dwelling.”
Wikipedia article William C. and Clara Hagerman House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 81 National Register listings published here for Allen County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Wayne Township in History of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880 names Fort Wayne. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The original plat of the city of Fort Wayne was laid out by John T. Barr and John McCorkle in August, 1822, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Randolph County, of Winchester, and subsequently in Recorder's Record A, page 316, of the records of Allen County, containing 118 lots, with three streets running north and south on a variation of 3°, 30' west of magnetic north, namely, Calhoun, Clinton and Barr ; five streets running at right angles to same variation, namely, Wayne, Berry, Main, Columbia and Water streets" The public square was laid off iu this plat, with Court street on the east side of the same. This plat, which was recorded on the 16th day of August, 1833, was' surveyed by Robert Young, of Piqua, Ohio.
Passage source: History of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880.
In September, 1829, when Fort Wayne had made considerable" progress in improvements, and the accumulations, incident to a new town eligibly situated, possessed of many of the elements of prosperous growth, and, withal, well to do in the self-respect of her citizens, had been developed, the provident people of the locality bethought themselves of the propriety, at least, if not the advantages of incorporation. Hence, pursuaut to a notice to that effect, an election was held on the 7th of September, 1829, to determine whether Fort Wayne should then and there be incorporated. The result of that election is set forth in the following certificate :
Passage source: History of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Wayne Township - 40,276 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of William C. and Clara Hagerman House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Gravel Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Midwest Aggregates Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nail Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Wayne, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Wayne | $8,000 | Several automobiles were damaged by trees blown over in Fort Wayne. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Wayne | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were downed on the north and east sides of Fort Wayne. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Fort Wayne | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Fort Wayne | $500 | One-inch diameter hail fell on the north side of Fort Wayne at Point Inverness at 2044EST; also one inch hail near United States 33 and Cook Road on the north side of Fort Wayne at 2050 EST. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Fort Wayne | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | North Anthony Boulevard Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2014 |
| Driving Park-Seven States Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2021 | |
 | Kensington Boulevard Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2019 |
 | Forest Park Boulevard Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2007 |
 | Ninde-Mead-Farnsworth House | 0.8 miles | 2013 |
 | Lakeside Historic District | 0.9 miles | 2017 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000076 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Allen County | All 81 listed properties in this county. |
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