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Photograph of Whiting Memorial Community House
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Whiting Memorial Community House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Whiting Memorial Community House, also known as Whiting Community Center, is a historic community center in Whiting, Indiana. It was built in 1923, and is a two-story, steel frame building faced in rough red brick and in an eclectic style.”

Wikipedia article Whiting Memorial Community House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1938 Clark St., Whiting, 46394
  • When was it listed? February 1980
  • Category. building
  • Township. North township
  • National Register reference number. 80000044 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Whiting Memorial Community House: 4 producers, 4 plants, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, General, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Us Steel Lead Smeltr & RefineryAntimony, LeadPlant
Buffington Cement PlantStoneProducer
City of Calumet - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co.Gypsum-Anhydrite, PerlitePlant
Harbison-Walker/ Hammond, Ind.ChromiumProducer
J & L Steel/ Indiana Harbor WorksIronUnknown
Natl. Briquette Corp. PlantFluorine-FluoriteProducer
(Facility) Amoco/ Whiting RefinerySulfurPlant
East Chicago Plant-Energy Coop.SulfurUnknown
Indiana Harbor LimekilnLimestone, GeneralPlant

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this property

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whiting, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2023Flash FloodWhiting$10,000,000Heavy rain fell across parts of far northwest Lake County causing significant flooding and flash flooding. In Hammond, numerous streets were flooded with cars stranded in the flood waters. At least 500 houses experienced some amount of flooding including basement flooding. The hardest hit area was roughly 3 square miles bounded by the Illinois/Indiana State line on the west, Detroit Street on the south, White Oak Avenue on the east and 137th Street on the north. Rainfall amounts included 4.79 inches in Hammond; 4.53 inches two miles west of East Chicago and 4.36 inches one mile north of Hammond.
August 2025Flash FloodWhiting$4,000,000Several instances of flash flooding took place around Gary, Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago. A sewer storage facility exceeded capacity and overflowed. Multiple basements were flooded in Hammond. Up to three feet of water was reported on Indianapolis Blvd in Whiting from 120th to 129th Street. A portion of US-20 in East Chicago was closed due to flooding. Numerous reports of flooded basements, roads, and yards came out of the east side of Hammond and the west side of Gary. One private weather weather station in the area recorded 5.21 inches of rain while two others nearby recorded over three inches. An estimated 1,000 structures flooded around the area amounting to roughly $4 million in damages.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindWhiting$10,000Golf ball- to ping-pong ball-size hail fell at Hammond. Half an inch to three-quarters inch hail and 54 mph winds occurred at Gary Airport. Tree limbs and power lines were downed throughout the northern part of the county.
August 2025FloodWhiting-A photo shared via social media showed floodwater up to one foot deep along 131st Pl in Whiting.
July 2024Flash FloodWhiting-Route 41 was flooded and closed in Whiting.
September 2023FloodWhiting-After heavy rain and flash flooding across parts of northwest Lake County on September 17th, flooding continued through the morning on September 18th.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWhiting-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. A couple of 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
January 2020FloodWhiting-Indiana DOT reported Route 41 (Calumet Avenue) was partially flooded at 129th Street due to a combination of rainfall and Lake Michigan extra-tropical storm surge.
May 2019FloodWhiting-Near Crown Point, Clark Street between 91st and 101st Streets was flooded and 121st Avenue near Iowa Street was flooded. In Hobart, Lakefront Park was flooded from Lake George. Near Highland, standing water was reported in one lane in each direction of Interstate 80/94. In Dyer, the intersection of 213 Street and Calumet Avenue was flooded. Near Winfield, 97th Avenue was flooded between Randolph and Clay Streets. North of Cedar Lake, 117th Avenue was flooded between Cline and Parrish Avenues. South of Lowell, Belshaw Road was flooded at Cedar Creek. In Schererville, multiple streets were flooded near Eagle Ridge Drive. North of Sumava Resorts, some lanes of Route 41 were closed due to flooding from the Kankakee River.
February 2018FloodWhiting-Many areas of Lake County were flooded with some roads flooded and closed. In Lake Station, a voluntary evacuation order was issued as the Deep River overflowed its banks and began to flood nearby homes. Storm total rainfall of 4.44 inches of rain was measured one mile north of Crown Point.
May 2014Flash FloodWhiting-Around six inches of flowing water was reported on 131st Place between Sheffield Avenue and Calumet Avenue. Manhole covers were forced out.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWhiting-Several large trees were blown down.
September 2013FloodWhiting-Water was flowing across Cline Avenue in Hammond, but the road was still passable.
August 2010Flash FloodWhiting-Heavy rain created street flooding in many areas across north central Lake County including Ruth Street at 77th Street in Schererville; 122nd Avenue in Crown Point and the intersection of 106th Avenue and Baker in Crown Point. Bell Road and 87th Avenue was also flooded in St. John. Storm total rainfall amounts included 3.52 inches three miles west southwest of Crown Point; 2.76 inches two miles east northeast of St. John; 2.04 inches one mile west southwest of Dyer and 1.91 inches about a mile and half east southeast of Merrillville.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindWhiting-At least four large trees were blown down along with numerous tree limbs that were blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWhiting-A trained spotter was in Whiting Park along Lake Michigan when a severe line of thunderstorms moved through. Winds were estimated at 80 mph with a gustnado observed.
May 2013HailWhiting-no account filed
May 2011HailWhiting-no account filed
June 2005HailWhiting-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Parish Campusunder 500 feet2026
Hoosier Theater Building0.1 miles1987
Henry and Caroline Schrage House0.3 miles2021
Marktown Historic District2.0 miles1975
Indiana Harbor Public Library3.2 miles2005
St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church4.0 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000044 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lake CountyAll 88 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.