Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Porter County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
This property stands in Pine Township. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
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 Pine Township - 3,471 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Imre and Maria Horner House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | ALDER |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | BEV SHOR 4 |
| 7 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | TAB FIRE |
| 6 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | GROUNDFIRE |
| 6 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | TRASH PIT |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CENTRAL POLE |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HANDCREW |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | W. BALDY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Imre and Maria Horner House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan City Eng. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sheridan Ave Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly Shores, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly Shores | - | A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Beverly Shores | - | Video shared on social media showed a waterspout moving onshore as a landspout northeast of Beverly Shores at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The landspout dissipated quickly once over land and no damage was reported. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly Shores | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Solomon Enclave | 1.0 miles | 2011 |
 | Beverly Shores-Century of Progress Architectural District | 1.3 miles | 1986 |
 | Beverly Shores South Shore Railroad Station | 1.4 miles | 1989 |
 | Bartlett Real Estate Office | 1.4 miles | 2004 |
 | Dr. John and Gerda Meyer House | 1.5 miles | 2012 |
 | Weller House | 6.1 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001006 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Porter County | All 42 listed properties in this county. |
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