Marktown Historic District Sign, East Chicago, Indiana

Marktown Historic District sign, East Chicago, Indiana, established 1917. The district was founded by Clayton Mark for steel pipe company employees.
Marktown Historic District sign, East Chicago, Indiana, established 1917. The district was founded by Clayton Mark for steel pipe company employees.

The Marktown Historic District sign stands in East Chicago, Indiana, marking a planned industrial community established in 1917 by manufacturer Clayton Mark for employees of the Mark Manufacturing Company. Marktown was designed as a company town near the Indiana Harbor industrial corridor and is noted for its early-20th-century planning and distinctive worker housing. The neighborhood was later recognized for its historic significance as one of northwest Indiana’s surviving planned steel-era communities.

Photo taken in December 2023.

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