Mark Clayton

2 photos · 2023

2 photographs tagged Mark Clayton, 2023.

Liberty Street in Marktown, East Chicago, Indiana, lined with workers' homes and parked cars in a planned company town. — Liberty Street in Marktown, East Chicago, Indiana, is lined with tightly spaced workers' houses in the planned company town developed by industrialist Clayton Mark for employees of his steel pipe works. Established in the early 20th century, Marktown was designed as a compact residential enclave near the Indiana Harbor industrial corridor, with U.S. Steel and the BP Whiting refinery in the surrounding area. The neighborhood is noted for its unusual layout, including raised sidewalks and narrow roadway dimensions that distinguish it from conventional street plans in Northwest Indiana.

A wet basketball court with red hoop stands in Marktown, East Chicago, Indiana, with industrial buildings and bare trees visible behind a chain-link fence. — A basketball court in Marktown, East Chicago, Indiana, stands directly beside large industrial buildings in the Indiana Harbor area. Marktown was developed in the early 20th century by industrialist Clayton Mark as a planned company town for employees of his steel pipe works and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The neighborhood sits amid one of northwest Indiana’s heaviest industrial corridors, near major steel and petroleum facilities, placing residential and recreational spaces in close proximity to active industry.

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