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Gary Land Company Building, also known as Gary's First Town Hall, is a historic building located at
Gary, Indiana Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America. Gary is located along the sou ...
. It was built in 1906, and is a -story, balloon frame building with a cross-gable roof. It measures about 20 feet wide and 40 feet deep. It was converted to a residence in 1909 and moved to its present site in 1956. It was the first building in Gary, it has functioned as a city hall, post office, school, and business building. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. The building currently serves as an historical museum and visitor's bureau for school tour groups and visitors to the City of Gary.The Gary (Indiana) Historical & Cultural Society, Inc.
/ref> It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1979.


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