Starke County Historical Society Receives Grant Funds for Restoration of Schricker House

Starke County Historian Venita Cunningham, Starke County Community Foundation Director of Development Jacque Ryan, and Starke County Historical Society Board Members Mike Tolson and Russ Blais

The Starke County Historical Society recently received a Heritage Support Grant in the amount of $17,500 to go toward an ongoing restoration project at the historic Schricker House in Knox. 

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Starke County Historical Society Gets Grant Funding to Update Inventory

The Starke County Historical Society hopes to be better able to keep track of its artifacts, thanks to a grant from the Indiana Historical Society. The organization says it’s gotten a Heritage Support Grant for more than $4,300. That money will be used to update its catalog and create a detailed inventory of its donated objects and photographs.

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Sign Replacement at Henry F. Schricker House Discussed During Knox Planning Commission Meeting

While discussing new business during Tuesday night’s Knox Planning Commission meeting, Planning Administrator Kenny Pfost alerted members of a request he received about the Henry F. Schricker House.

Pfost said a representative asked him about installing a sign in the front yard of the Henry F. Schricker House on Main Street. Under the current sign ordinance, they would be limited to a 2×2 sign because it is in a residential area. Continue reading

Historical Society Fundraiser to Benefit Building Renovations

The Starke County Historical Society plans to move into this building on South Heaton Street over the summer months.
The Starke County Historical Society will use proceeds from the raffle to renovate this building on South Heaton Street.

The Starke County Historical Society is offering its supporters a shot at owning a piece Hoosier history. They’re raffling off the Indiana 200th Statehood Shotgun and NRA Indiana Hunting Tradition Rifle next month. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to the New Museum Building Fund to help with renovation expenses for the former medical office building on South Heaton Street in Knox. Continue reading

Area Historians Gather in Starke County

News Contributor, Ed Hasnerl
Starke County Historian Ed Hasnerl

The Starke County Museum and county historian Ed Hasnerl recently hosted a roundtable meeting of county historians. Jeanette Rooney is the Assistant Director for local history services at the Indiana Historical society. She says each of Indiana’s 92 counties has an appointed volunteer historian as part of a program co-sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana Historical Bureau. Continue reading

Appointments Still Available for Historic Christmas Photos

Schricker Living Room TreeThere are a few appointment spaces available for photographs to be taken in the beautiful, historic home of former Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker on South Main Street in Knox.
The home, built in 1915, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary next month with an open house. However, the living room has already been decorated for the Christmas season. It’s a perfect setting for a Christmas card picture, or a special keepsake photo.

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