Thomas W. Swinney House

The Kekiongas have a splendid ground for playing upon this year. They have six acres enclosed with a high, tight board fence, measuring 1,900 feet lineal, and seats for the convenience of spectators, with canopy overhead. The Kekionga Ball Grounds was a baseball field in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Built in 1870, it was located on the site of the former Camp Allen, a Union Army base during the civil war, north of what is now Camp Allen Park, and named for Kekionga, the former capital of the Miami tribe which was located at the site of modern Fort Wayne. The precise size and orientation of the Kekionga Ball Grounds is lost, but it was in area on the left bank of the St. Marys River now bounded by Mechanics Street, Elm Street, Cherry Street, Camp Allen Drive, and Fair Street.The first National Association game was played at the Kekionga Ball Grounds on May 4, 1871. This was the first professional baseball league game, the first professional league game in any sport in America, and possibly the first game of Major League Baseball (if one credits the National Association as a major league, which some people do and some don't). The Fort Wayne Kekiongas defeated Cleveland by a score of 2–0. Bobby Mathews pitched the shutout for the Kekiongas; the umpire was John Boake.A monument to this first game was placed in 2017.At the time of the 1871 game, a covered grandstand called the "Grand Dutchess" provided spectator accommodations. The Grand Dutchess was open only to women and men accompanying them. (Some sources give "Grand Duchess" as the name of the ballfield itself, but contemporary records contradict this.) The Grand Duchess burned to the ground on November 5, 1871.The Kekiongas folded before the end of the 1871 season, so the Kekionga Ball Grounds only hosted eight other major league games.

The John Claus Peters House is a historic home at 832 West Wayne Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980. It is part of Fort Wayne's West End Historic District. It was built in 1885 for Mary and John Claus Peters who had seven children. John Wing designed the Queen Anne style house. It has eight fireplaces.J.C. Peters was born in Fort Wayne in 1848 and was the grandfather of actress Carole Lombard. His business's included Horton Washing Machine Company (established in 1871), the Wayne Hotel (acquired in 1886), Indiana Road Machine Co., and Peters Hardware.

West End Historic District, also known as the West Central Neighborhood, is a national historic district located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The district encompasses 596 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Fort Wayne. The area was developed from about 1840 to 1935, and includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Late Victorian, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture. It is the location of numerous middle- and upper-income residential buildings, the University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center (formerly the Scottish Rite Auditorium), and Trinity English Lutheran Church—the last designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue.Several buildings within the District are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Christian G. Strunz House, John Claus Peters House, and Trinity Episcopal Church. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

McCulloch Park is an urban park in the downtown area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The park is named after former United States Secretary of the Treasury, Hugh McCulloch, who gave the land to the city for a park in 1886. The park is the burial place of Samuel Bigger, the seventh governor of the state of Indiana. The park features a large framed gazebo which was used for band concerts in the 1920s & 1930's. The park has a playground, featuring a swing set, a children's merry go-round, and slide. Once a year during the Three Rivers Festival, the park hosts an antique sale. The park is available by reservation for community functions. This park is adjacent to General Electric, which has been a part of the Fort Wayne economy scene for well over 100 years.

St. Joseph Hospital, known commonly as "St. Joe," was the first hospital founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, opening in 1869. St. Joseph's was sold in 1998, and continued to operate under Lutheran Health Network (a subsidiary of CHS) until 2021 when staff and equipment were transferred to the newly opened Lutheran Downtown Hospital. "Old St. Joe's" was demolished in 2022. Proceeds from the sale went to establish St. Joseph Community Health Foundation which provides financial support to healthcare programs in the Fort Wayne area.

The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic Lodge located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was designed by architect Charles R. Weatherhogg (1872–1937) and built in 1926. It is a 12 story, rectangular Classical Revival style steel frame building faced with Indiana limestone. The front facade features four five-story Ionic order columns alternating with window openings.: 3–4 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal congregation and church, designed by Toledo, Ohio architect Charles Crosby Miller and constructed ca. 1865 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The congregation was organized in 1839 as Christ Church and the name changed in 1844 to Trinity Church. The first church was built on the southeast corner of Berry and Harrison Streets in 1848. It is an example of Gothic Revival architecture.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.HISTORY The Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper, Bishop of the Northwest, visited Fort Wayne for the first time in 1837 in an effort to organize a church. Two years later, he set the Rev. Benjamin Hutchins, formerly of Philadelphia, to organize a church, and Christ Episcopal Church was formally established on May 26, 1839. The congregation languished when Hutchins departed soon after, and in 1844, Peter P. Bailey, a businessman from New York City, began offering lay readings from the Book of Common Prayer. Bishop Kemper sent another missionary, the Rev. Benjamin Halsted, and on May 25, 1844, Trinity Episcopal Church was formally organized. After meeting initially in the Allen County Courthouse, the church raised funds for a wood framed chapel at the southeast corner of Berry and Harrison. (The present historical marker is inaccurate about its location). In 1863, the vestry called the Rev. Joseph S. Large to lead an effort to build a new Gothic Revival Church under a design by Charles Crosby Miller of Toledo, Ohio. After many delays and financial shortfalls, the building was completed in the fall of 1866 and consecrated two years later by the Rt. Rev. Joseph C. Talbot, Bishop Coadjutor of Indiana. Trinity Church has had the following rectors: Rev. Benjamin Halsted, 1844-1846 Rev. Joseph S. Large, 1848-1854 Rev. Caleb Alexander Bruce, 1854-1855 Rev. Eugene Charles Pattison, 1856-1858 Rev. Stephen Henry Battin, 1858-1863 Rev. Joseph S. Large, 1863-1872 Rev. Colin Campbell Tate, 1872-1879 Rev. William Naylor Webbe, 1879-1888 Rev. Alexander Washington Seabrease, 1888-1904 Rev. Edward Wilson Averill, 1904-1923 Rev. Louis Niccola Rocca, 1923-1930 Rev. Charles Noyes Tyndell, 1931-1932 Rev. James McNeal Wheatley, 1932-1947 Rev. George Bartlett Wood, 1947-1971 Rev. Chandler Corydon Randall, 1971-1988 Rev. Frank Hazlett Moss III, 1990-1999 Rev. Rebecca Ferrell Nickel, 2001-2004 Rev. Thomas Parker Hansen, 2006-2016 Rev. T. J. Freeman, 2017- In 1955-1956, a large classroom building was added to the church to serve the needs of the growing parish. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Hugh McCulloch House is a historic home located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1843, and is a two-story, three bay by four bay, Greek Revival style painted brick building. It features a projecting front portico supported by four Doric order columns. An Italianate style addition was erected in 1862. It was built by U.S. statesman and United States Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895), and remained in the family until 1887. The house was purchased in 1892 by the Fort Wayne College of Medicine, who expanded and remodeled the house. It was sold in 1906 to the Turnverein Verewoerts, or Turners, who owned the building until 1966.: 2, 4 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Parkview Field is a minor league baseball stadium located in the central business district of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.

The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is a public library system located in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1895 as the Fort Wayne Public Library, the library served residents with 3,606 books out of a single room in City Hall. Today the library system includes a main library and 13 branch libraries in Fort Wayne and throughout the county. The 367,000 square feet (34,100 m2) Main Library Branch in downtown Fort Wayne is home to the Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department which holds the largest public genealogy collection in the United States.

William S. Edsall House is a historic home located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built in 1839–1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style brick dwelling. It measures 44 feet wide and 20 feet deep, sits on a raised basement, and has four interior end chimneys.: 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Harrison Square is a mixed-use downtown revitalization project in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The project includes a ballpark that is primarily used for baseball, home field to the Fort Wayne TinCaps minor league baseball team. Also included are new retail, office, and apartments, a Courtyard by Marriott to serve Grand Wayne Convention Center and Embassy Theatre patrons, and an adjoining park with amphitheater and fountain.