Read Dunes House, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Name: Read Dunes House
Address: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, United States

#14 among attractions in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

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Read Dunes House is a historic home in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana. It was built in 1952, and is a one-story, Prairie School style dwelling. It measures 58 feet by 29 feet, and has a low-sloped gable roof. The house was built for Philo Benham Read and his wife Irene Martin Read, who were active in dunes preservation. It was designed by their architect son Herbert P. Read. ()

Built: 1952 (72 years ago)Coordinates: 41°38'40"N, 87°2'52"W

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Read Dunes House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Seven Peaks Water Park Duneland, Joseph Bailly Homestead, Florida Tropical House, Century of Progress Architectural District.

1.2 miSW
Water park, Amusement park
Seven Peaks Water Park Duneland, Porter
30 min walk • Enchanted Forest was a small amusement park operated in Porter, Indiana. The park operated from 1957 to 1991. Many rides were moved to Little Amerricka amusement park in Wisconsin after the park closed on August 2, 1991. The park became Splash Down Dunes Water Park in 1994.
2.8 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Joseph Bailly Homestead, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
72 min walk • The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana.
3.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Florida Tropical House, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
94 min walk • The Florida Tropical House is a beach house located on Lake Michigan's shoreline in Beverly Shores, Indiana. It was built in 1933 as part of the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition at the 1933 World's Fair in nearby Chicago.
3.6 miNE
Neighbourhood, Modernist architecture
Century of Progress Architectural District, Beverly Shores
93 min walk • The Century of Progress Architectural District is a historic district in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The district is on Lake Shore Drive within the Indiana Dunes National Park.
3.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Wieboldt-Rostone House, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
93 min walk • The Wieboldt-Rostone House is a historic building in the Century of Progress Architectural District in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The home was built in 1933, framed in steel, and clad with an artificial stone called Rostone. Billed as never needing repairs, it only lasted without renovations until the 1950s.
3.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Armco-Ferro House, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
93 min walk • The Armco-Ferro House, in the Century of Progress Architectural District in Beverly Shores, Indiana, was originally constructed for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. "The...
1.7 miW
Cycling, Bike path
Calumet Trail, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
43 min walk • The Calumet Trail is an east-west bicycle and multiuse recreational trail in the Calumet region of northwestern Indiana, United States. It runs roughly parallel to U.S. Route 12 and the right-of-way of the South Shore line, along the NIPSCO easement.
2.3 miW
Protected area
Cowles Bog, Porter
60 min walk • Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his pioneering work in ecology and ecological succession here.
2.4 miW
Cemetery
Bailly Cemetery, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
61 min walk • Bailly Cemetery is a cemetery located at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana, USA. The cemetery is three-quarters of a mile north of the Joseph Bailly Homestead on the edge of a sand ridge. The first recorded burial was Robert, the son of Joseph Bailly, in about 1827.
3.1 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Mammals of the Indiana Dunes, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
80 min walk • Thirty-seven species of mammals have been identified at Indiana Dunes National Park. Four other species are thought to inhabit the park, but have not been documented: the northern long-eared myotis, the Indiana bat, the hoary bat, and the southern bog...
2.8 miS
History museum, Museum
George Brown Mansion, Chesterton
71 min walk • The George Brown Mansion is an example of the Queen Anne's Style of architecture. It was a dominant style during the 1880s and 1890s, the time when Chesterton was a growing city in northern Indiana. George Brown arrived in the United States in 1852.

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Dune Park (17 min walk)